Electives_Course_Catalog_Summer19

SUNY College of Optometry Summer 2019 Elective Courses Tuesdays and Thursdays, 8am-10am (June 4 – July 25, 2019)

Acupuncture and Optometry Course Code: ELC-530

Instructors: Drs. Soroka & Wai

Department: ClinEd

Maximum Enrollment: 16 This course will give an overview of the history of acupuncture in China and the foundation of Oriental medicine theory. Students will learn the underlying principles of Chinese medicine and how it differs from Western medicine. This will be a hands-on course as students gain experience in using acupuncture needles and techniques. The course will survey current research studies on the effectiveness of acupuncture treatment for Amblyopia, Dry eye, Sjogren's syndrome and Glaucoma.

Clinical Decision Making In Glaucoma Course Code: ELC-523

Instructors: Drs. Matthew Bovenzi and

Department: ClinEd

Richard Madonna

Maximum Enrollment: 16 The course will be taught through the use of multiple case examples in which management of the glaucoma patient is in question. The cases will require evidence-based clinical decisions be made but will also show that there are often several appropriate management pathways that can be taken in any case. These management nuances are very difficult to teach in a beginning glaucoma course so this course can truly be thought of building upon the foundation taught in the Ocular Disease I course. Additionally, where appropriate, new ideas in glaucoma management that have the potential to change the way we manage the disease will be discussed.

Ocular Genetics Course Code: ELC-546

Instructor: Dr. Jerry Rapp

Department: BVS

Maximum enrollment: 12 This course is designed to illustrate the genotype-phenotype relationship in hereditary retinal degenerative disease focusing on rhodopsin (R) mutations that cause autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa, contrasting these R mutations with those that cause congenital stationary night blindness, and also considering mutations that cause other diseases including Stargardt disease and Leber’s congenital amaurosis.

Spanish for Optometrists: Absolute Beginners and Beginners Only Course Code: ELC-560 Instructors: Dr. A. Benavente

Dept: ClinEd

Maximum Enrollment: 20 NOTE: Do not sign up for this class if you are an intermediate and advanced Spanish student. The intermediate and advance elective class will take place in spring. This elective course is designed to help the student with no previous Spanish background and/ or limited Spanish knowledge develop the basic skills required to conduct an optometric exam in Spanish. An elective for intermediate or advanced students will be offered in spring. We will work on general and specific eye vocabulary, basic grammar, and cultural contexts of Hispanic/Latino culture.

Summer, 2019 Elective Course Catalog

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