OPT 309 Clinical Case Analysis
Multidisciplinary case analysis of patient data introduced in lecture and synthesized/evaluated in the laboratory group settings. Preliminary diagnoses and management plans will be written to include follow-plans, addition test to be ordered and management plans to be implemented. Critical thinking skills will be emphasized along with evidence-based decision making through independent and group evidence gathering supporting their management plans. Cases will be written to incorporate and integrate optical, ocular, systemic, functional, and disease process that require an integrated approach to remediating patients' problems along with evaluating the relative co-morbidity and mortality risks associated with findings.