UNSW Handbook Course - Optometry and the Professional Environment B

Optometry and the Professional Environment B - OPTM4214


	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: 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.

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