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Campus: Kensington Campus
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Career: Postgraduate
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Units of Credit: 6
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Contact Hours per Week: 4
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Enrolment Requirements:
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Restricted to students enrolled in the following programs 8760, 5665 and 7435
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Description
This course provides lectures, seminars and practical workshops on topics underlying an advanced knowledge of contact lens practice and research, and builds on topics covered in OPTM7104 Advanced Contact Lens Studies 1. Topics covered in the course may include: contact lenses for keratoconus, PMMA and RGP haptic contact lenses; fitting contact lenses after corneal refractive surgery and keratoplasty; contact lenses for children and teenagers; therapeutic contact lenses; research and clinical aspects of orthokeratology; contact lenses for colour vision deficiency; contact lens-related ocular microbiology and immunology; future directions in the contact lens field; contact lens education; current market issues. The course is conducted over 4 weekend sessions. The specific topics covered in the course will vary from year to year depending on the availability of expert lecturers.
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