COURSE CONTENTS:
1. Introduction to tissue transplantation, types of transplant,
2. Tissue transplantation in ophthalmology
3. Graft rejection - Serological tests required & storage techniques of corneas
4. Serological tests required & storage techniques of corneas
5. Serological tests required & storage techniques of corneas
6. The concept of an eye bank, an ideal eye bank set up
7. Infrastructural requirements, Human resource needs
8. The concept of an eye bank, an ideal eye bank set up
9. Infrastructural requirements, Human resource needs
10. The concept of an eye bank, an ideal eye bank set up
11. Infrastructural requirements, Human resource needs
12. Management of an eye bank
13. Managerial requirement
14. Management of an eye bank
15. Managerial requirement
16. Management of an eye bank
17. Managerial requirement
18. Professional ethics and the legal and social implications of misconduct
1. To Perform Refraction
2. To Dispense glasses
4. To be able to do a proper referral to an Ophthalmologist
5. To do Low vision assessment
6. To Dispense low vision devices
7. To provide training in using Low Vision Devices
8. To dispense contact lenses and be able to manage these patients
9. To be able to perform Diagnostic tests i.e. Visual Fields, Tangent Screen, Hess’s
10. To do Vision assessment of Infants and children.
11. To perform refractions in children
12. To do Orthoptics / Squint assessment
13. To follow the plan of surgical squint correction