To develop students' applied skills in providing optometric services, appliances and advice, legally, appropriately and safely.
Outline Syllabus
The problem-plan vs database approach in clinical optometry.
Legal obligations in case investigation and management.
Professional decision making.
Cases illustrative of the principle areas of general practice of the optometrist including refraction, binocular vision assessment, contact lens practice, dispensing optical appliances, partial sight, ocular disease assessment and management, investigative techniques, use and effect of drugs, occupational optometry.