Clinical Optometry 2A - OPTM2102


	Faculty: Faculty of Science
	School: School of Optometry and Vision Science
	Course Outline: http://www.optom.unsw.edu.au
	Campus: Kensington Campus
	Career: Undergraduate
	Units of Credit: 6
	EFTSL: 0.125 (more info)
	Contact Hours per Week: 6
	Enrolment Requirements:
	Prerequisite: OPTM1201, OPTM1202, OPTM1205 Corequisite: OPTM2101, OPTM2105
	Fee Band: 3 (more info)
	Further Information: See Class Timetable

Description

Objectives: An analysis of the primary care optometric consultation. The development of good communication skills. Appreciation of the breadth of presentation of normal vision and ocular status. Acquisition of technical skills to carry out an evaluation of the health of the ocular and visual system and of refractive status with a view to prescribing spectacles for the uncomplicated patient.
Brief Curriculum: Ocular health: history and symptoms, introduction to diagnostic drugs, slit lamp biomicroscopy, tonometry, direct ophthalmoscopy, external eye examination. Ametropia: aetiology and management of refractive errors, objective and subjective refraction, cycloplegic refraction and prescribing lenses, special populations.