Practical Activities
Venue: Department of Ophthalmology ( Teaching Clinical Hospital)
- Day: An ophthalmic history
Methods of assessing visual acuity .
Methods of testing the orbit.
Tests of eyes alignments and movements.
Visual field test: the confrontation test, the kinetic visual field,
the static visual field ( various perimeters)
- Day: Ocular protrusion measurement - exophthalmometry
The eyelids estimation, movement ability, alignment.
Eversion of the upper lid
Shirmer and break-up time tests for tear film stability.
Corneal foreign bodies and abrasions
The application of fluorescein to the eye
First Aid in ophthalmic emergencies
- Day: Examination of conjunctiva, cornea and lens ( without and with a
slit lamp) ,
Pachymetry
Intraocular pressure (IOP) measurement
Gonioscopy
4. Day: Clinical cases presentation- slit-lamp examination ( signs of
anterior uveitis)
Subconjunctival injections
The direct and indirect ophthalmoscope
Ophthalmic ultrasound
5.Day: Colour-vision tests
Amsler test
Ophthalmic cases presentation( the direct and indirect
ophthalmoscope, ophthalmic ultrasound)
OCT
Fluorescein angiography
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6. Day: Examination of the optic nerve - ophthalmoscope,
and digital imaging techniques
Visual Evoked Potentials and other electrophysiological tests
Image – based examination in ophthalmology: X-ray,CT and MRI