OSCE

4 - Practical skills assessment - 25

Exam 1

1 - Written exam - 20

Exam 2

2 - Written exam - 25

Reflective Portfolio

5 - Report - 0

Routine Examination

3 - Practical skills assessment - 30

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The module will provide you with the theoretical and practical experience of primary care optometric practice to help prepare you for the Clinical Learning in Practice Modules in the fourth year.  You will develop your clinical decision making skills and apply the knowledge gained from clinical experience in dealing with increasingly more complex patients.

Feedback is provided in a number of ways throughout your module. This includes feedback you receive during teaching from both peers and lecturers and that provided for formative assessment. Following an assessment, you will be given your marks and feedback in line with the assessment regulations and policy. More information on the timing and type of feedback that will be provided for each assessment will be available from the module leader. <a href='https://www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/about/governance/policies/student-policies-and-regulations'>https://www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/about/governance/policies/student-policies-and-regulations</a>

This module will support the development of all the graduate attributes. Your module leader will provide you with information about how your learning, teaching and assessment activities support your development of these attributes. The graduate attributes are: - Always learning - Engaged in the world - Technical and digital - Connected Professional - Creating Impact

Placement - 

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The Optometry Red Book

Clinical procedures in Primary Eye Care

Clinical Ophthalmology

Optometry Law

College of Optometrists

Investigative Techniques and Ocular Examination.

OV3031 - Clinical and Professional Practice II

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This module’s contact hours will be delivered using a number of different approaches. As an example, you may have a combination of in-person sessions (i.e. face to face on campus), and/or online synchronous sessions (participants are engaged at the same time online) and online asynchronous guided activities (you need to plan time to engage with these so you are prepared for the in person and synchronous sessions. These may include viewing recorded lectures and/or other online resources, reading materials, undertaking quizzes, completing exercises and chatting on forums.) In addition to these teaching delivery approaches, you will undertake your own independent study, which may involve wider reading, independent research, skills practice and preparation for assessment. Please see this module’s Moodle page and/or handbook for further information.
Specifically, you will be taught using a combination of lectures, tutorials, practical skills labs and clinical practice (placement).
Lectures 
Lectures are used to communicate core material and as a foundation for further reading. A lecture can help you to feel secure in the foundational knowledge required and point you to significant areas for further study. Lectures provide a basis for discussion in seminars or tutorials. Lecture notes are provided on the virtual learning environment Moodle. However, you are expected to take your own notes too. Lectures may be on campus (in person) or online. Online lectures may be synchronous (in ‘real time’) or asynchronous (pre-recorded). Interaction in synchronous lectures (online or on campus) is encouraged through for example discussions and responses to questions. Lectures will usually be delivered by University staff, and there will also be a range of external experts and service users who will provide their unique perspectives on the topics covered in the lectures.
Tutorials 
Tutorials provide you with the opportunity to work on problems and exercises connected with the course material. Tutorials develop problem-solving skills in an environment that encourages an interactive approach to learning.
Practical classes 
Practical classes provide opportunities to develop clinical skills and to give demonstrations of techniques covered in lectures. Your self-directed study time will also be used to prepare for the practical sessions, and also to practice the techniques being taught during the labs.
Clinical Practice (Placement) 
The aim of practice experience is for you to observe, participate and practice your skills in a variety of real -life contexts. This experience will facilitate you to relate theory to practice and enable skills and knowledge to develop through supervised practice. You will have supernumerary status for the entire length of your programme.
Self-directed learning  
Your studies will involve a number of hours of self-directed learning. This time will be spent reading course material and recommended books, articles or other sources and time spent on your personal study-skills development. The Module Leaders will direct you to the relevant teaching materials available on Moodle for you to prepare for lectures, seminars, and tutorials. Reading lists are provided on module specifications and on Moodle. You will be expected to access the resources before the teaching in order to maximise your learning. During self-directed learning you should explore areas of interest, read widely, and prepare for assessments. Whilst this time counts towards the total hours allocated to the programme, it will be up to you to decide exactly how you spend this time and which areas of learning you wish to pursue.
Moodle  
Moodle is City St George’s Online Learning Environment. Lecturers design Moodle modules to enhance your learning experience by providing online access to module content, activities, communication tools and assessments. This increases opportunities for you to interact with module content and your peers, through on-going discussions and reflection. Your main module reading list will also be available via Moodle’s electronic reading list facility.

Clinical and Professional Practice II

Develop the ability to critically choose the most appropriate procedures and techniques when examining a patient 

Skills

Demonstrate proficiency in more advanced clinical techniques

Take personal responsibility for learning and development

Values and attitudes

Apply clinical regulations and guidance to common clinical scenarios

Work as a member of a team taking increasing levels of responsibility for the overall management of patients.  

Critically assess a patient attending optometric practice and develop diagnostic skills for common causes of ocular disease such as: cataract, diabetic retinopathy, age-related macular degeneration and glaucoma 

Knowledge

Demonstrate professional behaviour when interacting with patients and members of the University community aware of the Universities’ core values relating to equality, diversity and inclusion   

Organise and communicate thoughts and ideas effectively using a range of strategies and technologies   

Critically assess the role of the primary care optometrist in the management of both the primary care patient, including appropriate spectacle dispensing 

Show professionalism and integrity and promote diversity, equity, and dignity in all encounters with other students and staff   

Critically analyse the need for further investigation and co-management within a multidisciplinary team 

Consolidate the adaptations needed when examining patients with additional social, intellectual and clinical needs in order to obtain accurate results 

Avoid making assumptions and recognise diversity and individual choice

Treat people as individuals and uphold their dignity; treating people with kindness, respect, and compassion  

Develop the ability to present a summary of your findings, advice and proposed management of patients based on existing knowledge and frameworks

Demonstrate an independent ability to take overall responsibility for a patient’s care  

Demonstrate critical knowledge of the legal, ethical and professional aspects of optometric practice 

Critically evaluate refractive error in increasingly complex and unpredictable environments 