Competency information
Details
Obtain a full patient history from an adult patient (under supervision).
Considerations
- Processes of ophthalmic history taking in adults, to include presenting complaint, current and past ophthalmic history, current and past general medical history, and social and occupational history.
- The purpose and relevant protocols for obtaining and documenting patient history.
Communication
- How to communicate effectively with patients, parents or carers, including patients with a range of cultural and special needs.
- The anxieties or concerns that patients, parents or carers may experience and how to alleviate them.
Symptoms and the relevance of patient history to ocular and systemic disease.
- The symptoms of common diseases affecting the visual system, e.g. glaucoma, cataract, diabetic retinopathy and age-related macular degeneration.
- The relationship between ocular/visual and non-ocular symptoms.
- Ocular/visual manifestations of systemic disease.
- The differences in presenting symptoms and signs between children with developmental disorders and adults with acquired disorders, e.g. binocular vision, colour vision.
Relevant learning outcomes
| # | Outcome |
|---|---|
| # 1 | Outcome Measure visual acuity using a LogMAR chart for adult subjects. |
| # 2 | Outcome Perform an Ishihara colour vision assessment on an adult subject. |