Clinical Skills - Ophthalmology History Taking
Activity
Large Group Session
Large Group Session
Medical students should recognize external and internal structures of the normal human eye and know how to perform a basic eye examination (ICO Curriculum for Ophthalmic Education of Medical Students). Students rotate through eight stations: 1. History taking in Ophthalmology 2. Visual Acuity measurements and pupillary examination. 3. Extraocular muscle movements and visual field guide. 4. External eye and slit lamp examination. 5. Intraocular pressure measurement and pachymetry. 6. Fundoscopy. 7. Pediatric examination and strabismus measurement. 8. Trauma management, lid eversion / foreign body removal and eye patching.
Curriculum Block
Complexity and Chronicity / Integration Foundation / Part 5
- Indicates most relevant
Assessments
Objectives Structured Clinical Examination
End-Unit Clinical Skills Assessment
Tags
AFMC National Clinical Skills
Ophthalmological examination: tonometry, fluorescein, use of slit lamp
Curriculum Block
Complexity and Chronicity
Integration Foundation
Part 5
Curriculum Week
IF
Discipline
Neurology
Ophthalmology
MCC Presentations
Acute Visual Disturbance/Loss
Chronic Visual Disturbance/Loss
Eye Redness
Strabismus and/or Amblyopia
McMaster Program Competencies
1.1 Gather essential and accurate information about patients and their health through history-taking, physical examination, and the use of laboratory data, imaging, and other tests.
1.3 Interpret laboratory data, imaging studies, and other tests required for the area of practice
1.6 Perform or assist with medical, diagnostic, and surgical procedures considered essential for the area of practice.
2.3 Apply principles of clinical sciences to diagnostic and therapeutic decision-making, clinical problem-solving, and other aspects of evidence-based healthcare
3.1 Solicit and respond to feedback from peers, teachers, supervisors, patients, families, and members of health care teams regarding one’s knowledge, skills, attitudes and professional behaviours
3.2 Integrate feedback, external measures of performance and reflective practices to identify strengths, deficiencies, and limits in one’s knowledge, skills, attitudes and professional behaviours
MeSH
Clinical Competence [I02.399.630.210]
Diagnostic Techniques, Ophthalmological [E01.370.380]
Eye Abnormalities [C11.250]
Eye Diseases [C11]
Eye Injuries [C11.297]
Eye Movements [G11.427.590.530.140]
Eye [A01.456.505.420]
Ophthalmoscopy [E01.370.380.560]
Vision, Ocular [F02.830.816.964]
Visual Acuity [G14.940]
