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LEARNING OUTCOMES
The course aims for students to understand the specialized concepts and principles of Optometry and the application of more specialized clinical techniques related to the control of vision and the correction of various metropolitanities as well as the control of the fundus of the eye.
Upon successful completion of the course the students will be able to:
- understand specialized Optometric concepts and terms.
- be familiar with vision control with specialized subjective and objective techniques.
- know specialized ways of controlling the fundus of the eye and the problems that may occur as well as the terminology of their recording
- become familiar with special imaging techniques of the eye
SYLLABUS
Specialized methodology of vision control using specialized Optometric devices, so that students can develop diagnostic reasoning skills.
In detail, the course material includes:
Principles of operation and use of specialized Optometric instruments (retinoscope, ophthalmoscope, corneal phoropter, refractometer, slit lamp, tonometer, corneal topography)
Slit lamp techniques
Corneal tomography – Maps – Analysis – Keratoconus
Gonioscopy
Tonometry
Optical coherence tomography of the anterior and posterior part of the eye OCT
Wave front analyzers
Amblyopia – Treatment – Light Adaptation
Fluoroangiography – OCT angio
Biometry (Ascan – Bscan)
Synoptophor
Specialized tests for control and quality of vision
Stereo vision
Colored vision
Introduction to the visual fields – perimetery
General knowledge of ophthalmic surgeries LASIK – Cataract
Clinical case studies and research in Optometry.