Course: Optometrical Professional Training I

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Course title Optometrical Professional Training I
Course code OPT/OMP1
Organizational form of instruction Exercise + Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 7
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)
  • Najmanová Eliška, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Musilová Lenka, Mgr. DiS., Ph.D.
  • Pluháček František, doc. RNDr. Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Indráková Renáta, Mgr.
  • Levická Stela, Mgr.
Course content
PRACTICAL TRAINING Practical exercises aimed at deepening, consolidating and expanding the practical skills of an optometrist. In particular, these include: taking anamnesis, measuring with a manual and digital focometer, measuring vision, screening binocular functions, examining pupillary reactions, orienting examination of the visual field, non-contact examination of intraocular pressure, examination of refraction, determination of presbyopic addition, detailed analysis of binocular functions, examination of the anterior segment, examination of the tear film (break-up time), examination of the posterior segment with an ophthalmoscope and slit lamp, spectacle advice, examination of color vision, examination on the Amsler grid, application of soft and hard contact lenses (including relevant examinations of the cornea - keratometry, or topography). The student performs the given tasks on assistants. An integral part of the individual activities is training/exercising communication with the patient, patient education in connection with the identified health situation, or with regard to the recommended type of corrective device. The student records the activities performed in the prepared documentation. As part of spectacle consulting, the student provides advice and offers when choosing a corrective device (selection of frames and suitable lenses, including material and adjustments with regard to the specified visual defect), education in relation to the specific selected corrective device, prepares and records the corresponding order. If necessary, he/she carries out the production and distribution of the corrective device, including the corresponding education. Practical exercises take place in a special laboratory simulating the environment of a real examination room and in a technological laboratory simulating the environment of an eye optician. Each student must complete a specified number of selected tasks. SEMINAR Introduction, organization of practice. Inputs from external experts (seminars and workshops focused on specific corrective devices, e.g. special contact lenses, RGP lenses, individual soft contact lenses, modern devices, presentation of case studies from practice, etc.), deepening of educational skills in specific areas of optometry. Within the framework of seminars, students use the specialized classrooms of the Department of Optics to practice practical skills in an individual regime according to personal needs. The subject also provides, within the framework of exercises and seminars, a theoretical and practical introduction to the issues of organization and management of an optometric workplace from the perspective of material and personnel resources, the quality of providing health services and ensuring patient safety, and practically introduces health and economic issues. Individually made medical device - principles of creating and recording orders in eye optics, organization and continuity of activities.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Training in job and motor Skils, Laboratory Work, Work Activities
  • Attendace - 104 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
Practical exercises are focused on deepening, securing and extending of practical skills in manipulation with relevant instruments and devices
Application Practical training of skills on the real patients. Show an ability to apply knowledge and principles for solution of particular problems in the concrete situations and with the real patients.
Prerequisites
unspecified
OPT/KZ2 and OPT/KCX

Assessment methods and criteria
Student performance

Active attendance in the exercise lessons, accomplishment of required activities.
Recommended literature
  • Firemní návody na obsluhu přístrojů.
  • Elliott, D.B. (2020). Clinical Procedures in Primary Eye Care. 5th Edition. Elsevier.
  • GROSVENOR, T. Primary Care Optometry, 5th edition. Butterworth-Heinemann, Elsevier, 2007..
  • Heissigerová, J. a kol. (2023). Oftalmologie. Třetí vydání. Praha: Maxdorf.
  • Polášek, J. a kol. (1975). Technický sborník oční optiky. Praha, Oční optika.
  • Tunnacliffe, A. H. (1993). Introduction to Visual Optics. Gresham Press, London.
  • W. Harwey, A. Franklin. Routin Eye Examination. , Elsevier Health Sciences.
  • Zadnik, K. (1997). The Ocular Examination. W.B.Saunders Comp., Philadelphia.


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 (2024) Category: Health service 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Winter