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For medical students, ophthalmology can feel unfamiliar. The examination involves specialised equipment, clinical findings may be difficult to visualise, and terminology can seem disconnected from the medicine they have encountered elsewhere. During a short placement, students must also navigate an unfamiliar clinical environment while developing an approach to patients presenting with eye symptoms.
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