Evidence Based Optometry - OPTM7302

Faculty: Faculty of Science

School: School of Optometry and Vision Science

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

Campus: Sydney

Career: Postgraduate

Units of Credit: 6

EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)

Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 6

Enrolment Requirements:

Restricted to students enrolled in the following programs 8760, 5665 and 7435 and 5523

CSS Contribution Charge: 2 (more info)

Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule

Further Information: See Class Timetable

Description

This course aims to develop the habit of questioning recieved wisdom, by approaching ideas, concepts and techniques in Optometry and elsewhere with a critical mind, searching for and critiquing any supporting evidence, and being aware of the ethical issues involved in evidenced-based Optometry. The course is run in a multi-mode format, partly by distance , and partly on-campus. Topics discussed in this course include: The nature of evidence, how we find it, how we evalute it, and how we use it; Ethics of using evidence; The role of statistics in generating and presenting evidence; The use of evidence in Optometry.