Objectives:  Upon completion of this course, the resident should be able to:

• Describe retinal changes associated with the normal process of aging.
• Describe retinal changes that occur with age-related macular degeneration.
• Provide a differential diagnosis for nonexudative AMD.
• Describe the clinical management for patients with nonexudative AMD.
• Be able to describe the major findings of the AREDS trial, and be able to calculate risk of progression to advanced AMD based on the grading scale used in this study.
• Be able to define neovascular AMD as well as its underlying pathophysiology.
• Provide a differential diagnosis for neovascular AMD.
• Describe how ancillary testing can be used to diagnose neovascular AMD.

Assignment:  Please read chapter 4 in the Retina and Vitreous book of the BCSC series.  Note any questions so we can discuss at class.