Programme Information Profile 2008

Specialty: Ophthalmology

GMC: WOS/471

Deanery sponsoring programme: West of Scotland Postgraduate Dean: Professor Alastair McLellan Responsible Associate Dean: Mr Dominique Byrne Programme Type - . Deanery-based or National: Deanery . Specialty or Sub-specialty: Specialty Date of GMC recent approval: August 2010 Associated Royal College / Faculty Royal College of Ophthalmologists

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Date programme information last updated August 2012

Recognised Programme Locations and Environments This programme involves placements in some or all of these Health Boards and hospitals: West of Scotland – training in Glasgow hospitals with placements in Forth valley, Ayrshire, and Stirling; Gartnavel General Hospital Stobhill Hospital Glasgow Royal Infirmary Southern General Hospital (including Institute of Neurological Sciences) Victoria infirmary Ayr Hospital Crosshouse Hospital Inverclyde Royal infirmary Royal Alexandria Hospital, Paisley Hairmyers Hospital Yorkhill Hospital Monklands Hospital Law Hospital Stirling Royal Infirmary Falkirk Royal Infirmary

Programme Director Dr Ewan Kemp Contact Gartnavel Hospital Tel: 0141 211 2934

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The West Ophthalmology programme provides sub-specialty training in a wide range of medical and surgical ophthalmic disciplines. Medical Ophthalmology includes inflammatory ocular disease, diabetic, neuro-ophthalmology and age related degeneration. Surgical disciplines include cataract, glaucoma, vitreoretinal, oculoplastics, oncology, motility and paediatric ophthalmology. The training programme covers a relatively large population – almost three million people live within its catchment area, and as such the intensity of pathology matches any other large urban area where the clinic volume and surgical range is similar, and is equivalent to any other major department in the UK. Specialty: Ophthalmology

GMC: WOS/471

The West of Scotland hosts a full range of tertiary referral services of a national standard.

Research, audit and teaching are encouraged by the training departments. Trainees will have access to extensive library facilities, seminar rooms, and scientists employed in an electrodiagnostic department plus specialised ocular pathology and radiology, as they rotate through the programme over a seven year period.

Rotations are determined by the specialty competencies that have to be achieved each year, with widespread experience being offered both in central Teaching Hospitals and District General Hospitals. Greater choice is available near the end of the programme, when sub-specialty interests can be considered. Posts are flexible enough to allow trainers to adapt them according to trainee progress and capacity for clinical responsibility. Trainees can expect the full cooperation of their trainers in guiding their careers, with clinical exposure to both medical and surgical disciplines within Ophthalmology.

The training programme offers a specific Postgraduate Training Programme associated with University terms, and also individual tutorials from various specialists within the Programme at different hospital sites. This includes ocular pathology in the central Teaching Hospital.

Programme Descriptor submitted in 2009-2010

Ophthalmology is a surgical specialty. If you wish to enter ophthalmology you will need to have an aptitude for microsurgical skills. You should therefore already have good hand-eye co-ordination. Good binocular vision and stereopsis is considered to be an advantage for all ophthalmologists in surgical procedures, clinical assessment and in the interpretation of some investigations. You are strongly advised to seek an assessment from an optometrist or orthoptist who will be able to measure your visual acuity and stereovision.

You will have completed 2 years of foundation training, or equivalent, which need not have included a period of time in ophthalmology. You will be expected to show that you are committed to a career in ophthalmology by taking advantage of any opportunities that arise during foundation training. It is expected that you will have achieved the following during foundation training: You will be able to perform a general medical examination, which includes examination of the nervous system, neck, skin and joints. You will also be able to perform a basic developmental assessment of a child. You will be able to order and interpret biochemistry and haematology investigations, bone scan reports and urinalysis. You will be able to recognise when a patient is ill and provide emergency treatment, including basic life support until expert helps arrive.

You will have a good knowledge of general medicine and surgery, especially in those areas of direct relevance to ophthalmology. You will have adopted appropriate professional behaviours that include attitudes, ethics and responsibilities as a doctor. You will understand and follow the guidance for professional practice described in the GMC documents, Duties of a Doctor and Good Medical Practice. You will take responsibility for the implications of your own health on your professional practice.

If you have not undertaken foundation training you must be able to show that you have completed an equivalent training and have evidence that you have achieved the professional competences described above.

In addition to a certificate of satisfactory completion of foundation training you will be assessed in one or more of the following areas:

Binocular vision and stereopsis Communication skills Decision making skills Critical appraisal skills Basic surgical skills Commitment to ophthalmology Specialty: Ophthalmology

GMC: WOS/471

Good medical practice

The West of Scotland training programme allows trainees the opportunity to work in a wide variety of hospitals encompassing both central teaching and district general. The pathology encountered reflects the immediate population of approximately 3,000,000.

Specialty information, training standards and requirements are governed by the Royal College of Ophthalmologists.

How to apply

Application is through MTAS.

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Deanery Administrative Contacts Name Helen Biggins Address NES, 89 Hydepark St, Glasgow G3 8BW Tel 0141 223 1412

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