MEL 8507: Retinal Elective

Periods

Pre-requisite

Sites & Slots

Hours

Weeks

Year 3: 9,10,11
Year 4: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11

1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11 - LVHN

none - Tampa

Year 4 status - LVHN

1@USF-MS
1@LVH-CC

FT, 44-70 hr wk

2,4

Drs. Peter Reed Pavan and Brian Madow (Tampa)

Dr. Maz Kazahaya (LVHN)

Students will evaluate patients with diabetic retinopathy, hypertensive retinopathy, senile macular degeneration, retinal detachments, intraocular tumors, and uveitis at the USF Eye Institute using direct and indirect ophthalmoscopy and slit lamp examination of the fundus. Students will learn the interpretation of fundus fluorescein angiography and ultrasonography. They will participate in argon and krypton laser photocoagulation, intraocular injections, scleral buckles, vitrectomies, and radiation plaque therapy. For those interested in ophthalmology as a career, this course is an opportunity to learn the most advanced diagnostic and therapeutic techniques used in eye care today. Those interested in family practice, internal medicine, geriatrics, and endocrinology will see the retinal pathology most often encountered in their future specialty and learn the resources that are available for evaluation and treatment. In the last week of the rotation, the student is required to present and discuss a patient they have evaluated during the course at the departmental case conference.

Evaluation

Evaluation will be determined by daily performance observed during the 4-week elective period. On the first day of the rotation, report to Stacy Parker DeRaps at the USF Eye Institute.