655-351 Ophthalmic Prosthetics I

Optometry 655-101 and 655-210

For BOptom students only: Optometry 655-330 and 655-340

On completion of this subject, students should be 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 ophthalmic 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 and design of bifocal and multifocal lenses relating to dispensed spectacle corrections; magnification effects, eikonic corrections and low vision aids; absorptive lenses; safety lenses; ophthalmic dispensing techniques; frame design, materials and adjustments; and dispensing tolerances, prescription verification and vertometry. The practical classes will introduce students to the processes of ophthalmic dispensing. The CAL will include a series of assignments that must be completed and submitted during the semester. Some of these will draw on knowledge from both 655-101 and 655-210.

A practical examination in ophthalmic lenses (25%); a 2-hour written examination (75%). Students will be required to pass both practical and written examination components of the assessement and will also need to satisfactorily complete all of the CAL assignments to obtain a pass in this subject.

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