OPTO 224 (Practical): Clinical Examination of the Visual System I

Syllabus:

Week 1 - Introduction

Week 2 - Case History

Week 3 & 4 - Visual Acuity 

Week 5 - Pinhole

Week 6 - Midterm Exam

Week 7 - Practical Midterm Exam

Week 8 - Potential Acuity Measurement

Week 9 - Keratometry 

Week 10 - Objective methods for determining the refractive status 1 (Retinoscopy: sphere)

Week 11 - Objective methods for determining the refractive status 2 (Retinoscopy: cylinder)

Week 12 - 2nd Midterm Exam

Week 13 - Objective methods for determining the refractive status 3

Week 14 - Revision

Week 15 - Final Practical Exam 

References: 

1. Clinical Procedures in Optometry - J. Boyd Eskridge, John F. Amos, Jimmy D. Bartlett

2. Primary care optometry- Theodore Grosvenor, Theodore P. Grosvenor.