First year students, check out the Introduction to Ophthalmology Course: 160.01 below. Please contact shelle.libberton@ucsf.edu for more details.
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130.01A CIEx - Ophthalmology Elective - VAMC-SF (3 units)
Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer
Instructor(s): B. Winn Prerequisite(s): None
Restrictions: Medical Students in Foundations 2 Activities: Clinical Clerkship
This is a Bridges Curriculum Clinical Immersive Experience (CIEx), which provide medical students in Foundations 2 opportunities to broaden and enhance their professional development in health care settings different from those of their core clerkships. In this Ophthalmology elective, students will have opportunities to recognize common diagnoses in ophthalmology practice, observe common procedures, and compose treatment plans for these common conditions.
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130.01B CIEx - Ophthalmology Elective - Parnassus Campus (3 units)
Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer
Instructor(s): N. Parikh Prerequisite(s): None
Restrictions: Medical Students in Foundations 2 Activities: Clinical Experience/Patient Contact
This is a Bridges Curriculum Clinical Immersive Experience (CIEx), which provide medical students in Foundations 2 opportunities to broaden and enhance their professional development in health care settings different from those of their core clerkships. In this Ophthalmology elective, students will have opportunities to recognize common diagnoses in ophthalmology practice, observe common procedures, and compose treatment plans for these common conditions.
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140.01A Advanced Ophthalmology Clerkship, Parnassus Campus (maximum 4 weeks)
Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer
Instructor(s): N. Parikh
Prerequisite(s): Completion of Ophthalmology 140.05 or a longitudinal clinical elective (LCE) with an ophthalmology attending; or by permission of the course director.
Students serve as subinterns on the Ophthalmology Service. They work up and present cases in the outpatient clinic and on the wards; and have the opportunity to participate in the operating room. On-call and weekend responsibilities should be expected. (OPHTHALMOL)
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140.02 Off-Campus Clerkship (3 - 6 units)
Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer
Instructor(s): N. Parikh
Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.
Clinical clerkship in approved hospitals by special arrangement and approval by the dean and the chairperson of the department. (OPHTHALMOL)
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140.05 Introduction to Ophthalmology (3 units, 2 weeks)
Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer
Instructor(s): N. Parikh
Activities: Clinical Experience/Patient Contact: 40 hours
Two-week elective providing mastery of eye examination, improving ophthalmology skills, improving accurate visual acuity assessment and screening techniques with slit lamp examination. Patients will be evaluated in an outpatient setting. Didactic instruction will be provided by course preceptors. (MEDICINE)
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140.06 Advanced Ophthalmology Clerkship, Veterans Affairs Medical Center (maximum 4 weeks)
Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer
Instructor(s): BB. Winn, N. Parikh
Prerequisite(s): Completion of Ophthalmology 140.05 or a longitudinal clinical elective (LCE) with an ophthalmology attending; or by permission of the course director.
Students serve as subinterns on the Ophthalmology Service. They work up and present cases in the outpatient clinic and on the wards; and have the opportunity to participate in the operating room. On-call and weekend responsibilities should be expected. (OPHTHALMOL)
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150.02 Research in Ophthalmology (6 - 18 units)
Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer
Instructor(s): Staff
Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor and chairperson of the department.
Activities: Project: 5 hours
A research project under the direction of a member of the faculty carried out in the Department of Ophthalmology. (OPHTHALMOL)
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160.01 Introduction to Clinical Ophthalmology (1 unit)
Fall
Instructor(s): N. Parikh
Prerequisite(s): First year medical student or above.
Activities: Lecture: 1 hours
Students will gain knowledge of common eye problems that may be seen in family practice, the emergency room and in the ophthalmologist's office. They will learn to formulate a differential and plan of treatment for a patient with eye disease, and use the instruments essential to their diagnosis. (OPHTHALMOL)
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198 Supervised Study (1 - 5 units)
Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer
Instructor(s): Staff
Activities: Library: 3-15 hours
Library research and directed reading under supervision of a member of the faculty with the approval of the chairperson of the department. (OPHTHALMOL)
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199 Laboratory Project (1 - 5 units) Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer
Instructor(s): Staff
Activities: Laboratory: 3-15 hours
A laboratory research project under direction of a member of the faculty with the approval of the chairperson of the department. (OPHTHALMOL)