B. Sc. Optometry 2nd year
Paper-1 Ocular Pharmacology
Theory 60 hours
| S No. | Topic |
Learning Objective |
Teaching Guidelines | Teaching Methodology |
Hours |
| 1 | Ocular Pharmacology – An introduction | Enumerate the basic idea of ocular pharmacology | Brief idea about therapeutic concentration, minimum inhibitory concentration, bio availability | Didactic lectures through PPP Seminars, Tutorials |
2 hours |
| 2 | Autonomic nervous system | Describe the parts and functions of autonomic nervous system | Brief anatomy and physiology of Sympathetic and para sympathetic nervous system | Didactic lectures through PPP Seminars, Tutorials |
2 hour |
| 3 | Routes of drug administration | Enumerate How drug can be given by different routes | Indications, contra indications, side effects, advantages, disadvantages | Didactic lectures through PPP Seminars, Tutorials |
2 hours |
| 4 | Miotics, Mydriatics&Cycloplegics | Describe examples and uses | Examples, Indications, contra indications, side effects, dosage schedule | Didactic lectures through PPP Seminars, Tutorials |
3 hours |
| 5 | Antibacterial drugs | Describe Definition, classification, examples | Indications, contra indications, side effects, dosage schedule | Didactic lectures through PPP Seminars, Tutorials |
6 hours |
| 6 | Antifungal drugs | Enumerate Definition, classification, examples | Indications, contra indications, side effects, dosage schedule | Didactic lectures through PPP Seminars, Tutorials |
4 hours |
| 7 | Anti-Viral drugs | Describe Definition, classification, examples | Indications, contra indications, side effects, dosage schedule | Didactic lectures through PPP Seminars, Tutorials |
4 hours |
| 8 | Anti-inflammatory drugs | Enumerate definition and examples of Steroids and NSAIDs | Indications, contra indications, dose, side effects, dosage schedule | Didactic lectures through PPP Seminars, Tutorials |
6 hours |
| 9 | Anti-glaucoma drugs | Describe definition, classification, examples | Indications, contra indications, dose, side effects, dosage schedule | Didactic lectures through PPP Seminars, Tutorials |
7 hours |
| 10 | Ophthalmic dyes | Describe definition, Examples, , disadvantages, dosage schedule | Indications, contra indications, dose, side effects, advantages, disadvantages, dosage schedule | Didactic lectures through PPP Seminars, Tutorials |
2 hours |
| 11 | Local Anaesthetics | Enumerate definition, Examples, , disadvantages, dosage schedule | Indications, contra indications, side effects, advantages, disadvantages, dosage schedule | Didactic lectures through PPP Seminars, Tutorials |
2 hours |
| 12 | Ophthalmic preservatives | Enumerate definition, examples, side effects, advantages, disadvantages | definition, examples, side effects, advantages, disadvantages | Didactic lectures through PPP Seminars, Tutorials |
2 hours |
| 13 | Ocular lubricants | Describe Definition, Examples, advantages, disadvantages, dosage schedule | Indications, contra indications, side effects, advantages, disadvantages, dosage schedule | Didactic lectures through PPP Seminars, Tutorials |
1 hour |
| 14 | Ocular irrigating solutions | Describe definition, Examples. , disadvantages | Indications,side effects, advantages, disadvantages | Didactic lectures through PPP Seminars, Tutorials |
1 hour |
| 15 | Ocular antiseptics & disinfectants- | Enumerate definition, Examples, , disadvantages, dosage schedule | Indications, contra indications, side effects, advantages, disadvantages, dosage schedule | Didactic lectures through PPP Seminars, Tutorials |
4 hours |
| 16 | Visco-elastic agents | Describe definition, Examples, Properties | Indications, contra indications, side effects, advantages, disadvantages | Didactic lectures through PPP Seminars, Tutorials |
2 hour |
