OPB650 Diseases of the Eye 6

Unit Outline: Semester 2 2024, Kelvin Grove, Internal

Overview

A critical part of any eye examination is an assessment of ocular health. Optometrists are primary health care practitioners, and the majority of patients who require an eye examination consult optometrists. Therefore, optometrists are at the forefront of the fight against eye disease, and play a major role in the detection of systemic diseases that cause ocular signs and symptoms. Extensive coverage of the topic of eye diseases is therefore a major part of optometric studies.
This unit is a continuation from OPB550 and provides students with the knowledge and capabilities to detect and diagnose eye disease, and take appropriate clinical action. OPB650 focuses on building knowledge of diseases influencing the posterior eye, ocular manifestations of systemic disease and neuro-ophthalmology. Knowledge from this unit will be highly relevant to future units in the Master of Optometry (OP85) course involving clinical optometric practice and therapeutic management of eye disease.

This is a designated unit which is essential to your course progression. Designated units include professional experience units, units requiring the development of particular skills, and units requiring demonstration of certain personal qualities. If you fail to achieve a satisfactory level of performance in a designated unit, you may be excluded from enrolment or will be put on academic probation. If you fail a designated unit twice within your course, you may be excluded. Supplementary assessment is not available on designated units.

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:

1. Analyse and interpret clinial information to detect and diagnose the glaucomas, ocular infections and inflammatory disease, ocular degenerations and dystrophies, ocular tumours and the ocular manifestations of trauma;
2. Apply knowledge of general or systemic diseases affecting the eye;
3. Demontrate knowledge of eye disease management and referral.

Content

Learning Approaches

There will be a series of lectures and tutorials each week. Interactive discussions, formulated around case based presentations are used throughout the tutorials and lectures to support the lecture material and the acquisition of critical thinking skills. Clinical signs and symptoms are discussed, and differential diagnosis of conditions emphasised. Clinical investigative techniques are outlined, and management options in optometric practice discussed.

Feedback on Learning and Assessment

You will be provided opportunities for self-assessment of your understanding of the unit materials through the case-based examples and interactive quizzes during lectures and tutorials. Feedback will be provided from the teaching team regarding the assessment in the unit, with opportunity for one-on-one feedback from teaching staff, and general discussion of the assessment outcomes in lectures/tutorials.

Assessment

Overview

Satisfactory performance in each of the assessment items is a condition for passing this unit. This means that at least 50% must be obtained on the end of semester examination for a passing grade to be awarded.

Unit Grading Scheme

7- point scale

Assessment Tasks

Assessment: Problem Solving Task Slide Assessment

Case based scenarios will be used to assess student performance in the evaluation of signs, symptoms, differential diagnoses, formulation of diagnosis and management plans for presentations of eye disease and ocular conditions related to systemic conditions.

Threshold Assessment:

Satisfactory performance in each of the assessment items is a condition for passing this unit.

Assessment: Examination (Theory)

End of semester theory examination.

Threshold Assessment:

Satisfactory performance in each of the assessment items is a condition for passing this unit.

Academic Integrity

Students are expected to engage in learning and assessment at QUT with honesty, transparency and fairness. Maintaining academic integrity means upholding these principles and demonstrating valuable professional capabilities based on ethical foundations.

Failure to maintain academic integrity can take many forms. It includes cheating in examinations, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, and submitting an assessment item completed by another person (e.g. contract cheating). It can also include providing your assessment to another entity, such as to a person or website.

You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.

Further details of QUT’s approach to academic integrity are outlined in the Academic integrity policy and the Student Code of Conduct. Breaching QUT’s Academic integrity policy is regarded as student misconduct and can lead to the imposition of penalties ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.

Resources

Resource Materials

Recommended text(s)

Salmon, J. F., Kanski, J.J. (2020). Kanski's clinical ophthalmology : a systematic approach (9th ed.). Edinburgh : Elsevier

Yanuzzi LA The Retinal Atlas. (2nd Ed), Elsevier, 2017

Reference book(s)

Bruce A, O'day J, McKay D, Swann PG. Posterior Eye Disease and Glaucoma A-Z, 2nd Edition, Elsevier, 2011

Cullom, R. D., Chang B. (Eds). (1994). The Wills Eye Manual (2nd ed.). Philadelphia: Lippincott Co.

Yanoff, M., Duker, J.S. (Eds). 2009. Ophthalmology (3rd Ed). Mosby-Elsevier

Risk Assessment Statement

There are no out of the ordinary risks associated with this unit.

Standards/Competencies

This unit is designed to support your development of the following standards\competencies.

Entry-Level Competency Standards for Optometry 2014

1: Professional Responsibilities

1. 
   Relates to: Problem Solving Task Slide Assessment

4: Diagnosis and Management

1. 
   Relates to: Problem Solving Task Slide Assessment
2. 
   Relates to: Problem Solving Task Slide Assessment, Examination (Theory)

Course Learning Outcomes

OP45 Bachelor of Vision Science

1. Theoretical knowledge in optometry and vision science, introductory clinical and technical skills
   Relates to: Examination (Theory)
2. Apply critical thinking and knowledge of vision science, ocular anatomy and clinical methods to generate solutions in clinical and scientific settings
   Relates to: Problem Solving Task Slide Assessment