OPTO.224 (2017)

Opto 224
Course Syllabus
2nd semester 1437-1438

COURSE: OPTO 224 – Clinical Examination of the Visual System I
 
UNITS: 1 + 2 = 3 credits

Objective
In this course, the first of a series of five clinical courses, the student learn to perform
basic refraction examination techniques including: patient history, visual acuity, pinhole,
potential acuity measurement, Keratometry and objective methods for the
determination of refractive status, will be taught over ten weeks with one lecture hour
and four hours of clinical practice per week.

Course Distribution
Week Date Topics

1 5 -2-2017 Introduction
2 12-2-2017 Case History
3 19-2-2017 Visual Acuity
4 26-2-2017 Pinhole and Interpupillary Distance.
5 5-3-2017 1st midterm exam & 1st practical exam
6 12-3-2017 Keratometry
7 19-3-2017 Keratometry
8 26-3-2017 Objective Methods for determination of refractive
status -1- (retinoscopy/ sphere)
9 9-4-2017 Objective Methods for determination of refractive
status -2- (retinoscopy/ cylinder)
10 16-4-2017 2nd midterm Exam
11 23-4-2017 Objective Methods for determination of refractive
status -3-
12 30-4-2017 Practice (retinoscopy)
13 7-5-2017 Practice (retinoscopy)
14 14-5-2017 revision
15 21-5-2017 Final practical exam

Course learning objectives:

By the end of this course the student should know when and how to carry out the
following test and how to interpret the results from the tests:
Case history.
Visual acuity (distance & near).
Pinhole.
IPD
Keratometry.
Retinoscopy.

Assessment Tasks during the Semester
Task Mark

Written Assignment 5
Practical assignment 5
1st midterm 15
2nd midterm 15
1st practical 10
2nd practical 10
Final exam 40
Learning Resources

1. Clinical procedures in primary eye care – David B. Elliott , fourth edition
2. Clinical Procedures in Optometry - J. Boyd Eskridge, John F. Amos, Jimmy D.
Bartlett.
3. Primary care optometry- Theodore Grosvenor, Theodore P. Grosvenor.
4. The eye examination- A complete Guid- Gay S. Schwartz. Slack Incorporated, 2006