Background: Glaucoma is the leading cause of untreatable blindness throughout the world. Being a multi factorial optic neuropathy, early diagnosis and prompt treatment is the only vision saving strategy. This requires referral for glaucoma screening by a family physician or any doctor with a high index of suspicion, based on basic knowledge of Glaucoma, a prerequisite for all the medical practitioners. Glaucoma is routinely taught as a part of Ophthalmology curriculum during first phase of Clinical curriculum in the final year of MBBS. The aim of this study is to determine the knowledge of the future primary health care givers. A questionnaire about glaucoma in administered to final year MBBS students of Sri Siddhartha Medical College of Tumkur, Karnataka: the students who have completed Ophthalmology curriculum. The students are expected to be aware of the basic facts of this potentially blinding disease Glaucoma. Material and Methods: A total of 50 student volunteers studying in final year MBBS took the survey questionnaire, without revealing their identity. Results: The students were found to be aware with a fair knowledge about the disease entity.

Keywords: Awareness; Knowledge; Glaucoma; Medical College.