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4 week elective ELEC 369 PREREQUISITES AND PLACEMENT IN THE CURRICULUM: This 4 week elective is offered in July as a Career Elective intended for UIC students interested in pursuing a career in Ophthalmology. PURPOSE: A ophthalmology clinical rotation which is primarily for students who are planning a career in ophthalmology and need to learn the proper performance of a basic comprehensive eye examination. The ability to perform a comprehensive eye examination will enable students to evaluate various ocular complaints and to better diagnose eye diseases. COMPETENCIES: Goals for the fourth year elective include: • The student should know the essentials of ocular anatomy; • The student should be able to measure and record visual activities; • The student should be able to assess pupillary reflexes and ocular motility; • The student will learn the use of the slit lamp biomicroscopy in order to perform a basic eye examination of the external apparatus and the anterior segment of the eye; • The student is expected to learn the use of the direct and indirect ophthalmoscope in order to better evaluate the fundus of the eye; • The student is expected to perform basic tonometry and to evaluate the optic disc for the detection of glaucoma; • The student is also expected to learn to evaluate visual fields by confrontation examination. INSTRUCTIONAL FEATURES: Students will have an opportunity to work with residents in the general eye clinic, including emergency eye screening . There are also assignments to the various specialty clinics, e.g ., retina, glaucoma, strabismus, neuro-ophthalmology, pediatrics, and cornea. Operating room experience is also encouraged. In addition, students participate with first-year ophthalmology residents in a special Orientation to Ophthalmology course during the first two-weeks of July. Students are expected to attend the morning lectures as well as grand rounds on Wednesday afternoons.