In this course the student selects what type of project he/she would like to pursue. Projects may be in form of literature reviews, laboratory studies, epidemiological studies, clinical studies or prospective/retrospective clinical case studies. After selecting the project type, a literature review follows. In the case of a literature review study, this review process constitutes this entire course but in all other cases, after the literature review, the student must then proceed with the study design, sample size determination and data collection.

This course is handled in a two-way interactive presentation format between the tutor/s and the students. Once a week over ten weeks, the tutor presents a published paper relevant to optometry or vision sciences and no more than 2 years since the publication date. One or two students are then required to present one paper each on a topic of interest to optometry and vision sciences and to discuss the design of the study, its methods, the validity of its conclusions and the impact of the conclusion on Optometry and vision science. 

This course is taught in a two-way interactive presentation format between the tutor/s and the students. Once a week over ten weeks, the lecture consists of two or three presentation of case, in general or specificity optometry, by the tutor. In these cases, relevant diagnostic information is left out and the students are tasked to ask the relevant questions and come up with a diagnoses and management plan based on their findings. Individual students are required to present single clinical case of patients they have examined, in the same format as those presented by the tutor.