| Descriptors |
- Respond to requests for information about a patient’s vision from the relevant authority, acting within GMC guidance where necessary.
- Make appropriate adjustments for patients who do not engage with routine ophthalmic care due to their mental state or social situation.
- Understand the psychology of vision to a basic standard, and how psychological problems can become manifest with ophthalmic symptoms.
- Understand the relevance of clinical epidemiology to ophthalmic practice.
- Use this knowledge during clinical assessment, interpreting investigations and planning clinical management for a patient.
- Be aware of the influence of economic and political considerations (on a local and global scale) on individual and community health and how these may be influenced.
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