Clinical placement
In order to obtain the College of Optometrists Professional Higher Certificate in Glaucoma, students are required to work within, or complete a clinical placement within, a Glaucoma clinic, under the mentorship of an ophthalmologist who specialises in glaucoma. This placement must be arranged by the student prior to enrolment and must enable them to obtain experience of at least 150 patients of varying diagnosis and complexity. The placement is assessed through completion of a clinical logbook. As a minimum guideline, one session per week (half day), over a 6–9 month period is recommended.
Recognition Prior Learning (RPL) can be considered towards the clinical placement for those practitioners with at least 2 years’ experience working in glaucoma management on a regular basis (minimum of one session per week) within a hospital, clinic or appropriate setting. Please contact the module team for further information:
acpophthalmology@plymouth.ac.uk.
NB. It is possible to complete this Advanced Glaucoma module without the clinical placement element, however this will not lead to the award of the College of Optometrists Professional Higher Certificate.