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Optometry school
 
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: OPTM4110, OPTM4131, OPTM4151, PSYC3516; Corequisites: OPTM4231, OPTM4251, OPTM4270
 
 
Session Offered: See Class Timetable
 
 
Fee Band:   (more info)
 
 

Description

Note: This course is not offered in 2006. It will be offered from 2009.

Objectives: To build on OPTM4110 and to advance student knowledge and stimulate interest in environmental optometry, binocular vision and contact lenses.

Brief Curriculum: Environmental optometry: safety in industry, eye hazards, ergonomics, visual fatigue, lighting design, task analysis, public health, occupational health and safety law, visual screening, case analysis; Binocular vision: amblyopia, non-concommitant strabismus, neurological palsies, myogenic palsies, alphabet palsies, aniseikonia, nystagmus, use of botulinum toxin therapy; Contact lenses: orthokeratology, the Asian eye, presbyopia, keratoconus, special applications, silicone lenses, future developments.

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