655-351 Ophthalmic Prosthetics I

Credit Points

HECS Band

Coordinator

Prerequisites

655-101, 655-210.

Corequisites

655-330, 655-340 (Applies to BOptom students only).

Semester

Contact

Subject Description

On completion of this subject, students will be thoroughly familiar with the properties of ophthalmic optical materials and the indications for their use. Understand the optics of ophthalmic lenses and be able to calculate the performance characteristics of lenses and optical devices. Students will be able to dispense prescriptions and check dispensed visual aids to Australian standards. The subject will cover the properties of ophthalmic materials; the optics of ophthalmic lenses relating to dispensed spectacle corrections; transposition, lens form and design. The application of aberration control of spectacle lenses, absorptive lenses; safety lenses; design of multifocals, low vision aids and eikonic corrections; the optics of contact lenses; ophthalmic dispensing techniques; frame design, materials and adjustments; dispensing tolerances, prescription verification and vertometry. The practical classes will introduce students to the processes of ophthalmic dispensing. A series of practical calculation assignments will need to be completed during the semester which will draw on knowledge from both 655-101 and 655-210.

Assessment

A practical examination in ophthalmic lenses and dispensing will be held at the end of the first semester (20%); a3-hour written examination at the end of first semester (80%). Students will be required to obtain passes in both the practical and written examinations. Furthermore satisfactory completion of the calculation assignments will be required to obtain an overall pass in this subject.

Prescribed Texts

• Jalie M, Ophthalmic Lenses and Dispensing. Butterworths, 1999. An additional reference list will be provided.