Course: Non-strabismic disorders of binocular vision

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Course title Non-strabismic disorders of binocular vision
Course code OPT/ABP
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Exercise + Seminar
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Machýčková Lucie, Mgr.
  • Pluháček František, doc. RNDr. Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
- Classification and overview of vergence dysfunctions and treatment; compensated and decompensated phoria - Possibilities of analysis of binocular vision - Graphical analysis - Fixation disparity analysis - Analysis of fixation disparity based on the Mallett test - Fixation disparity curves - MKH - Normative analysis - Therapy of vergence dysfunctions - Visual therapy - overview - Therapy of coordination of convergence; foveal suppression therapy - Computer-based visual therapy

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture
Learning outcomes
The aim is to spread the knowledge and skills in the area of binocular vision dysfunctions and their treatment by the vision therapy.
Comprehension Explain the essence of data and be able to interpret them, recognize and classify the given problem, predict the behaviour of the given phenomena.
Prerequisites
No prior requirements

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral exam

Participation in tutorial. Knowledge and skills within the scope of the course topics (colloquium).
Recommended literature
  • Elliot, D.B. (2016). Clinical Procedures in Primary Eye Care. 4th Edition. Saunders Ltd.
  • Evans B. J. W. (2021). Pickwells Binocular Vision Anomalies. 6th Edition. Elsevier.
  • Grosvenor, T. (2007). Primary Care Optometry, 5th edition. Butterworth-Heinemann, Elsevier.
  • Heissigerová, J. a kol. (2018). Oftalmologie. Praha: Maxdorf.
  • Scheiman, M., Wick, B. (2019). Clinical Management of Binocular Vision: Heterophoric, Accommodative, and Eye Movement Disorders. 5th Edition. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Science Study plan (Version): Optometry (2022) Category: Health service 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter