DAMS brings Live app based structured course for Ophthalmology residents for the first time.

The course involves live interactions of important topics to make you proficient in theory and practical knowledge over a period of 6 months. The course will have six modules, four sessions per module and having duration of 2-2.5 hrs. per session as scheduled below.

The aim is to demonstrate an easy approach towards residency and other foreign degree exams like FICO, FRCS. Kanski based academic teaching, live demonstration of ideal way to do basic investigations, perform clinical examination for practical exam purposes with recent updates will be the key takeaways from this course.

The course is designed to make one confident in clinical examination skills, interpretation of various examination techniques and investigations and not per se rote theory learning. The recordings of the live lectures will also be available for those who miss the live session.

Course starts from 3rd February 2021

Module 1- Introduction to the course

- Which books to read

- What to read and what to avoid

- Approach towards residency

- Approach to other foreign exams

- Embryology basics

- Basic examination techniques

- Basic investigations

Module 2- Lens and glaucoma

- How to grade cataracts

- Cataract surgeries with instruments

- Glaucoma subtypes and management

- Glaucoma surgeries

Module 3- Approach to Posterior segment

- Retina vascular disorders

- How to interpret Angiography and OCT

- Retinal detachment types

- Practical exam pearls

- Tackling Uvea

Module 4- Orbit and adnexa

- Approach to proptosis

- Clinical examination demonstration

- Short cases

Module 5- Cornea and ocular surface

- Approach towards corneal ulcer

- Basics of topography

- Keratoplasty and eye banking

- Short cases

Module 6- How to handle Strabismus, Neuro-ophthal and Optics

- Ocular motility examination

- Paralytic squint and Diplopia charting

- Demonstration of strabismic tests

- Assessing refractive error by retinoscopy

- Prescribing glasses