UNSW Handbook Course - Optometry 2A

Optometry 2A - OPTM2111


	Faculty: Faculty of Science
	School: School of Optometry and Vision Science
	Campus: Kensington Campus
	Career: Undergraduate
	Units of Credit: 6
	EFTSL: 0.125 (more info)
	Contact Hours per Week: 6
	Enrolment Requirements:
	Prerequisites: VISN1211, VISN1231; Corequisites: VISN2111, VISN2131, PHPH2101
	Session Offered: See Class Timetable
	Fee Band: (more info)

Description

Note: This course is not offered in 2006. It will be offered from 2007.

Objectives: Acquisition of the technical skills needed to refract and assess the ocular health of an uncomplicated normal patient; development of clinical synthesis and problem solving abilities.

Brief Curriculum: Ocular health: history and symptoms, introduction to diagnostic drugs; Ametropia: measurement of visual acuity, aetiology and management of refractive error, objective and subjective refraction, retinoscopy, cycloplegic refraction, prescribing and dispensing prescription lenses, clinical aspects of lens design, special populations; Clinical skills: problem based consultations, interviewing skills, clinical decision making, case analysis.

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