Ophthalmology at a Glance

By Jane Olver and Lorraine Cassidy

Ophthalmology at a Glance is a concise textbook written as part of the highly successful at a Glance series. The book follows the classic format of topics laid out in a double page spread, with clear diagrams illustrating the essential information and supporting the main text. This makes learning and understanding a topic more simple and effective.

Ophthalmology at a Glance is written to provide a straightforward and easy-to-use guide for the Ophthalmology course. The introduction includes an overview of the subject and it's sub-specialities, an outline of what exact knowledge and skills medical students need, and covers the social and occupational aspects of vision. History and Examination techniques are followed by the key detail on common problems and diseases.

The book is divided into 13 sections covering:

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• Principles of ophthalmology
  
• Ophthalmic History and Examination
  
• Correction of Refractive errors
  
• Basic Eye Examination
  
• Acute ophthalmology
  
• Gradual loss of vision
  
• Paediatric ophthalmology
  
• Eyelid, lacrimal and orbit
  
• External eye disease
  
• Corneal, refractive and cataract surgery
  
• Glaucoma
  
• Vitreo-retinal
  
• Neuro-ophthalmology

Ophthalmology at a Glance will be extremely useful for medical students as an introduction to this subject area, and an invaluable companion during their attachments. This book is designed to fit into the budget and reading time of busy students, and is ideal as a text that will help them get through their exams successfully. General Practitioners and ophthalmology nurses will also find this text useful to refresh the gaps in their knowledge.

"This is undoubtedly the best I have read and I wish it had been available when I studied ophthalmology. It is clear, concise, and pitched perfectly for medical students.”
Final year medical student (Royal Free Hospital, London)

• Language: English
• Publisher: Wiley
• Release date: Feb 12, 2009
• ISBN: 9781405143394

Reviews for Ophthalmology at a Glance

[carolee888 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Ophthalmology at a Glance, Second Edition by Jane Olver, Lorraine Cassidy, Gurjeet Jutley and Laura Crawley is a short, succinct and well organized overview of the Ophthalmology. Different diseases and conditions are easily found by using the table of contents and index. It is profusely illustrated with color photos. It covers all common and some not so common eye problems. I picked it out myself, not because I am a student starting in the field but because my husband and I have a variety of eye problems. I thought it would be a good reference book to have on hand. I think that the diagrams of the eye was the best part of the book. The information about each topic is handled with bullets and it is very limited. It also get information on how to best to give eye drops and other areas of medicine that intersect with ophthalmology such as migraines, tumors and autoimmune diseases. I was a little disappointed in the lack of depth but the title is correct, it is a glance. What is great is that you can research the bulleted information with the correct terms. The language is simple and easy to understand.I highly recommend this book to aspiring future doctors to get an idea of the scope of the field and for people who have a variety of eye problems.I received this book from Amazon Vine for free but that in no way influenced my thoughts or feelings in this review.