OPTO21391 10 Semester 1 Undergraduate Level 2 Ana Hernandez Trillo Unit coordinator 1 FHEQ level (Framework for Higher Education Qualifications) ' Middle part of Bachelors ' European Credit Transfer & Accumulation System Rating : 5.0 <p>Students will expand their knowledge on first year topics from Cell Biology and Physiology to learn about basic eye pathology. Topics include types of microorganisms, transmission and control of infection, genetics and eye disease, introduction to epidemiology and how the body responds to injury and infection.</p> <p>Students will expand their knowledge on first year topics from Cell Biology and Physiology to learn about basic eye pathology. Topics include types of microorganisms, transmission and control of infection, genetics and eye disease, introduction to epidemiology and how the body responds to injury and infection.</p> <ul> <li>To outline the different types of microorganisms and pathogens that the eye is exposed to.</li> <li>To outline the main diseases that these microorganisms cause and that Optometrists will have to deal with in practice.&nbsp;</li> <li>To outline the ways microorganisms spread and mechanisms for spread control in practice.</li> <li>To describe the main methods of disinfection and control of disease in an Optometric setting.</li> <li>To describe basic eye pathology from a symptomatic viewpoint.</li></ul> <ul> <li>To learn about the different types of micro-organisms, and specifically those that are pathological.</li> <li>To understand how pathogens are transmitted and how infection is controlled in practice/clinical settings.</li> <li>To understand how the eye defends itself against pathogens.</li> <li>To learn about the types and uses of epidemiological studies and disease prevention.</li> <li>To learn basic concepts about some systemic diseases and how these relate to the eye.</li> <li>To learn about the most common systemic diseases with ocular consequences.</li> <li>To learn about disease classification, cell injury, inflammation, wound healing, genetic disease, environmental disease.</li> <li>To learn about assessment of ocular disease and the signs, symptoms and differential diagnosis for a range of presenting ocular disease cases.</li></ul> Analytical skills Students will be presented with a variety of evidence-based findings regarding pathogen transmission, spread control and diseases caused by these. Students will be also presented with a variety of systemic, and genetic diseases affecting the eye, their causes, signs and symptoms. Students will therefore develop the skills to analyse such scientific evidence. Group/team working Students will spend time with a small group preparing topics to present face-to-face to the rest of the class. They will be encouraged to discuss their findings regarding different topics related to disease and healing. Oral communication Students will be presenting a range of topics in small groups in front of the rest of the class. Students will be also encouraged to answer questions during face-to-face discussion sessions Problem solving Students will need to extract information from a broad range of sources in order to put together a presentation and a discussion about a topic that will be assigned to them. Research Students will be encouraged to use a variety of resources: websites, journal papers and textbooks. Students will be encouraged to extract the relevant information from trusted sources. Students will be encouraged to use a variety of resources: websites, journal papers and textbooks. Students will be encouraged to extract the relevant information from trusted sources. <ul> <li>Types of micro-organisms - beneficial and harmful.</li> <li>Body defences.</li> <li>Transmission and control of infection.</li> <li>Introduction to epidemiology.</li> <li>Genetics and eye disease.</li> <li>Systemic disease and its relationship with ocular disease.</li> <li>How the body responds to injury and infection.</li> <li>Presentation and diagnosis for: sudden loss of vision, gradual loss of vision, the red eye,&nbsp;watering/dry eyes, eyelid and orbital swellings, eye trauma, systemic disease, squints, the child that does not see, and eye emergencies.</li></ul> 0 Other 100% <ul> <li>1.5 hour written examination (90%) or five&nbsp;days written essay (max 1000 words) if still COVID restrictions.</li> <li>Oral presentation (10%).</li> <li>The unit is non-compensatable.</li></ul> <ul> <li>Automatic (formative) feedback on online MCQs after every lecture.</li> <li>Questions-answers during face-to-face sessions.</li> <li>Final feedback and overview of the unit face-to-face session.</li></ul> BSc (Hons) Optometry BSc (Hons) Optometry Second Year Mandatory MSci Optometry MSci Optometry Second Year Mandatory N <ul> <li>Kanski, J.J. (1989) Clinical Ophthalmology: a systematic approach&nbsp;(Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd).</li> <li>Wills Eye Institute, Justis P. Ehler, etc (2008) The Wills Eye Manyal: Office and Emergency Room Diagnosis and treatment of Eye Dsease.</li> <li>Alastair Denniston, Philip I. Murray Oxford Handbook of Ophthalmology (Oxford University Press).</li></ul> 0 0 0