20734 - Visual Apparatus Diseases

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course, students know the pathophysiology and clinical manifestations of the main diseases of the visual system in children and adults; moreover, students know the basis of functional and instrumental semeiotics and the principles of ophthalmic therapy especially relating to emergencies.

Course contents

Pathology of the orbit and adnexa; eyelid pathology; the red eye: conjunctivities and keratities; open angle and closed angle glaucoma; cataracts; uveities; vitreous and vitreo-retinal diseases; macular pathology; optic nerve pathology. Ocular motility disorders. Assistance to the ophthalmic patient

Teaching methods

Frontal lectures in presence and remotely via the Teams platform.

Assessment methods

The assessment of the learning focuses on a written quiz test, with 15 multiple choice questions in 15 minutes, which is carried out together with the tests of Otolaryngology (15 questions in 15 minutes). As regards exam modalities of Ethics, Intensive Care, and Nursing of the university sites of Faenza, Forlì, and Cotignola, please visit the web-sites of  their respective teachers.  The Ophthalmology test will be considered passed if the student correctly answers at least 9 questions. The outcome of this test will then be combined with that relating to the other courses of the integrated course and the exam will be passed if all the individual tests are sufficient. Tools such as calculation aids, vocabularies, etc. cannot be used. Registration for the exam takes place online on Alma Esami. During the pandemic, the examination will be oral and will take place remotely via the Teams platform.

Teaching tools

Slide and video projection.

Office hours

See the website of Costantino Schiavi