Spring 2027

Clinical Ophthalmology Rotation

Clinical Ophthalmology Rotation provides veterinary students experience in ocular examination, problem solving, and formulating diagnostic and therapeutic plans for animal eye disease.

offering recorded2 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Ellison BentleyFreya MowatGillian McLellan +1 more

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=18 letter grades); Fall 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=8 letter grades); Spring 2026: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=14 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Perform a complete ophthalmic examination using appropriate instrumentation to identify common ophthalmic diseases and abnormalities in veterinary patients

  • Execute and interpret the results of basic ophthalmic tests

  • Formulate differential diagnoses for ophthalmic examination and diagnostic findings

  • Integrate history, ophthalmic/physical examination findings, and diagnostic test results to make an accurate clinical diagnosis(es)

  • Devise a treatment plan for the most common ophthalmic diseases in animals

Source: UW Guide

Grade history

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Prerequisites

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Declared in Doctor of Veterinary Medicine with fourth year standing

  • Declared in Doctor of Veterinary Medicine with fourth year standing
SURGSCI 741

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  • Declared in Doctor of Veterinary Medicine with fourth year standing

Professors

Spring 2027

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=18 letter grades); Fall 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=8 letter grades); Spring 2026: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=14 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=18 letter grades); Fall 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=8 letter grades); Spring 2026: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=14 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=18 letter grades); Fall 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=8 letter grades); Spring 2026: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=14 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

ELLISON BENTLEY is recorded teaching in Fall 2006, Fall 2007, Spring 2008, Fall 2008, Spring 2009, Fall 2009, Spring 2010, Fall 2010, Spring 2011, Fall 2011, Spring 2012, Fall 2012, Spring 2013, Fall 2013, Spring 2014, Fall 2014, Spring 2015, Fall 2015, Spring 2016, Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

FREYA MOWAT is recorded teaching in Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

GILLIAN MCLELLAN is recorded teaching in Spring 2011, Fall 2011, Spring 2012, Fall 2012, Spring 2013, Fall 2013, Spring 2014, Fall 2014, Spring 2015, Fall 2015, Spring 2016, Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=18 letter grades); Fall 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=8 letter grades); Spring 2026: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=14 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Ocular examination within the complete physical exam
  • Ocular manifestations of systemic diseases
  • Diagnostic and therapeutic planning for eye disease

Skills

  • Performing complete ophthalmic examinations using instrumentation
  • Executing and interpreting basic ophthalmic tests
  • Formulating differential diagnoses from ophthalmic findings
  • Integrating history, exam, and diagnostics for clinical diagnosis
  • Devising treatment plans for common ophthalmic diseases

Grades

Latest available · Spring 2026— not enough history to project Spring 2027.

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Grades over time

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Sources & history

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Catalog & offerings

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Catalog observation history

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Selected offering source records
SURGSCI 741 · Spring 2027

Clinical Ophthalmology Rotation

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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Model & dataset provenance 
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