Neuro-Ophthalmology (Clinical Elective)

2 units

This elective will be offered by invitation only to select fourth-year medical students with a career interest in Neuro-Ophthalmology. During the four-week rotation, students will be busy in the Neuro-Ophthalmology clinic. Students will be expected to work-up new patients and present them to the Neuro-Ophthalmology attending. After clinic students should read about diagnoses encountered in clinic. In addition, there will be required reading. Comprehension of the reading will be assessed by scheduled quizzes which will then be reviewed with the student by one of three faculty members. There may be opportunities to join the operating room for strabismus surgery. Interested students will be encouraged to engage in a research project with one of the faculty members, although this is not required for the rotation. This will be a busy clinical elective; students can expect to spend ten half-days working in clinic or the OR per week. By the end of the rotation, students will feel comfortable recording a chief complaint, focused Neuro-Ophthalmic history, and performing a Neuro-Ophthalmic examination. Students should achieve resident level knowledge of common Neuro-Ophthalmic pathology.