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This 15-credit module aims to provide you with the knowledge and skills to work effectively in a multidisciplinary medical retina team where work settings and responsibilities may include:

• medical retina new patient triage clinics
• AMD treatment - retreatment clinics
• slit lamp diabetic retinopathy screening and grading including referral outcome grading
• diabetic macular oedema assessment and monitoring.

Learning outcomes include:

• an ability to obtain a clinical history
• an ability to undertake a detailed slit lamp examination including Volk lens indirect ophthalmoscopy
• an ability to use and interpret OCT imaging software and fundus photography to review data and make accurate diagnoses
• an understanding of the principles of fluorescein/ICG angiography and

autofluorescence in the differential diagnosis of macular disorders

• an ability to differentially diagnose retinal and macular conditions and manage or refer as appropriate
• an ability to diagnose wet AMD with a provisional recommendation for treatment
• an ability to diagnose retinal vein occlusions and refer or manage as appropriate
• an ability to recognise other ocular abnormality and refer or manage as appropriate
• an ability to make re-treat decisions for wet AMD according to local protocols in a consultant ophthalmologist-led pathway, including the ability to determine when further investigations are required in the event of atypical or sub -optimal responses to treatment
• an ability to detect the features needed to accurately grade diabetic retinopathy according to modified UK ETDRS criteria in addition to National Screening protocols
• an ability to communicate with patients about their diagnosis and potential management options
• an ability to communicate with colleagues within a multidisciplinary setting
• an awareness of NICE guidelines and local protocols for AMD, diabetic macular oedema (DMO) and retinal vein occlusions
• an ability to work within a clinical governance framework of the ophthalmic unit