CURRICULUM CHECK LIST
Glaucoma Service – Department of Ophthalmology
University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine
| Basic Sciences | ||
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| 1 | Aqueous Humor Dynamics, Anterior Chamber Anatomy and Ciliary Body | |
| 2 | Optic Nerve and Nerve Fiber Layer Anatomy | |
| Examination | ||
| 3 | Intraocular Pressure and Tonometry | |
| 4 | Examining the Angle (gonioscopic techniques, UBM, AS-OCT) |
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| 5 | Perimetry Principles (kinetic, static threshold, SWAP, FDT) |
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| 6 | Automated Perimetry – Interpreting a Field (meaning of all of the numbers on the printout) |
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| 7 | Visual Field Changes in Glaucoma | |
| 8 | Perimetry Quiz | |
| 9 | Optic Nerve Head and RNFL Changes in Glaucoma | |
| Classification | ||
| 10 | Classification of the Glaucomas | |
| Developmental Glaucomas | ||
| 11 | Primary Congenital Glaucoma | |
| 12 | Axenfeld-Rieger Syndrome & Peters Anomaly | |
| 13 | Aniridia, Phacomatoses, & Other Pediatric Glaucomas | |
| Primary Open Angle Glaucomas | ||
| 14 | Primary Open Angle Glaucoma & Juvenile Open Angle Glaucoma Early Manifest Glaucoma Trial (EMGT) |
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| 15 | Ocular Hypertension & Glaucoma Suspects Ocular Hypertension Treatment Study (OHTS) |
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| 16 | Normal Tension Glaucoma Collaborative Normal Tension Glaucoma Study (CNTG) Low Pressure Glaucoma Treatment Study (LoGTS) |
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| Primary Angle Closure Glaucomas | ||
| 17 | Primary Angle Closure (primary pupillary block, mixed mechanism, nanophthalmos) |
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| 18 | Plateau Iris Syndrome | |
| 19 | Aqueous misdirection | |
| Secondary Glaucomas | ||
| 20 | Exfoliation syndrome | |
| 21 | Pigment Dispersion Syndrome & Pigmentary Glaucoma | |
| 22 | Steroid-Induced Glaucoma | |
| 23 | Glaucoma Secondary to Inflammation | |
| 24 | Glaucomatocyclitic Crisis | |
| 25 | Fuchs Heterochromic Iridocyclitis | |
| 26 | Trauma-Associated Glaucomas (angle recession, hyphema, ghost cell, siderosis, burns) |
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| 27 | Lens-Associated Glaucomas (phacolytic, phacomorphic, lens particle, phacoantigenic, ectopia lentis, spherophakia,) |
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| 28 | Post-Surgical Glaucomas (aphakic/pseudophakic, UGH Syndrome, epithelial & fibrous downgrowth, post corneal surgery, post retinal surgery) |
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| 29 | Elevated Episcleral Venous Pressure | |
| 30 | Glaucoma Due to Tumors and Cysts | |
| 31 | Neovascular Glaucoma | |
| 32 | Iridocorneal Endothelial Syndromes | |
| 33 | Miscellaneous (iridoschisis, PPMD, CB swelling, Anti-VEGF injections, Fuchs endothelial dystrophy, Schwartz-Matsuo syndrome) |
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| Principles of Glaucoma Management | ||
| 34 | General Principles of Glaucoma Management | |
| 35 | Glaucoma Management Studies Collaborative Initial Glaucoma Treatment Study (CIGTS) Advanced Glaucoma Intervention Study (AGIS) European Glaucoma Prevention Study (EGPS) |
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| Medical Management | ||
| 36 | Prostaglandin Analogs | |
| 37 | Beta Adrenergic Antagonists | |
| 38 | Adrenergic Agonists | |
| 39 | Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors | |
| 40 | Cholinergic Agonists | |
| 41 | Hyperosmotic Agents | |
| Surgical Management (and complications) | ||
| 42 | Laser Trabeculoplasty Glaucoma Laser Trial (GLT) |
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| 43 | Iridotomy & Iridoplasty | |
| 44 | Trabeculectomy Fluorouracil Filtering Surgery Study |
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| 45 | Glaucoma Drainage Devices Tube vs. Trabeculectomy Study (TVT) Ahmed Baerveldt Comparison Study (ABC) |
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| 46 | Surgery for Glaucomas of Infancy (goniotomy & trabeculotomy) |
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| 47 | Cataract Surgery in the Glaucoma Patient | |
| 48 | Other Glaucoma Surgeries (goniosynechialysis, canaloplasty, Trabectome , iStent, GATT) |
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| 49 | Cyclodestructive Procedures | |
| Hypotony | ||
| 50 | Hypotony | |
Revised 20 July 2015