| 17 | Anti-cataract agents | Enumerate definition, Examples, , disadvantages, dosage schedule | Indications, contra indications, side effects, advantages, disadvantages, dosage schedule | Didactic lectures through PPP Seminars, Tutorials |
1 hour |
| 18 | Contact lens solution | Describe definition, Examples, side effects, advantages | Indications, contra indications, dose, side effects, advantages, disadvantages, dosage schedule | Didactic lectures through PPP Seminars, Tutorials |
2 hour |
| 19 | Chelating agents | Enumerate definition, Examples, side effects, advantages | Indications, contra indications, dose, side effects, advantages, disadvantages, dosage schedule | Didactic lectures through PPP Seminars, Tutorials |
2 hour |
| 20 | Immunosuppressive agents | Describe definition, Examples, side effects, advantages | Indications, contra indications, dose, side effects, advantages, disadvantages, dosage schedule | Didactic lectures through PPP Seminars, Tutorials |
2 hours |
| 21 | Anti-allergic agents | Enumerate definition, Examples, side effects, advantages | Indications, contra indications, dose, side effects, advantages disadvantages, dosage schedule | Didactic lectures through PPP Seminars, Tutorials |
3 hours |
Paper-2 Visual Optics
Total theory 60 hours
| S. No | Contents of Topic |
Learning Objective |
Teaching Guidelines | Teaching Methodology | Hours |
| 1 | Review of geometrical optics | Describe light and its properties | Review of light and its properties, Vergence and power, Sign convention, Catoptric imagery, Magnification and field of view of a lens | Didactic lectures through PPP Seminars, Tutorials |
8 hours |
| 2 | Emmetropia&Ammetropia | Explain various types of refractive errors | Myopia, Hypermetropia, Astigmatism, Aphakia/Pseudo-phakia, Anisometropia, Anisekonia, Amblyopia, Post-Op. Refractive errors/ Residual refractive errors –Aetiology, Clinical features, Types, management, complications, Growth of eyeball in relation to refractive errors | Didactic lectures through PPP Seminars, Tutorials |
19 hours |
| 3 | Accommodation and Convergence | Describe accommodation, convergence and its clinical applications | Far point, Near point, Amplitude, Mechanism and theories of accommodation, Anomalies of accommodation-Paralysis of accommodation, Presbyopia, Spasm of accommodation, Types of convergence, AC/A ratio, Convergence insufficiency | Didactic lectures through PPP Seminars, Tutorials |
8 hours |
| 4 | Schematic eye, Reduced eye | Describe Donder’s Reduced eye Listing reduced eye |
Donder’s Reduced eye Listing reduced eye |
Didactic lectures through PPP Seminars, Tutorials |
1 hour |
| 5 | Strum’s Conoid | Enumerate Definition, ray diagram | Clinical significance and how to relate strum’s conoid with diff. types of astigmatism | Didactic lectures through PPP Seminars, Tutorials |
1 hour |
| 6 | Axes and angles of eyeball | Reproduce Basic idea about optical axis, visual axis, pupillary axis, angle kappa | Basic idea about optical axis, visual axis, pupillary axis, angle kappa | Didactic lectures through PPP Seminars, Tutorials |
1 hour |
| 7 | Ghost Images | Give brief description of ghost images | Definition, Mechanism of formation of ghost images, ray diagram, Treatment | Didactic lectures through PPP Seminars, Tutorials |
1 hour |
| 8 | Keratoconus | Enumerate basic idea about definition, treatment | Definition, types, progression, treatment | Didactic lectures through PPP Seminars, Tutorials |
1 hour |
| 9 | Retinoscopy | Demonstrate how to do retinoscopy and its interpretation | Drugs used, Distance factor, Difficulties faced during retinoscopy and their solution, cross cylinder, Duochrome test, Stenopeic slit test, Astigmatic fan test, Pin Hole test | Didactic lectures through PPP Seminars, Tutorials |
15 hour |
| 10 | Simple and Toric Transposition | Solve numerical problems of simple and toric transposition | Numerical Problems of simple and toric transposition | Didactic lectures through PPP Seminars, Tutorials |
