Description
Comprehensive OPHTHALMOLOGY Eighth edition has been thoroughly revised, updated as per Competency-based Medical Education (CBME) curriculum with recent advances
incorporated in every section. However, the layout of the book which has been appreciated by the medical students is retained as such, with text arranged in six sections.
Section I: Anatomy and Physiology of Eye includes two chapters one each on Anatomical and Physiological aspects of Eye and Ocular Adnexa.
Section II: Optics and Refraction comprises two chapters one each on Elementary and Physiological Optics, and Errors of Refraction, Accommodation and Asthenopia.
Section III: Diseases of Eye and Ocular Adnexa exhibits an exhaustive and thorough exposition of the text on disorders of eyeball, ocular adnexa and visual pathway in fourteen chapters.
Section IV: Ocular Therapeutics includes a chapter on Ocular Pharmacology and another chapter on Lasers and Cryotherapy in Ophthalmology.
Section V: Systemic and Community Ophthalmology covers updated text on these topics in two chapters.
Section VI: Practical Ophthalmology is the unique feature of this book. It provides exact insight and topics essential for practical examination such as Clinical Methods in Ophthalmology, Ophthalmic Cases, Darkroom Procedures, and Ophthalmic Instruments.
Practical Ophthalmology Section has been updated with following incorporations
- AETCOM (Attitude, Ethics and Communication skills), which is unique and essential concept under CBME curriculum, has been introduced in the very first chapter of this section.
- Case studies have been incorporated liberally in this section, keeping in view the patient centric, Competency-Based Medical Education (CBME) curriculum, 2018.
- DOAP (Demonstrate, Observe, Assess and Perform) concept has been incorporated appropriately with competency number mapped.
- Skill assessment, one of the suggested assessment method in new CBME curriculum has also been included in this section.
- OSPE (Objectively Structured Practical Examination) and OSCE (Objectively Structured Clinical Examination) have also been incorporated.
- Logbook, which provides a clear setting of learning objectives, has been included as per latest guidelines of NMC under CBME curriculum, in the form of new chapter titled, “Logbook: Concept and Templates”.
Review of Ophthalmology, a companion to the textbook which offers quick comprehension at a glance and an opportunity for self-assessment with latest multiple choice questions (MCQs), has been updated with latest text and picture based MCQs. In eighth edition, Review of Ophthalmology has been given as an online complimentary resource with an added feature of clinical skill videos and surgical videos.
These unique salient features of this book make it an authentic text for theory, practical and postgraduate entrance examinations. It will also serve as a readily available online resource for residents in ophthalmology as well as practising ophthalmologists.
