General Description:
The universe of ophthalmology is not well known for a considerable part of doctors and medical students due to its particularity on patient history, physical exam, pathologies and treatment.
In many situations, this knowledge will be necessary to decided or not send the patient for an ophthalmologist evaluation, especially in emergency cases, where every minute counts.
Focused on improving the clinical practice, we created a course that will provide the essential abilities and knowledge for everyday practice based on lectures, real cases and articles discussion
We invite you to have a great week on our side, making some new friends and learning more about this wonderful universe called ophthalmology in one of the largest and most important health centers in Brazil and Latin America
Course Objectives:
- Introduce the basic clinical exam in ophthalmology for general practice and how to perform it
- Recognize the main pathologies in ophthalmology
- Identify an emergency in ophthalmology
Teaching Methods:
- Lectures with practical activities
- Visit to the emergency sector and interactive discussion of clinical cases
- Visit to the operating room to watch live surgeries
In the beginning of the course all students will receive notes of the lectures
Faculty:
Course organization and responsibility
- José Paulo Cabral de Vasconcellos MD PhD – Coordinator
- Carlos Eduardo Leite Arieta MD PhD
- Mateus Ivan Schmitz Vieira MD MsC
- Gabriel Ayub Lopes MD
Schedule:
| Morning | Welcome Neuro-ophthalmology | Emergency Sector | Strabismus Pediatrics | Cornea Operating Room | Cornea |
| Afternoon | Glaucoma Operating Room | Plastics Operating Room | Cataract Operating Room | Retina | Optics |
| Evening | – | – | Happy Hour | – | – |
1st Day
9:00 – Welcome
10:00 – Basic evaluation on neuro-ophthalogy / Neuro-ophthalmologic syndromes
11:00 – Practice on neuro-ophthalogy
12:00 – LUNCH
13:00 – interactive discussion of clinical cases / article discussion
14:00 – Glaucoma: definition, diagnosis and treatment
15:00 – Surgery in glaucoma
16:00 – Glaucoma Operating Room
2nd Day
8:00 – Emergency in ophthalmology
9:00 – Emergency surgery in ophthalmology
10:00 – Emergency Sector
11:00 – Emergency Sector
12:00 – LUNCH
13:00 – Introduction to Plastics
14:00 – Plastics Operating Room
15:00 – Plastics Operating Room
16:00 – Plastics Operating Room
3rd Day
8:00 – Introduction to strabismus and amblyopia
9:00 – Low vision rehabilitation
10:00 – Practice on strabismus
11:00 – Clinical Case Discussion: pediatrics
12:00 – LUNCH
13:00 – Introduction to cataract surgery / Congenital Cataract
14:00 – Cataract Operating Room
15:00 – Cataract Operating Room
16:00 – Cataract Operating Room
18:00 – HAPPY HOUR
4th Day
8:00 – Corneal Transplant
9:00 – Prevention of Blindness
10:00 – Emergency Sector / Cataract Operating Room
11:00 – Emergency Sector / Cataract Operating Room
12:00 – LUNCH
13:00 – Diabetic retinopathy and retina detachment
14:00 – Macular degeneration
15:00 – Introduction to fundoscopy and practice
16:00 – Practice on fundoscopy
5th Day
8:00 – Dry eye disease
9:00 – Infectious Keratitis
10:00 – Clinical cases discussion: infectious keratitis
11:00 – Clinical cases discussion: infectious keratitis
12:00 – LUNCH
13:00 – Introduction to optics
14:00 – Clinical refraction
15:00 – Practice on refraction
16:00 – Practice on refraction