2 hours |
| 11 | Effective power of Spectacles | Enumerate effect of back vertex distance on spectacle power | Vertex distance effects, Spectacle magnification and minification and its effect on accommodation and convergence. | Didactic lectures through PPP Seminars, Tutorials |
3 hours |
Paper-3 Orthoptics
60 hours
S. No |
Contents of Topic |
Learning Objective |
Teaching Guidelines | Teaching Methodology | Hours |
| 1 | Orthoptics-General Concept | Enumerate scope of orthoptics, Synoptophore | Scope of orthoptics, Basic working of synoptophore, its uses | Didactic lectures through PPP Seminars, Tutorials |
10 hour |
| 2 | Ocular muscles and movements, | Enumerate brief anatomy and functioning of ocular muscles | Basic idea about Rectus and Oblique muscles, their actions, origin, insertion, nerve supply, Positions of gaze | Didactic lectures through PPP Seminars, Tutorials |
10 hours |
| 3 | Measurements of angle of squint | Demonstrate different methods to measure angle of squint | HB test, PBCT, Synoptophore | Didactic lectures through PPP Seminars, Tutorials |
3 hours |
| 4 | Squint | Reproduce different types of squint, causes, work-up and treatment | Latent squint, Manifest squint Paralytic,Non paralytic Definition, types, factors responsible, work-up, management, Maddox rod, Maddox wing, Head posture and its significance, Hess Screening and its Interpretations |
Didactic lectures through PPP Seminars, Tutorials |
24 hours |
| 5 | Pleoptics | Elaborate amblyopia , Occlusion therapy | Types of amblyopia, treatment, types, Testing of ARC | Didactic lectures through PPP Seminars, Tutorials |
3 hour |
| 6 | Nystagmus | Enumerate brief description of nystagmus | Causes, Types, treatment | Didactic lectures through PPP Seminars, Tutorials |
2 hour |
| 7 | Disorders of accommodation | Reproduce Presbyopia, Spasm of accommodation, Paralysis of accommodation | Causes, Clinical features and management of Presbyopia, Spasm of accommodation, Paralysis of accommodation | Didactic lectures through PPP Seminars, Tutorials |
4 hours |
| 8 | Pediatric visual acuity assessment | Enumerate different methods to assess visual acuity in children | Retinoscopy, Fundus , anterior segment examination, electrophysiological tests | Didactic lectures through PPP Seminars, Tutorials |
4 hours |
Paper-4 Optometric Instruments
60 hours
| S. No | Topic |
Learning Objective |
Teaching Guidelines | Methodology | Hours |
| 1 | Refractive Instruments | Should have basic idea about how to use different types of refractive instruments | Types, How to use, Advantages and disadvantages of direct and indirect ophthalmoscopes, simple and compound microscope, Trial Frame, Retinoscope, Pupillometer, projection charts,autorefractometer, Nerve fiber analyzer, Lensometer, Genewa lens measure |
Didactic lectures through PPP Seminars, Tutorials |
22 Hours |
| 2 | Corneal Examination | Detect abnormalities of cornea | Principle, How to use, indications, sources of error of Placido disc, Keterometer, Specular Microscopy, Aesthesiometer | Didactic lectures through PPP Seminars, Tutorials |
10 Hours |
| 3 | Dark adaptometer, Exophthalmometer | Describe dark adaptometer and exophthalmometer | Dark adaptometer, Exophthalmometer Fundus Camera Parts, How to use, interpretation |
Didactic lectures through PPP Seminars, Tutorials |
2 Hours |
| 4 | Slit Lamp: | Describe briefly slit lamp and its parts | Techniques of slit lamp examination, slit lamp photography | Didactic lectures through PPP Seminars, Tutorials |
6 Hours |
| 5 | Tonometers | Describe about different types of tonometers | How to use, Advantages, disadvantages, how to sterilize Schiotz, applanation, non-contact tonometers |
Didactic lectures through PPP Seminars, Tutorials |
2 Hours |
