Guidelines for completion of extended case report: Module 1
You are required to submit one extended case report. The report should
involve the treatment of an anterior eye condition and should be written from
the perspective of an optometrist with “Additional Supply” status (ideally, the
case should involve the use of at least one pharmaceutical agent available to
AS but not entry-level optometrists). It may be useful to base your report on a
real patient you have examined. The College of Optometrists’ Clinical
Management Guidelines (see “External Links” on GCU Learn) provide a
useful starting point for the discussion of most conditions.
The following guidelines for completing the case report are borrowed largely
from those laid down by the College of Optometrists for candidates submitting
a portfolio of cases for examination:
The extended case report should be informed by a review of the clinical
literature. References should be cited in the text and a bibliography included
at the end of the report. Particular emphasis should be given to evidencebased
practice i.e. using the medical literature to support any clinical
intervention. The report should include full information regarding the patient’s
clinical presentation, management and follow up. The discussion and the
literature search should be relevant to the individual patient. If a written order
is used to supply a product, a copy of this should be included as an appendix,
as should a list of any abbreviations used. The report should be no longer
than 1000 words (not including the bibliography and any appendices).
The following checklist should be used when preparing the case report:
• actual presentation (signs and symptoms) versus expected presentation
• differential diagnosis
• clinical evidence for the clinical intervention
• indications, contraindications, cautions and adverse effects of any
pharmaceutical treatment used
• consideration of the holistic needs of the patient (e.g. psychomotor,
physical)
• management from an optometric viewpoint (e.g. professional
accountability, codes of conduct in relation to additional supply
prescribing)
Example case reports are provided. These case reports can all be criticised,
so should not be considered to represent a ‘gold standard’. Rather, they are
provided to give examples of the things you might want to consider including
in your own report.
Please submit your case as a single Word (appended with .doc or .docx) or
PDF document (appended with .pdf). Any images should be embedded in the
document. Case reports should be submitted electronically to
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