Diseases of the Eye (10291.2)

Required texts

4a List of Required Text

Bowling, B. (2016). Kanski's Clinical Ophthalmology : A systematic approach (Eighth ed.). London: Elsevier.
This book is available for purchase at the School Locker online-shop and for loan at the library (including online).

Bagheri, N., Wajda, B., Calvo, C., Durrani, A., Friedberg, M., Rapuano, C., & Wills Eye Hospital. (2017). The Wills Eye Manual : Office and Emergency Room Diagnosis and Treatment of Eye Disease
This book is available for loan at the library (including online).
 

List of Required Readings

Compulsory and optional readings as specified by the lecturers throughout the session will be made available on Canvas.

List of Recommended Text

Bruce AS and Loughnan MS. ‘Anterior Eye Disease and Therapeutics', Butterworth-Heinemann, 2nd edition, 2011

This book is available for loan at the library (including online).

Kanski JJ. Signs in Ophthalmology: Causes and differential diagnosis. London: Elsevier, 2010

Submission of assessment items

Extensions & Late submissions

Applications for extension must be submitted to the unit convener at the earliest possible opportunity in the case of circumstances considered to be unanticipated, extenuating and exceptional. For anticipated events or circumstances which have a defined time period (including Reasonable Adjustment Plans), the notification must be lodged no later than 5 working days before the scheduled due date of the assessment. Your application will not be processed without the required information, your signature and relevant supporting documentation.

Deferred Exams

Provisions will be made for students who are unable to sit either the mid-semester test or end of semester examination and produce appropriate medical certificates (leave certificates will not be accepted) or other documentation. In the event that a student misses the mid-semester test due to illness or other exceptional circumstances (refer to eligibility criteria), the student must contact the unit convener and request a deferred exam within 3 days of the scheduled exam.  The request must be made in writing (by email) and include a completed Assignment Extension form

(https://www.canberra.edu.au/current-students/forms/forms/other-forms/Assignment-Extension-Form.pdf).

Students must provide a medical certificate or other relevant documents as requested by the unit convener before sitting the deferred examination. Failure to do so will result in a fail. If their request is approved students will be allowed to sit a deferred mid-semester test at a later date (as chosen by the unit convener).

Final examinations are run centrally through the University of Canberra Examinations Office.  In the event a student misses the Final Examination due to illness or other exceptional circumstances, the procedures outlined in the examinations and results subsection on canberra.edu.au must be followed (including submitting the online deferred application form within 3 days of scheduled exam to the Examinations Office).

Special assessment requirements

The final mark for this subject will be calculated by an accumulation of marks from each assessment item. To achieve a passing grade or higher in this subject, students must:

• Achieve a minimum grade of at least 50% in the final exam; and
• Achieve a final aggregate mark of 50% or higher.

The unit convener reserves the right to question students orally on any of their submitted work.

This course aims to develop your professional and communication skills in preparation for your journey towards being a health professional. During classes and placements, you will be required to demonstrate the ability to work collaboratively as part of a team, negotiate, and resolve conflict. Any action or omission that affects the safety of your patient or peers or is deemed disrespectful to your patients, fellow students or the teaching staff can result in failure of a patient assessment task regardless of the aggregate mark for the assessment. Virtual classes have additional requirements where you will further develop communication skills in the virtual environment. While in a virtual environment, students are required to present themselves and communicate with peers, staff and invited speakers in a professional way. Hence the default for all virtual classes is for all student web cameras to be turned on during virtual classes. Instructors may require students to interact either verbally, through polls or the shared chat function. Students who need guidance on expected behaviours and participation may consult with the unit convenor and/or Study Skills. Instructors may request that cameras are turned off under certain circumstances.
 

Supplementary assessment

Supplementary assessment may only apply for units in the final semester of a course. This unit does not fall into that category.

