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12598 Optometry III - Three-year degree in Optics and Optometry

Center

Faculty of Physics

Departament

Optics and Optometry and Vision Sciences

Lecturers in charge

H4255 - JUAN CARLOS MONTALT RODRIGO

Met. Docent

METHODOLOGY
WRITTEN EXAM: Multiple choice questions and development questions on clinical cases. (55%)
PRACTICAL EXAM (45%)

Met. Avaluació

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Bibliografia

BIBLIOGRAFIA BASICA:

1. Zadnik K. The ocular examination: measurements and findings. Philadelphia: Saunders College Pub. 1997.
2. Spalton DJ, Hichings RA, Hunter PA. Atlas de oftalmología clínica. 2ª ed. Madrid: Mosby-Doyma. 1995.
3. Benjamin WJ, Borish IM. Borishˆs clinical refraction. Philadelphia: Saunders. 1998.
4. Edwards K, Llewellyn R. Optometría. Barcelona: Masson-Salvat. 1993.

BIBLIOGRAFIA COMPLEMENTARIA
1. Amos JF. Diagnosis and management in vision care. Boston: Butterworth. 1987.
2. Grosvenor ThP. Primary care optometry. 3ª ed. Boston: Butterworth-Heinemann. 1996.
3. Kanski JJ. Oftalmología clínica. 3ª ed. Barcelona: Mosby-Doyma. 1996.
4. Moses RA, Hart WM. Fisiología del Ojo Adler. 8º ed. Buenos Aires: Ed

Continguts

CONTENTS

UNIT 1: INTRODUCTION. BASIC CONCEPTS

Lesson 1. - Basic methods of ocular examination

UNIT 2: OCULAR HEALTH EVALUATION

Lesson 2. - Evaluation of the external segment
Lesson 3. - Evaluation of the internal segment
Lesson 4. - Valuation of the visual field
Lesson 5. - Valuation of the intra-ocular pressure
Lesson 6. - Study of the sensibility to contrast
Lesson 7. - Study of the chromatic vision

UNIT 3: OPTOMETRIC EXAMINATION. DIAGNOSE

Lesson 8. - The optometric examination. Clinical protocol

UNIT 4: ANALYSIS OF CLINICAL CASES. TREATMENT

Lesson 9 - Clinical cases.
Give the students the necessary knowledge and abilities for the evaluation of ocular health. Provide the students with the essential knowledge to use clinical equipment, and the techniques used in visual examination.
Students should develop a clinical methodology in the differential analysis of the healthy eye. This will be applied later on in their practice as Optometrist Opticians.
Students will carry out an Optometric examination on real cases with patients. This will reflect the knowledge acquired in this compulsory subject - Optometry.