Optometry 2A - OPTM2111
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: 0.12500 (more info)
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 6
Enrolment Requirements:
Prerequisites: VISN1211, VISN1231; Corequisites: VISN2111, VISN2131
CSS Contribution Charge: 3 (more info)
Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule
Further Information: See Class Timetable
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Description
Brief curriculum: introduction to the role of optometrists as primary eye care providers; the development of refractive error, and related epidemiology and public health issues; the measurement of visual acuity; objective and subjective refraction; prescribing for refractive errors and management of the uncomplicated patient; refractive errors in special populations; the basics of dispensing spectacle prescriptions; optics relating to spectacle lenses and instruments used during refraction.