opto314

COURSE DESCRIPTION FOR CLINICAL METHODS III (OPTO 314– 1+2  =  3)

In this third course of the series, the student will be introduced to additional refraction techniques including monocular subjective refraction, the use of the JCC (Jackson Cross Cylinder), accommodative and convergence amplitude measurements, phorias, vergences, fixation disparity and the determination of the lens addition for near work in presbyopia.

RECOMMENDED TEXTS FOR OPTO 314

 1)      Clinical Procedures in Optometry  by  J.B. Eskridge, J.F. Amos and J.D. Bartlett. 

2)       Primary Care of Optometry, 3^rd Edition, by T .Grosvenor

3)       Optometric Examination. A Clinical Manual, 4^th Edition, by W.S. Long.