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Handbook 1997 : Faculty of Science : Optometry

655-350 Ophthalmic Prosthetics

Coordinator:

Mr Richard G Lindsay

Prerequisite/s:

Optical Systems 655-101 and Optical Design and Metrology 655-210.

Corequisite/s:

Functional Disorders of Vision 655-330.

Timetable:

All Year

Contact:

52 lectures (two a week), 26 hours practical classes in the first semester and 13 tutorials in the second semester

Objectives:

On completion of this subject, students will:

  • be thoroughly familiar with the optical materials and devices used to correct refractive errors and to assist vision and the indications for their use;

  • understand the optics of ophthalmic lenses, including contact lenses;

  • be able to calculate the performance characteristics of lenses and optical devices;

  • be able to design and specify lenses with particular performance characteristics;

  • be able to dispense prescriptions and check dispensed visual aids to Australian standards.

Content:

Properties of ophthalmic materials. Optics of ophthalmic lenses; lens effectivity, transposition, obliquely crossed cylinders, high power lens forms and anisometropia. Principles of aberration control of spectacle lenses, best form and aspheric lenses. Absorptive lenses. Design of multifocals and low vision aids. Aniseikonia and eikonic corrections. Optics of contact lenses. Ophthalmic dispensing techniques; tolerances and prescription verification.

Assessment:

A practical examination in ophthalmic dispensing at the end of the first semester; a 3-hour end-of-year written examination. Students must complete assignments and the practical examination satisfactorily.
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