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Handbook 1997 : Faculty of Science : Optometry

655-330 Functional Disorders of Vision

Note:

Special requirements: Students should have an approved direct ophthalmoscope and retinoscope, gonioprism, binocular indirect ophthalmoscope, two fundus lenses, two white coats, pre-focussed pen torch or transilluminator, inter-pupillary rule, cover paddle, and a set of 4 flippers. Students are strongly advised to purchase their own equipment which they will continue to use in fourth year and after graduation. However, those students who do not have their own equipment will be able to borrow equipment for classes. Students are required to conform to the dress and conduct requirements of the Board of Management of the Clinic of the Victorian College of Optometry when assigned to the clinic.

Coordinator:

Assoc. Professor A W Johnston

Pre/Corequisite/s:

Prerequisites: Ocular Anatomy 516-203; Optical Systems 655-101 and Optical Design and Metrology 655-210; Physiological Optics 655-220. Pre or Co-requisites: Diseases of the Eye 655-340 and Ophthalmic Prosthetics 655-350.

Timetable:

All Year

Contact:

91 lectures (three a week in the first semester and four a week in the second semester), 117 hours practical work (four hours a week and 13 hours of rostered clinical work)

Objectives:

On completion of this subject students will:

  • understand the nature, origins, course, treatment and prognosis of the congenital and developmental disorders of vision;

  • have acquired the ability to carry out optometric procedures for the examination of the eyes and for the treatment of visual disorders;

  • be able to identify patients' visual problems, to make a diagnosis and to plan an appropriate course of management.

Content:

Refractive anomalies of the eye: explanations of the origin and development of refractive errors. Anomalies of accommodation and presbyopia; theories of presbyopia. Diagnostic and therapeutic techniques, measurement of refraction. Anomalies of ocular motility and binocular vision: methods of diagnosis and treatment of binocular vision anomalies. Disorders of the light and colour sense. Strategies of problem solving, history taking and case assessment. Scientific method in the clinical sciences. Design of clinical surveys, trials and experiments. Sampling methods. Methods of presenting data. Statistical analysis of data. Clinical methods. Determination of refraction, assessment and treatment of disorders of ocular motility and binocular coordination, and the detection of ocular disease. Clinical practice. Management under supervision of at least eight patients.

Assessment:

A 1-hour practical examination in clinical methods at the end of the first semester (a pass is required to proceed with clinical practice in the second semester); a 1-hour practical examination in advanced clinical methods at the end of the second semester; reports on clinical methods assignments (15%); two 3-hour end-of-semester written examinations. Students must achieve a satisfactory standard in clinical practice work to pass the subject.

Prescribed Texts:

  • Bennett A G and Rabbetts R B, Clinical Visual Optics, 2nd Ed 1991 Butterworths.
  • Griffin J R, Binocular Anomalies Procedures for Vision Therapy, 2nd ed. 1982 Professional Press.
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