COURSES

Name of Courses Duration Frequency
Opthalmic Technician 2 years Starts in July of each year
Capacity building in Out Reach Opthalmology 7 days Once in Each Month
Introduction of Community Opthalmology 1 day Once in Each Month

LIONS SILCHAR CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF COMMUNITY OPHTHALMOLOGY

LIONS EYE HOSPITAL, SILCHAR, LIONS ENCLAVE, PARK ROAD, SILCHAR 788 001, ASSAM, INDIA

 

SYLLABUS FOR THE OPHTHAMIC TECHNICIAN COURSE

COURSE  DURATION  : 2 YEARS : 4 SEMESTERS

COURSE CURRICULAM FOR THE FIRST SEMESTER

CLASS DURATION : 5 MONTHS : REVIEW AND ASSESSMENT : 1 MONTH

SESSION STARTS :                   1ST OF JULY EVERY SECOND YEAR, STARTING FROM 2018

NO.OF PAPERS :

                      THEORITICAL PAPERS :              6        PAPER 01 – 06            TOTAL MARKS : 600

                      PRACTICAL PAPERS :                  2        PAPER 07 – 08            TOTAL MARKS : 200

 

 

 

PAPER 01 : OCULAR ANATOMY AND OCULAR PHYSIOLOGY

                     OCULAR ANATOMY :      12 CLASSES OF 1 HOUR DURATION

                     OCULAR PHYSIOLOGY :   8 CLASSES OF 1 HOUR DURATION 

PAPER 02 : REFRACTION AND GENERAL OPTICS

                                                            20 CLASSES OF 1 HOUR DURATION

PAPER 03 : OCULAR PHARMACOLOGY AND OCULAR MICROBIOLOGY

                                                            20 CLASSES OF 1 HOUR DURATION

PAPER 04 : COMMON DISEASES OF EYE

                                                            20 CLASSES OF 1 HOUR DURATION

PAPER 05 : CLINICAL EXAMINATION OF EYE AND GENERAL PHYSICAL EXAMINATION

                                                            20 CLASSES OF 1 HOUR DURATION

PAPER 06 : COMMUNITY OPHTHALMOLOGY

                                                            20 CLASSES OF 1 HOUR DURATION

PAPER 07 : EXPOSURE TO OPD PROCEDURES

PAPER 08 : SCHOOL VISION CHECK UP AND OUTREACH CATARACT SCREENING CAMP

 

PAPER 01

OCULAR ANATOMY AND OCULAR PHYSIOLOGY

OCULAR ANATOMY

  1. Structure of Eye Ball and Basic Anatomy of the Orbit & Coats of Eye Ball
  2. Lids
  3. Lacrimal Apparatus
  4. Conjunctiva, Cornea and Sclera
  5. Anterior Chamber, Iris and Pupil
  6. Crystalline Lens
  7. Vitreous
  8. Retina and Choroid
  9. Optic Nerve
  10. Extra-ocular Muscle and Ocular Movement

 

OCULAR PHYSIOLOGY

  1. Eyelids
  2. Lacrimal Apparatus
  3. Cornea
  4. Extra-ocular Muscle
  5. Aqueous Humour and Intra-ocular Pressure
  6. Retina and Optic Nerve
  7. Visual Pathway, Binocular Vision and Colour Vision
  8. Accommodation and Visual Acuity

PAPER 02

REFRACTION AND GENERAL OPTICS

  1. Principles of Refraction and General Optics
  2. Spherical and Cylindrical Lenses
  3. Refraction of Eye and Optical Defects of the Eye
  4. Refractive Error
  • Hypermetropia
  • Myopia
  • Astigmatism
  • Aphakia and Pseudophakia
  • Accommodation
  • Presbyopia
  • Binocular Vision and Anomalies

                      Esotrophia

                      Exotropia

                      Hyperphoria

                      Convergence Anomalies

                                                    

  1. Visual Acuity
  2. Objective Methods of Refraction
  • Mirror Retinoscopy
  • Streak Retinoscopy
  • Autorefraction
  1. Subjective Verification of Refraction
  2. Prescription of Spectacles

 

PAPER 03

OCULAR PHARMACOLOGY AND OCULAR MICROBIOLOGY

 

