655-420 Community Optometry

Credit Points

Coordinator

Prerequisites

Functional Disorders of Vision 655-330.

Semester

Contact

Subject Description

The general purpose of this subject is to acquaint students with the concepts of public health and the role of optometry in community health. The subject also sets out to provide students with the skills to provide advice to industry and commerce on visual ergonomics, visual standards and occupational eye protection. The subject covers the nature and scope of public health and public health optometry, human factors engineering and the alteration of the task and environment to improve visual performance, the principles of illuminating engineering, vision screening as a public health measure and the principles underlying the setting and administration of visual standards. A series of lectures deals with the theory and practice of accidents at work, the principles of accident prevention and their application to the prevention of eye injuries.

Assessment

A 2-hour end-of-semester written examination (85%); lighting evaluation assignment (15%)