ORTHOPTIC CLINICAL PRACTICE B
ORT5CLB
2014
Credit points: 30
Subject outline
In this foundation level clinical practicum subject, students will develop basic clinical and patient handling skills in a supervised context within the Eye & Ear Hospital clinical school network. Students will undertake a six-week placement. At the end of the placement, it is expected that students will have developed skills to assess vision, various ocular structures, functions and pathologies within a clinical ophthalmology context. This subject will enable students to progress to the advanced Orthoptic Clinical Practicum subjects.
Faculty: Faculty of Health Sciences
Credit points: 30
Subject Co-ordinator: Connie Koklanis
Available to Study Abroad Students: No
Subject year level: Year Level 5 - Masters
Exchange Students: No
Subject particulars
Subject rules
Prerequisites: ORT5CLA and ORT5OMT
Co-requisites: N/A
Incompatible subjects: N/A
Equivalent subjects: N/A
Special conditions: N/A
Melbourne, 2014, Week 03-14, Day
Overview
Online enrolment: Yes
Maximum enrolment size: N/A
Enrolment information:
Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Connie Koklanis
Class requirements
Placement - Off SiteWeek: 03 - 14
One 25.0 days placement - off site per study period on weekdays during the day from week 03 to week 14 and delivered via face-to-face.
"One 5-week clinical block placement"
WorkShopWeek: 03 - 14
Eight 3.0 hours workshop per study period on weekdays during the day from week 03 to week 14 and delivered via face-to-face.
"Eight 3-hour workshops across the teaching period"
Assessments
| Assessment element | Comments | % |
|---|---|---|
| one 10-min individual case report presentation (equiv to 500 words) | Hurdle requirement: students must pass all pieces of assessment in order to obtain an overall pass for this subject. | 0 |
| one 30-min OSCE examination (equiv to 3,000 words) | 100 | |
| one 750-word case report, supported by a 3,000-word clinical reflective journal | Hurdle requirement: students must pass all pieces of assessment in order to obtain an overall pass for this subject. | 0 |
| one competency checklist report (equiv to 2,000 words) | Hurdle requirement: students must pass all pieces of assessment in order to obtain an overall pass for this subject. | 0 |