  1. Effects and Side Effects of Drug and monitoring of the Patients of the administration of Drugs. Various Methods of Drug Administration in Ophthalmic Diseases. Different Observations used in Prescriptions
  2. Antibiotics, Antifungal, Antiviral and Anti Allergic
  3. Mydriatris, Cycloplegic, Mioties
  4. Local Anaesthesia, Tropical Anaesthesia, General Anaesthesia
  5. Other commonly used Drugs in Ophthalmic Practice
  6. Storage of the Drugs as per the Drug Rules
  7. Various Ocular Diseases and Disorders
  8. Characteristics of Micro Organisms including Viral and Bacterial Eye Infections
  9. Measures to control the spread of Micro Organisms in the health settings
  10. Process of infection and epidemiology
  11. Basic Laboratory Tests, Processes and Techniques

 

 

PAPER 04

COMMON DISEASES OF EYE

 

  1. Diseases of Eye Lids
  2. Diseases of Lacrimal Drainage
  3. Diseases of Orbit
  4. Dry Eye and Conjunctival Diseases
  5. Corneal Diseases and Refractive Surgery
  6. Scleral and Episcleral Diseases
  7. Cataract in Details
  • Prevalence and Types
  • Diagnosis and Identification of Type
  • Modes of Treatment
  • Paediatric Cataract
  1. Glaucoma in Details
  • Prevalence and Types
  • Investigation
  • Mode of Treatment
  • Awareness
  1. Retinal Disease
  • Diabetic Retinopathy
  • Age Related Macular Degeneration
  • Retinal Detachment
  • Retinal Vascular Diseases
  1. Optic Nerve and Neuro Ophthalmology
  2. Uveities
  3. Ocular Trauma and Tumors

 

PAPER 05

CLINICAL EXAMINATION OF EYE AND GENERAL PHYSICAL EXAMINATION

 

  1. Diagnosis Procedures of all kinds
  2. Maintenance of Patients’ Records, Procedures of Maintenance – Manual and Electronic; Maintenance of Other Hospital Records – Manual and Electronic
  3. Understanding of various information and patients’ history captured and maintained in the Records
  4. Procedures of taking Patients’ History
  5. Procedures of General Eye Examination
  6. Procedures of Clinical Eye Examination : Lids, Lacrimal Sac, Conjunctiva, Cornea, Anterior Chamber, Pupil, Lens, Cover Test, Pupillary Reaction etc.
  7. Procedures of recording Visual Acuity : Ascertain Vision and Pinhole Vision
  8. Ocular Movement
  9. Slit Lamp Examination
  10. Direct Ophthalmoscopy
  11. Auto Refraction
  12. Auto Perimetry
  13. Biometry
  14. Other Investigative Procedures
  15. Various Investigative Instruments and Equipments and their Maintenance
  16. Various Surgical Instruments and Equipments and their Maintenance
  17. Blood and Urine Glucose
  18. Hypertension and Hypotension and Measuring of Blood Pressure
  19. Electro Cardiography
  20. General Health Condition of the Patient

 

 

PAPER 06

COMMUNITY OPHTHALMOLOGY

 

  1. Brief introduction of the Sub Discipline and its Terminology
  2. Background and Causes of Evolution of the Sub Discipline
  3. Functional Modalities of Community Ophthalmology
  4. Prevalence and Major Causes of Blindness in the World, in India, in Assam and in the Target Area of the Lions Eye Hospital, Silchar
  5. Functional Procedures of a Base Eye Hospital
  6. Establishment of Vision Centres and their Functional Procedure
  7. Blindness Survey
  8. Demographic Research on Blindness, its Utility and Procedures; Case Study Report
  9. School Children Vision Check Up and Inclusive Guidance on Maintenance of Health and Nutrition; Maintenance of Records of Vision Check Up Camps
  10. Village to Village Eye Check Up, Treatment and Guidance; Maintenance of Records
  11. Patients’ Counselling at Hospital and Vision Centre
  12. Comprehensive Eye Care; General Health Education, Public Health Awareness, General Hygiene, Sanitation, Safe Drinking Water, Antenatal and Post Natal Care etc.

 

 

                                                                                                               (Dr. Bimal Jyoti Deb Sikdar, MBBS, MS, DO)

                                                                                                                               Asst. Director, Academics,

                                                                                              Lions Silchar Central Institute of Community Ophthalmology

                                                                                                    Vice Chairman and Head of the Dept. of Ophthalmology,

                                                                                                                              Lions Eye Hospital, Silchar