Objectives: Understanding the optics of opthalmic instruments and clinical applications. Understanding the optics of the devices and components of refraction. Understanding the subsidiary effects and the basic design principles of opthalmic lenses. Understanding the aberrarions of the human eye.

Brief Curriculum: Opthalmic instruments and clinical applications: direct opthalmascope, indirect opthalmoscope, retinoscope, keratometry, the radiuscope, tonometry, pachometry, projectors, bio-microscopy, stereoscopy, low vision aids, devices and components of refraction:optometers (subjective/objective), Stokes lens, Scheiner disc. astigmatic decomposition, photorefraction and remote refraction. Opthalmic lenses: near astigmatism, horizontal and vertical prismatic effects, anisometropia, abberations, (oblique astigmatism, curvature error, distortion & chromatic aberration), best form lenses, and design of contact lenses. Aberrations of the eye; measurment and correction of the monochromatic wave abberations of the eye.

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