Public Health Optometry - OPTM7110

   
   
   
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Postgraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.125 (more info)
 
 
Contact Hours per Week: 0
 
 
Enrolment Requirements:
 
 
Restricted to students enrolled in the following programs 8760, 5665 and 7435
 
 
Fee Band: 2 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
 

Description


This course provides an understanding of the issues of public health as they relate to Optometry at an advanced level. Topics covered include: structure of the Australian health care system; comparative study of health care systems; Optometry in a multi-disciplinary health care system; quality assurance in health care; demography and epidemiology of occupational eye disease and injuries; social issues and optometric involvement; occupational eye disease management; law and ethics.

Note: Distance Education mode