ROLE OF ORTHOPTIST-OPHTHALMIC ASSISTANT IN OCULAR ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY CLINIC
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- Academic year
- 2019/2020
- Teacher
- SILVIA MANCIOPPI
- Credits
- 1
- Didactic period
- Primo Semestre
- SSD
- MED/50
Training objectives
- The objective of the course will be to learn at the students the knowledge and basis skills of Orthoptist which are useful in the treatment room of ocular electrophysiology.
The main acquired knowledge will be:
basis of ocular electrophysiology: what it is, which the bioelectrical signs are, which the disturbance are, which types of electrophysiological tests are and their clinical protocol;
The basic acquired abilities (that are the capacity of applying the acquired knowledge) will be:
to identify all types of electrophysiological tests,
to identify some disturbance and the methods of removal
the role of Orthoptist into the clinical protocol of electrophysiological tests
to identify various clinical application of electrophysiology. Prerequisites
- The following concepts and the knowledge provides by the courses of “Ocular Anatomy” and “Ocular physiology” are mandatory.
Course programme
- The module forecasts 12 hours of frontal lectures.
review of anatomy and physiology: neuron, action potential, retina, optic nerve and optical ways; ocular electrophysiology: what it is, signs bioelectric, disturbance and artefact, miosis and mydriasis;
types of electrophysiological tests, implementation and clinical application of: E.O.G., E.R.G, F.E.R.G., P.E.R.G. and P.E.V. Didactic methods
- lectures
Learning assessment procedures
- One writing test based on all the topics tackled in the class, this test will be composed by 6 open short questions, and every question can be given a score from 1 to 5 points.
To pass the exam it is necessary to get at least 18 point out of 30.
The time of the exam will be of 1 hour. Reference texts
- Dario Messerio, Edoardo Fiorentini, Fondamenti di elettrofisiologia oculare, Ed. Felici, 2009
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