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OPSC5017: Surgical Ophthalmology
2025 unit information
This unit of study provides students with the practical experience and knowledge necessary to manage surgical ophthalmic conditions. The unit employs a mentor-based approach with students working under the guidance of an approved ophthalmologist the student's country of practise, visiting ophthalmologists from Australia and New Zealand and a representative from their local health authority. The emphasis of this unit is on pre-operative assessment, surgical competence and post-operative management. Students work in a variety of settings including public and private hospitals, surgical ophthalmology clinics run by visiting Australian and New Zealand ophthalmologists, and outreach clinics in other smaller communities. Surgical mentors will provide the appropriate training in specific ophthalmic operations including extra capsular cataract surgery, repair of traumatic eye and eyelid injuries, infective eyelid and orbital lesions, benign and malignant lid procedures, pterygium surgery, acute glaucoma procedures, strabismus procedures and simple lacrimal duct procedures. Students are required to show that they can competently assess and perform ophthalmic surgery and manage post-operative complications by taking an appropriate medical and ophthalmic history, performing an ophthalmic examination, conducting a general medical examination and a pre-operative assessment. They are required to identify the most likely diagnosis and list an appropriate differential diagnosis of the aetiology of the surgical disease and they must be able to perform appropriate ophthalmic and medical investigations. At the end of the unit, a supervised surgical exam will be undertaken in Sydney or their country of practise. The exam will be a supervised extracapsular cataract extraction that the candidate must perform competently to complete the unit of study. Candidates must be overseas trained medical practitioners from countries without an established vocational ophthalmology training program and be working in a clinical ophthalmology unit.
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
Medicine and Health
| Study level | Postgraduate |
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| Academic unit | Save Sight Institute |
| Credit points | 6 |
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The learning outcomes for this unit will be available two weeks before the first day of teaching.
Unit availability
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Semester 1 2024
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Distance education/intensive on campus | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
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Semester 2 2024
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Distance education/intensive on campus | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
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Semester 1 2025
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Distance education/intensive on campus | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
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Semester 2 2025
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Distance education/intensive on campus | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
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Semester 1 2020
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Online | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
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Semester 2 Early 2020
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Online | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
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Semester 1 2021
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Online | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
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Semester 2 2021
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Online | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
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Semester 1 2022
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Online | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
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Semester 2 2022
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Online | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
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Semester 1 2023
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Distance education/intensive on campus | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
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Semester 2 2023
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Distance education/intensive on campus | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
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