Official NUC CCMAS syllabus

OPT 607 — Neuro-Ophthalmology

OPT department course · Nigerian universities

What you'll be able to do (official learning outcomes)

• test pupillary reactions with penlight and recognize relative afferent pupillary defect
• demonstrate confrontational visual field test in 4 quadrants for each eye
• describe visual field defect, scotoma, hemianopia
• perform ductions and versions test
• demonstrate knowledge of basic anatomy of anterior chamber angle
• describe aqueous humour production and circulation

Course contents

Basic anatomy of afferent visual pathway, ocular motor pathway, ocular autonomic pathway, pupillary pathway, optic nerve diseases papilledema, optic atrophy, papillitis, acute onset cranial nerves palsy, 3rd, 4th, 6th. Test pupillary reactions with penlight and recognise relative afferent pupillary defect.

Source: the Nigerian Universities Commission (NUC) Core Curriculum and Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS). StudyOps loads this syllabus automatically when you study OPT 607.

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