Ophthalmology

Ophthalmology

About

Ophthalmology

Department of ophthalmology has 3 separate spacious consultation rooms with all necessary ophthalmic equipment in each room. There are 2 separate well equipped rooms where visual acuity testing, refractive error measurement with autorefractometer and intra ocular pressure measurement with non-contact tonometer are being done by well trained staff. There is a separate counsellor to help patients regarding health insurance such as most of the private insurances Arogya Bhagya, ECHS, ESI, Sampoorna suraksha etc. OPD has a separate fully equipped minor OT where minor procedures like Lacrimal syringing, Chalazion excision, Cyst excision, Incision and drainage of abscesses, Subtenons, Sub-conjunctival, Supratarsal injection , Saline wash for chemical burns, foreign body removal are being done. Round the clock service is rendered to retrieve eyes from the deceased.

Opthalmology

Teaching Program

  • Regular Theory classes (large group teaching) for MBBS students of   5th& 6th terms. 
  • Regular clinical teaching for under graduate of 3rd, 4th, 5th & 6th term students.  
  • Periodic conducting of internal assessment tests at the end of the posting for all undergraduate batches. 
  • Small group teaching for undergraduate students as per the NMC guidelines.
  • Exposure of undergraduate students to AETCOM modules & Pandemic modules as per NMC guidelines students (Science stream). 
  • Regular Post Graduate teaching schedule i.e. Journal club, Subject seminar, clinical seminar every Wednesday and Saturday.
  • Periodic Internal Assessment. Theory as well as clinical for Postgraduate as per NMC guidelines. 
  • State of the art equipment for OPD skill transfer, hands on surgical training to Postgraduates with exclusive wet lab training. 
  • Other courses offered – BSc Optometry 

BSc optometry is an undergraduate degree program of 4 years duration which includes 3 years academics and 1 year of Internship. This professional degree course deals with measuring vision, studying lens types and diagnosis & treatment of vision related ailments & is offered to 10 +2 students (Science stream). 

Our Faculty

The best teacher in life can completely change life in a good way. A teacher is the best guide for everyone, he/she teaches us dedicatedly to make our future bright and successful.