Graduate Diploma in Ophthalmic Science

Postgraduate

In Canberra (Australia)

Price on request

Description

  • Type

    Postgraduate

  • Location

    Canberra (Australia)

  • Start date

    Different dates available

Ophthalmic science aims to prevent blindness, promote eye health and rehabilitate those with a visual disability. The Graduate Diploma in Ophthalmic Science includes study in ocular anatomy, physiology, optics, genetics, pathology, practical ophthalmic science, and is completed with a treatise in the field of ophthalmology.



The Graduate Diploma in Ophthalmic Science is embedded within the Master of Medicine (Ophthalmic Science) or Master of Science in Medicine (Ophthalmic Science). The master's degrees build on concepts learned during the graduate diploma. You may choose to complete the graduate diploma, or use it as a pathway into a master’s degree in this discipline, subject to meeting admission requirements.

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Start date

Canberra (Australia)
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Subjects

  • Physiology
  • Anatomy
  • Credit
  • Basic
  • Neuroscience
  • Basic IT
  • Basic IT training
  • Psychology
  • Psychiatry
  • IT
  • Imaging
  • Medical training
  • Medical
  • Medical imaging
  • Skills and Training
  • Image
  • Interpretation

Course programme

Unit of Study information on faculty page

Study plan

The majority of the Graduate Diploma in Ophthalmic Science is in the form of distance learning. The course consists of 36 credit points, which requires the completion of four core units of study. Each of the two core units of study (ophthalmic anatomy and ophthalmic physiology) require one semester of study to complete and are taught via the Internet. Assignments are set every three weeks and a final exam is submitted at the end of the unit of study. The unit of study, Practical Ophthalmic Science is a three week block/intensive mode (15 days) to be taken at the Save Sight Institute in Sydney or at the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand.


Graduate opportunities

The course aims to assist primarily medical graduates applying for a position in a RANZCO recognised training program. It also aims to assist all graduates who are interested in careers in the visual and neurosciences to have a good grounding in the ophthalmic and visual sciences. Students of this course will gain practical skills including the ability to understand the practical applications of ophthalmic equipment, familiarity with anatomical specimens, prosections, radiographs and electronmicrographs and the ability to apply psychometric testing to obtain reliable and repeatable data. Graduates will be able to apply these practical skills to their careers in the visual sciences and improve the eye health of our community.

Graduate Diploma in Ophthalmic Science

Price on request