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B015504 - OPTOMETRY WITH LABORATORY II
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Academic Year 2013-14
Course year
Second year - First Semester
Belonging Department
Physics and Astronomy
Course Type
Single education field course
Scientific Area
FIS/01 - EXPERIMENTAL PHYSICS
Credits
9
Teaching Hours
76
Teaching Term
23/09/2013 ⇒ 20/12/2013
Attendance required
No
Type of Evaluation
Final Grade
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Teaching Language
italian
Course Content
Anisometropia - Aniseiconia – Opttic anisoforia and its compensation with ophthalmic lenses.
Bifocal lenses- Trifocal lenses.
Progressive lenses - Lenses personalized progressive - Lenses for specific tasks - filtering lenses - lenses filter selective for eye
diseases - Aspherical lenses - Anti-glare treatment and use.
Refractive examination: Analysis and prescription of optical correction. Special conditions.
Bifocal lenses- Trifocal lenses.
Progressive lenses - Lenses personalized progressive - Lenses for specific tasks - filtering lenses - lenses filter selective for eye
diseases - Aspherical lenses - Anti-glare treatment and use.
Refractive examination: Analysis and prescription of optical correction. Special conditions.
Suggested readings (Search our library's catalogue)
o Rossetti A, Gheller P. (2003). Manuale di optometria e contattologia, II ed. Bologna, Zanichelli.
o Kurtz D. Carlson Nancy B. (2004). Clinical procedures for ocular examination, McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
o William J. Benjamin (2006). Borish’s Clinical Refraction, Second Edition, Butterworth-Heinemann, Elsevier Inc.
o Scheimann M., Wick B., (2002) Clinical management of binocular vision, accommodative and eye movement disorders, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia
o Birnbaum, M.H. (1993). Optometric Management of Nearpoint Vision Disorders. Boston: Butterworth-Heinemann.
o Press L.J. (2001), Applied concept in vision therapy, Butterworth-Heinemann.
o Cron T., Richman J. (1995), Guide to vision therapy, Bernell ed.
o Kurtz D. Carlson Nancy B. (2004). Clinical procedures for ocular examination, McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
o William J. Benjamin (2006). Borish’s Clinical Refraction, Second Edition, Butterworth-Heinemann, Elsevier Inc.
o Scheimann M., Wick B., (2002) Clinical management of binocular vision, accommodative and eye movement disorders, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia
o Birnbaum, M.H. (1993). Optometric Management of Nearpoint Vision Disorders. Boston: Butterworth-Heinemann.
o Press L.J. (2001), Applied concept in vision therapy, Butterworth-Heinemann.
o Cron T., Richman J. (1995), Guide to vision therapy, Bernell ed.
Learning Objectives
To give the basic information to realize an optometric examination with prescription, considering normal and altered binocular vision.
Examination and prescription in particular visual clinical cases.
Examination and prescription in particular visual clinical cases.
Prerequisites
Optometry I with Lab
Teaching Methods
Lectures and clinical Lab experiences
Type of Assessment
Written questionnaire with multiple answers, oral examination
Course program
Refractive examination: Corneal topography, Objective refraction, Autorefractometry, Aberrometry, Monocular and Binocular examination, Eteroforic examination, Fusion examination, Stereopsis.
Analysis and prescription of optical correction: Analysis, Graphics, interpretation and prescription for ametropias and eterophorias, Correction with monofocal lenses, Correction with multifocal lenses, Optocal Filter prescription, Refractive surgery correction, Intracorneal lenses correction, Intraocular lenses correction.
Special conditions: Newborns, Child and Teens, Ambliophic patients, Anisometropic and Aniseiconic patients, Severe ametropias patients, High Order aberrations patients, Geriatric patients, Low-Vision patients, Pathologic patients.
Analysis and prescription of optical correction: Analysis, Graphics, interpretation and prescription for ametropias and eterophorias, Correction with monofocal lenses, Correction with multifocal lenses, Optocal Filter prescription, Refractive surgery correction, Intracorneal lenses correction, Intraocular lenses correction.
Special conditions: Newborns, Child and Teens, Ambliophic patients, Anisometropic and Aniseiconic patients, Severe ametropias patients, High Order aberrations patients, Geriatric patients, Low-Vision patients, Pathologic patients.