SOFIA ANDROUDI, ANNA DASTIRIDOU, SPYRIDON KORONIS, ANDREAS MITSIOS, PANAGIOTIS TOUMASIS, KONSTANTINOS FOUNTAS, VASILEIOS SIOKAS, POLYXENI STAMATI, ZISIS TSOURIS, IOANNIS HATZIIOANNOU, ATHANASIOS SARATZIOTIS
ECTS:
2.00
COURSE TYPE
CC |Scientific Area, Skills Development
TEACHING SEMESTER
SPRING SEMESTER
WEEKLY TEACHING HOURS:
2 HOURS
Total Time (Teaching Hours + Student Workload)
54 HOURS
PREREQUIRED COURSES:
NO
LANGUAGE OF TEACHING AND EXAMS
Greek (for Greek undergraduate medical students)
English (for Erasmus students)
AVAILABLE TO ERASMUS STUDENTS
NO
SEMESTER LECTURES:
DETAILS/LECTURES
TEACHING AND LEARNING METHODS :
Α) 14 lectures (2 hours each)/ semester (In person)
MANDATORY ATTENDANCES -LECTURES: ΝΟ
Lectures Power point presentations/Videos/Interactive quiz
STUDENT EVALUATION
1.Multiple choice questions (written format) covering neuro ophthalmology concepts discussed during lectures and clinical practice sessions. Or 2. Oral Examination Assessment criteria are always accessible to students.
Objective Objectives/Desired Results:
The general objective of the course is to introduce students to the basic principles of Neuro-Ophthalmology, to enable them to recognize the most common symptoms ofneuro-ophthalmological diseases, to plan the differential diagnosis and appropriate treatment of the most common neuro-ophthalmological diseases. Particular emphasis will be given to the presentation of clinical cases that require interdisciplinary cooperation of various specialties, so that students can acquire comprehensive knowledge regarding the history, clinical picture, clinical-laboratory and imaging examination of patients with neuro-ophthalmological symptoms.
Upon successful completion of the course, the student will be able to: • recognize the most common symptoms related to neuroophthalmological diseases • organize the examnation of a patient with neuroophthalmological symptoms • interpret imaging and laboratory tests and plan the therapeutic approaches • work together with fellow students to analyze international bibliography and write a paper or prepare a presentation at a scientific event
Course URL :
Course Description:
Α. LECTURES (2 hours/week) 1. Neuro-ophthalmological Examination 2. Optic nerve diseases 3. Diplopia 4. Pupils 5. Visual fields 6. Optic pathway 7. Neuro-Ophthalmological manifestations of neurosurgical diseases 8. Ocular motility disorders 9. Nystagmus 10. Neuroophthalmological manifestations of demyelinating diseases 11. Central disorders of vision 12. Headache and vision 13. Neuroophthalmological manifestations of ENT diseases 14. Interactive Quiz
Recommended reading:
1. Neuro-Ophthalmology (Andrew Lee, Alexandra Sinclair, Ama Sadaka, Shauna Berry, Susan Mollan), 1st ed. 2019. Springer International Publishing.
