OPT 638 - Systemic Diseases and Medications III

1 credit(s)
This course is designed to teach students how to perform those components of the physical exam that will help diagnose the underlying systemic causes of ocular disease. Students are taught and then expected to perform evaluations of the head, neck and throat; cardiovascular; pulmonary; and, neurologic systems in a guided lab. Hands-on instruction in providing intramuscular, intravenous and periocular injections is included as well as biopsy techniques and wound closure with sutures.