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Just want to have a comparison.
I'm in PCO finishing my first year
We had anatomy covering all the bones, holes blood, detailed pathways and functions of All 12 CN nerves in head and neck.
We have neuros covering most of the pathways in spine, brainstem, cerebellum, and cerebral, with emphasis on hearing, vestibular, and, of course, visual. And class on neuro assessments we can done on patients to check for various neurological diseases and syndromes.
We had clinical skill classes with 35mins practicals, and various clinical skills prepare us for clinic hours in next fall.
In the clinical skill we can now give a full comprehensive eye exam, some skills on slit lamp, goldmann, BIO, 3&4 mirrors, 90D dilated exam, and some extends of pediatric methods as well.
We had two pharmacology classes covering drugs on diabetes, GI tracts, opioids, and many other aspects(I can't recall them all
We had optic classes on all the optician things that we are able to do an optic clerkship in summer.
We had 2 optic anatomy classes on detailed anatomy of the eye, all structures of the eye and orbit, and how they work in micro levels.
We also learned all anterior segment diseases covered in boards, diagnosis and treatments of them.
Also pathology, biochem, vision science and perception, research methods, immunology, and various classes related to those.
11 classes in first semester, 10in spring and 8 in summer. With 50ish exams and quizzes each semester.
I'm hang in there right now. Not doing the best, but good enough to pass through the courses. I feel like half of an optometrist now but there's still a long way to go haha. I heard ppl talking about our class year is too heavily loaded, and they failed half of the students on previous class year. There are exaggerations and myths there for sure, and professional schools should be kinda heavy.
But I'm just curious, how are the other schools doing? Are you guys also learning neuros as detailed as 40ish nucleus and pathways of each cross sections of brainstem and how they work with each other, what nucleus and pathways are affected by Certain syndrome and how to assess each of those pathways, or all the specific anatomical structures that CN7 pass through, and what will happen if you have lesion on geniculate ganglion?
Or use on various optical examine machines, like OCT, VF, CT, ultrasound, etc. and how to interpret the results?
What was the curriculum of your school be like? Do you mind sharing?
I'm in PCO finishing my first year
We had anatomy covering all the bones, holes blood, detailed pathways and functions of All 12 CN nerves in head and neck.
We have neuros covering most of the pathways in spine, brainstem, cerebellum, and cerebral, with emphasis on hearing, vestibular, and, of course, visual. And class on neuro assessments we can done on patients to check for various neurological diseases and syndromes.
We had clinical skill classes with 35mins practicals, and various clinical skills prepare us for clinic hours in next fall.
In the clinical skill we can now give a full comprehensive eye exam, some skills on slit lamp, goldmann, BIO, 3&4 mirrors, 90D dilated exam, and some extends of pediatric methods as well.
We had two pharmacology classes covering drugs on diabetes, GI tracts, opioids, and many other aspects(I can't recall them all
We had optic classes on all the optician things that we are able to do an optic clerkship in summer.
We had 2 optic anatomy classes on detailed anatomy of the eye, all structures of the eye and orbit, and how they work in micro levels.
We also learned all anterior segment diseases covered in boards, diagnosis and treatments of them.
Also pathology, biochem, vision science and perception, research methods, immunology, and various classes related to those.
11 classes in first semester, 10in spring and 8 in summer. With 50ish exams and quizzes each semester.
I'm hang in there right now. Not doing the best, but good enough to pass through the courses. I feel like half of an optometrist now but there's still a long way to go haha. I heard ppl talking about our class year is too heavily loaded, and they failed half of the students on previous class year. There are exaggerations and myths there for sure, and professional schools should be kinda heavy.
But I'm just curious, how are the other schools doing? Are you guys also learning neuros as detailed as 40ish nucleus and pathways of each cross sections of brainstem and how they work with each other, what nucleus and pathways are affected by Certain syndrome and how to assess each of those pathways, or all the specific anatomical structures that CN7 pass through, and what will happen if you have lesion on geniculate ganglion?
Or use on various optical examine machines, like OCT, VF, CT, ultrasound, etc. and how to interpret the results?
What was the curriculum of your school be like? Do you mind sharing?
