Optometry and the Professional Environment B - OPTM4214

   
   
   
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 3
 
 
EFTSL: 0.062 (more info)
 
 
Contact Hours per Week: 3
 
 
Enrolment Requirements:
 
 
Prerequisite: OPTM4114 Corequisite: OPTM4311, OPTM4312, OPTM4313
 
 
Fee Band: 2 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
 

Description


Objectives: to make optometry students aware of the purposes and consequences of their education, to develop an awareness of professional and ethical action in optometric practice; to ensure that students are aware of their social responsibilities as optometrists. Brief Curriculum: History of optometry and optics. Legal aspects of optometry. Medicare. State law and how it affects optometry. Starting an optometric practice. Modes of practice. Practice information systems. Computers and optometry. Continuing education. Challenges in optometry.