Course: Special Contact Lenses

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Course title Special Contact Lenses
Course code OPT/SPKC
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Exercise
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Musilová Lenka, Mgr. DiS., Ph.D.
Course content
The teaching is based on the knowledges and skills in the area of commont types of the contact lenses. Lecutres provides theoretical and practical preparation to the realisation of the practical-experimental activities in the frame of practical tutorial. Lectures: Brief summary of RPG CL The rigid CL fitting with the support of the corneal topographer Optics of the rigid CL Fitting of the spherical and torical rigid CL by computation Specifics of cornea with the keratoconus, keratoplastic, corneal injury Fitting of rigid CL on the irregular corneas Individual soft CL Contact lenses and accommodative demand Specifics of the chosen types of the special contact lenses Practical tutorial: Repetition and improvement of skills in the framework of the slit lamp examination Repetition and improvement of skills in the framework of the keratometry and keratography Demonstration and training of fitting selected types of contact lenses (laboratory) Practical fitting of the selected special types of contact lenses (given number of fits, laboratory or external workplace) Analysis and discussion of the realised fits. Analysis and discussion of casuistries.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Demonstration
  • Attendace - 26 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
To spread the knowledge and skill in the field of contact lenses with regard to the special contact lenses.
Knowledge and skills. To know the areas of the specific using of the contact lenses, to be able to fit the selected special types of the contact lenses.
Prerequisites
No prior requirements.

Assessment methods and criteria
Student performance

Participation in tutorial. Knowledge and skills within the scope of the course topics.
Recommended literature
  • Barnett, M. Johns, L. (2017). Contemporary Scleral Lenses: Theory and Application. Bentham Science Publishers.
  • Bennett, E. S., Henry, V. A. (2019). Clinical Manual of Contact Lenses. 5th Edition. Wolters Kluwer.
  • Efron, N. (2018). Contact Lens Complications. 4th Edition. Butterworth-Heinemann, Elsevier.
  • Efron, N. (2018). Contact Lens Practice. 3rd Edition. Butterworth-Heinemann, Elsevier.
  • Elliott, D. B. (2020). Clinical Procedures in Primary Eye Care. 5th Edition. Butterworth-Heinemann, Elsevier.
  • Phyllips, A. J., Speedwell, L. (2018). Contact Lenses. 6th Edition. Butterworth-Heinemann, Elsevier.


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 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer