This module was filmed at Ruharo Eye Centre, Mbarara, Uganda, KCMC Hospital, Moshi, Tanzania and in mobile clinics provided by the Uganda Eye Project. Additional material was obtained at the Leicester Royal Infirmary, UK. We are grateful to the patients, staff and volunteers who kindly supported the project.
Module Titles
- Module 1: Checking the Visual Acuity
- Module 2: Assessing the eye
- Module 3: Practical Procedures
- Module 4: The Red Eye
- Module 5: Loss of Vision
- Objective 1: Definitions
- Objective 2: Visual Pathway
- Objective 3: Interpreting clinical tests
- Objective 4: Common causes of loss of vision
- Introduction
- 1 – Refractive error
- 2 – Opacities
- 2.1 – Cataract
- 2.2 – Corneal scar
- 2.3 – Other corneal opacities
- 2.4 – Vitreous haemorrhage
- 3 – Retinal disease
- 3.1 – Diabetic retinopathy
- 3.2 – Age related macular degeneration
- 3.3 – Retinal detachment
- 3.4 – Macular hole
- 3.5 – Other diseases of the retinal blood vessels
- 3.5.1 – Hypertensive retinopathy
- 3.5.2 – Abnormal haemoglobins
- 3.5.3 – Retinal vascular occlusions
- 3.5.3.1 – Retinal artery occlusions
- 3.5.3.2 – Retinal vein occlusions
- 3.6 – Pigmentary retinopathy
- 3.7 – Inflammation of choroid and retina
- 4 – Optic nerve disease
- 4.1 – Chronic glaucoma
- 4.2 – Optic atrophy
- 4.3 – Papilloedema
- 4.4 – Onchocerciasis
- Objective 5: Children with loss of vision
- Key Messages
- Module 6: Eye Injury
- Module 7: Prescribing Glasses
- Objective 1 – Definition
- Objective 2 – Opticians/Optometrists
- Objective 3 – Plus and minus lenses
- Objective 4 – Bending of light by the eye
- Objective 5 – Accommodation
- Objective 6 – Refractive states
- Objective 7 – Presbyopia
- Objective 8 – Who to assess?
- Objective 9 – Assessing Distance Vision
- Objective 10 – Assessing presbyopia
- Objective 11 – Confirming Emmetropia
- Key Messages
- The Arclight