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OPSC5020: Practical Cataract and Refractive Surgery
2023 unit information
This unit of study provides students with the practical experience and knowledge necessary to assess and perform refractive surgery. This is a mentor-based programme with students supervised in a number of clinical and laboratory environments. Emphasis is on pre-operative investigation, surgical skill and post-operative management. Students are required to observe and perform intra- and extra-ocular surgical techniques relevant to refractive surgery. They will rotate through a number of refractive surgical practices and observe refractive surgery taking place using a number of different refractive surgical systems. Students also attend a number of wet lab sessions designed to practise refractive surgical techniques on artificial, animal or human eyes. A logbook of observed and performed surgeries will be kept and used for assessment.
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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Prerequisites:
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OPSC5018 |
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Corequisites:
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OPSC5019 |
| Prohibitions:
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None |
| Assumed knowledge:
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None |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. assess a patient’s suitability for refractive surgery
- LO2. select the appropriate operation for a particular clinical scenario
- LO3. recognise and manage routine and complicated postoperative refractive surgical cases
- LO4. demonstrate a practical understanding of femtosecond lasers
- LO5. demonstrate an understanding of monovision and apply it to a range of clinical and refractive scenarios
- LO6. demonstrate a capacity to insert a phakic IOL in a wetlab environment
- LO7. gain practical experience of PRK in a wetlab environment.
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