Objectives: To produce a student with professional attitude and good communication skills who has the ability to integrate scientific and clinical aspects of optometry and make well-reasoned decisions while undertaking patient care at the UNSW Optometry Clinic under supervision of a registered optometrist. To advance student knowledge in dispensing, refraction, colour vision, ocular health assessment, paediatric vision and contact lenses. To advance student abilities in case analysis by integrating all aspects of optometry. To stimulate students' interest in optometric subspecialties such as colour vision, paediatric vision care and contact lenses. Brief Curriculum: Lectures, tutorials and practical classes will deal with: refraction - practical aspects; contact lenses - soft and rigid contact lens design and manufacture, fitting techniques and evaluation, care and maintenance of contact lenses; paediatric optometry - child development and role of vision, behavioural optometry, visual perceptual dysfunction and learning difficulties, contact lenses and special needs children; dispensing - practical aspects; advanced ocular assessment - colour vision, visual fields and other techniques of assessing ocular and visual function.

Note: School approval must be granted to enrol in this course
Contact the School of Optometry and Vision Science
Email: optometry@unsw.edu.au
Phone: 02 9385 4639
Fax: 02 9313 6243