Department of Opthalmology
- About Department
- Infrastructure
- Infrastructure: Departmental Library
- List of Equipment’s
- Student Support & Progression
- Teaching learning methods
- Departmental Activities
- Brochure
Goals
The broad goal in the teaching of undergraduate students in Ophthalmology aims at
- To provide such knowledge and skills that shall enable the student to practice as a clinical and primary eye care physician and also to function effectively as a community health leader to assist in the implementation of national programme for control of blindness and rehabilitation of visually impaired.
Objectives
Knowledge
- Common problems affecting eye
- Principles of management of common ophthalmic emergencies
- Effects of local and systemic diseases on eye
- National programme for control of blindness implementation by organizing various
camps at various levels - Eye bank organization
Skills
- Assisting in diagnostic procedures like visual acuity testing, tonometry, corneal staining, subjective refraction and direct ophthalmoscopy
- Diagnosing and treating common eye problems
- Assisting in therapeutic procedures like sub-conjunctival injection,
corneal/conjunctival foreign body removal, nasolacrimal duct syringing - Providing first aid in ophthalmic emergencies
- Assisting in community health surveys and primary eye care services in primary
health centre. - Cataract surgeries for Yellow and Orange ration holder patients are free of cost. During surgery period, lodging-and- boarding arrangements for the patients are done by the hospital free of cost.
| Sr. No. | Room | Area (Sq. m) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Professor and Head Of Department | 21.68 |
| 2 | Associate Professor | 15.24 |
| 3 | Assistant Professor | 21.58 |
| 4 | Resident Room | 19.78 |
| 5 | Non-Teaching Staff | 11.46 |
| 6 | Departmental library/Seminar room | 38.04 |
| 7 | Office | 12.37 |
| 8 | Research Laboratory | 21.47 |
| 9 | Extra Room | 24.05 |
| Number Of Books | Number Of Titles | |
|---|---|---|
| Departmental Library | 101 | 96 |
| Central Library | 359 | 171 |
| Journal Name | Frequency |
|---|---|
| Indian Journal Of Ophthalmology | Monthly |
| S.No. | NAME OF THE ITEMS | Qty |
|---|---|---|
| (A) O.P.D. | ||
| 1 | Snellen Chart/Snellen drum with or without remote control | 3 |
| 2 | Trial set with trial frame both for adult and children | 3 |
| 3 | Automated Perimeter | 1 |
| 4 | Color vision chart –Original Ishihara | 2 |
| 5 | Near vision chart with different languages | 3 |
| 6 | Torch | Available |
| 7 | Ophthalmoscope (Direct) | 4 |
| 8 | Streak Retinoscope | 4 |
| 9 | Indirect Ophthalmoscope | 2 |
| 10 | Slit lamp | 3 |
| 11 | Applanation tonometer | 2 |
| 12 | Keratometer | 1 |
| 13 | Synoptophore | 1 |
| 14 | Maddox Rod | 1 |
| 15 | Maddox Wing | 1 |
| 16 | Diplopia goggles | 1 |
| 17 | Gonioscope | 2 |
| 18 | Placido disc | 1 |
| 19 | Prism Bar | 1 |
| 20 | Schiotz’s tonometer | 4 |
| (B) Major Operation Theatre | ||
| 21 | Operating microscope with TV Unit with camera | 1 |
| 22 | Cryo Unit | 1 |
| 23 | Cataract set | 4 |
| 24 | Glaucoma set | 2 |
| 25 | DCT/ DCRR set | 2 |
| 26 | Entropion set | 2 |
| 27 | Enucleation set | 4 |
| 28 | Evisceration set | 2 |
| 29 | Squint set | 2 |
| (C) General Ophthalmic Equipment | ||
| 30 | Operation Theatre Table | 2 |
| 31 | Operation Theatre Light | 2 |
| (D) Wards | ||
| 32 | Slit lamp | 1 |
| 33 | Snellen chart/Snellen drum with or without remote control | 1 |
| 34 | Trial set with trial frame both for adult and children | 1 |
| 35 | Near vision chart with different languages | 1 |
| 36 | Torch | Available |
| 37 | Ophthalmoscope | 1 |
| 38 | Indirect Ophthalmoscope | 1 |
| 39 | Multi media Projector with Screen | 1 |
| 40 | Wards have wall mounted suction lines along with piped wall mounted central O2 lines on atleast 5 beds. | – |
| 41 | Wards have resuscitation equipment like laryngoscope, all size endotracheal tubes, nasal and oral airways, Magill’s forceps, LMA / PLMA of all sizes, Electrical suction apparatus, AED -1. | – |
| 42 | Operation theatres have wall / dongle mounted suction lines along with piped wall / dongle mounted central gas (O2, NO2 lines. | – |
| 43 | Operation theatres have resuscitation equipment like Anesthesia machine and accessories like laryngoscope, all size endotracheal tubes, nasal and oral airways, Magill’s forceps, Mechanical ventilator – separate or with anesthesia machine, LMA PLMA of all sizes, Electrical suction apparatus | – |
Student Support & Progression
- Didactic Lectures
- Clinical Postings
- Seminars
- OSCE
Students Evaluation
Our institute follows continuous-Internal assessment
- Theory & Practical Examination AS PER MUHS
- REGULAR class tests
- Clinical tests at the end of clinical postings
- Didactic lectures
- Clinical postings
- OSCE
- PowerPoint presentations
- Video presentations
- Interactive group discussions
Departmental Activities
- Various camps for
- Cataract screening
- Diabetic retinopathy screening
- Glaucoma awareness programmes
Best Practice of Department
- Specialty clinics
- Advanced machineries and experts
- Minimal Time between OPD to admission and for Operation
- Outreach camps for remote area patients
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