Introduction to Community Eye Health - OPTM7001

Faculty: Faculty of Science

School: School of Optometry and Vision Science

Course Outline: http://www.optom.unsw.edu.au

Campus: Kensington Campus

Career: Postgraduate

Units of Credit: 6

EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)

Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 6

CSS Contribution Charge: 2 (more info)

Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule

Further Information: See Class Timetable

Description

This course aims to provide an understanding of the major global initiatives regarding prevention and control of blindness, and an ability to translate these to a local level. The course includes discussion of the following: (1) the concept of 'community' (2) definitions of blindness and visual impairment (3) global initiatives of VISION 2020: The Right to Sight (4) impacts of blindness and visual impairment at global and local levels (5) issues in the prevention and control of major blinding eye diseases.