 

Additional Assessment

If a students fails a hurdle assessment with a mark between 45% and 49% inclusive, they will be offered a second attempt, provided that passing the hurdle would allow them to achieve an aggregate unit mark of 50% or higher. If passing the hurdle would not enable the student to pass the unit, a second attempt will not be offered.   Students should expect to have their grade listed as WH until the additional assessment has been marked and moderated. The repeat hurdle mark replaces the original mark for the hurdle assessment, hence it is possible for the hurdle assessment mark to increase or decrease. If the student passes the repeat hurdle assessment (50% or better), they shall receive the minimum required mark required to receive a pass grade for that hurdle assessment, i.e.50% and their aggregate mark for the unit will increase. If the student receives a lower mark on the repeat final examination hurdle assessment, their aggregate mark will decrease. The additional assessment will be held in the deferred examination period for Semester 2 2025, and no later than the week after the Semester 2 2025 deferred examination period.

Artificial Intelligence

Students are not permitted to use generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) in assessments for this unit, except for Studiosity Writing Feedback Plus

Students must apply academic integrity in their learning and research activities at UC. This includes submitting authentic and original work for assessments and properly acknowledging any sources used.

Academic integrity involves the ethical, honest and responsible use, creation and sharing of information. It is critical to the quality of higher education. Our academic integrity values are honesty, trust, fairness, respect, responsibility and courage.

UC students have to complete the Academic Integrity Module annually to learn about academic integrity and to understand the consequences of academic integrity breaches (or academic misconduct).

UC uses various strategies and systems, including detection software, to identify potential breaches of academic integrity. Suspected breaches may be investigated, and action can be taken when misconduct is found to have occurred.

Information is provided in the Academic Integrity Policy, Academic Integrity Procedure, and University of Canberra (Student Conduct) Rules 2023. For further advice, visit Study Skills.

Learner engagement

Students are required to cooperate in (laboratory classes, workshops or tutorials) where students may be asked to practice optometry skills on each other, so each student is the patient and practitioner in turn and for approximately equal duration. By both conducting the clinical procedures and participating in the tests, you will gain an insight and empathy into the issues associated with testing visual function, both from the point of view of both an optometrist and patient. During classes you will be required to demonstrate the ability to work collaboratively as part of a team, negotiate, and resolve conflict. Any action or omission that affects patient safety or is deemed disrespectful to your patients, fellow students or the teaching staff can result in failure of a patient assessment task regardless of the aggregate mark for the assessment.

This course aims to develop your professional and communication skills in preparation for your journey towards being a health professional. During classes and placements, you will be required to demonstrate the ability to work collaboratively as part of a team, negotiate, and resolve conflict. Any action or omission that affects the safety of your patient or peers or is deemed disrespectful to your patients, fellow students or the teaching staff can result in failure of a patient assessment task regardless of the aggregate mark for the assessment. Virtual classes have additional requirements where you will further develop communication skills in the virtual environment. While in a virtual environment, students are required to present themselves and communicate with peers, staff and invited speakers in a professional way. Hence the default for all virtual classes is for all student web cameras to be turned on during virtual classes. Instructors may require students to interact either verbally, through polls or the shared chat function. Students who need guidance on expected behaviours and participation may consult with the unit convenor and/or Study Skills. Instructors may request that cameras are turned off under certain circumstances.

Participation requirements

This Unit contains participatory elements which are vital to the entry-level competencies for Optometrists (see https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/cxo.12216). Except in the case of extenuating circumstances, 100% attendance is expected at all lectures, and 100% participation is required for all laboratory session.

It is expected that students unable to fulfil these participation requirements will inform the Unit Convener as soon as practical, by telephone or email. If attendance requirements cannot be regularly satisfied (e.g. timetable clash) it may be recommended that you schedule this unit for a future semester. Failure to adhere to these requirements may result in failure of the associated assessment piece.

Satisfactory attendance at all laboratory classes is required. Satisfactory attendance includes reaching target proficiency in some techniques taught in earlier units. Details will be provided on CANVAS. 
 
Consideration will be given for illness; however evidence such as a medical certificate (leave certificates are not acceptable) will be required.

Required IT skills

Students should be conversant with searching for and accessing information via electronic means; the use of Canvas; and word processing, spreadsheet and presentation software.

Work placement, internships or practicums

None

• Semester 2, 2025, On-campus, UC - Canberra, Bruce (227142)
• Semester 2, 2024, On-campus, UC - Canberra, Bruce (221868)