| 6 | Perimeters | Enumerate Manual & automated perimeter | Confrontation method, Lister perimeter, Automated perimeter, Amsler grid | Didactic lectures through PPP Seminars, Tutorials |
4 Hours |
| 7 | Pachymeters, Contrast sensitivity tests, Glare acuity tests, Colour vision tests | Enumerate brief description about its procedure and interpretation | Principle, How to use, Interpretation of results | Didactic lectures through PPP Seminars, Tutorials |
12 Hours |
| 8 | OCT, A and B Scan, Fundus Camera | Describe briefly its parts and functioning | Principle, How to use, Interpretation of results | Didactic lectures through PPP Seminars, Tutorials |
2 hours |
Paper-5 Ocular Diseases
60 hours
| S. No | Topic |
Learning Objective |
Teaching Guidelines | Teaching Methodology | Hours |
| 1 | Diseases of conjunctiva | Enumerate different types of diseases of conjunctiva, their diagnosis and treatment | Etiology, Clinical features, investigations and treatment of Infective Conjunctivitis, Allergic Conjunctivitis, Pingicula, Pterigium, Concretions, Trachoma | Didactic lectures through PPP Seminars, Tutorials |
10 hours |
| 2 | Diseases of Cornea | Enumerate Infective Keratitis, Keratoconus | Etiology, Clinical features, investigations and treatment | Didactic lectures through PPP Seminars, Tutorials |
10 hours |
| 3 | Diseases of Sclera | EnumerateScleritis, Episcleritis | Etiology, Clinical features, investigations and treatment | Didactic lectures through PPP Seminars, Tutorials |
2 hours |
| 4 | Diseases of Uveal Tissue | Describe Anterior Uveitis, Posterior Uveitis | Etiology, Clinical features, investigations and treatment | Didactic lectures through PPP Seminars, Tutorials |
3 hours |
| 5 | Diseases of Lens | Reproduce Cataract Subluxation and dislocation of lens |
Definition, Classification, Causes, Clinical features, Management, Complications, Surgical steps, Types of surgeries, Subluxation and dislocation of lens | Didactic lectures through PPP Seminars, Tutorials |
10 hours |
| 6 | Glaucoma, | Enumerate Congenital glaucoma, Narrow angle and open angle glaucoma | Pre disposing factors, Clinical features and management | Didactic lectures through PPP Seminars, Tutorials |
9 hours |
| 7 | Diseases of Vitreous, Retina and Optic nerve | Describe diseases of vitreous retina and optic nerve | Causes, clinical features and treatment of Vitritis, Retinal detachment, Optic neuritis | Didactic lectures through PPP Seminars, Tutorials |
2 hours |
| 8 | Ocular manifestations of systemic diseases | Enumerate ocular changes in different types of systemic diseases | Ocular changes in Diabetes, Hypertension, Hypothyroidism and Hyperthyroidism, Anaemia | Didactic lectures through PPP Seminars, Tutorials |
6 hours |
| 9 | Diseases of eyelids, Lacrimal apparatus and Orbit | Describe different types of diseases of eyelid, lacrimal apparatus and orbit | Etiology, Clinical features, investigations and treatment of Stye, Chalazion, Meibomitis, dacryocystitis, orbital cellulitis | Didactic lectures through PPP Seminars, Tutorials |
4 hours |
| 10 | Ocular injuries | Enumerate different types of ocular injuries | Clinical features, investigations and treatment of Blunt trauma, Chemical burns, penetrating injuries, Radiational injuries, Thermal injuries | Didactic lectures through PPP Seminars, Tutorials |
6 hours |
Paper-6 Clinical Examination of Visual System
60 hours
S. No |
Topic |
Learning Objective |
Teaching Guidelines | Teaching Methodology | Hours |
| 1 | History Taking of ophthalmic patient | Based on history diagnose disease, a patient is suffering from | Chief complaints, History of present illness, H/o Past illness, Family history, Personal history, Treatment history, Menstrual history with examples and relevance. | Didactic lectures through PPP Seminars, Tutorials Demonstration |
16 hours |
| 2 | Visual acuity testing | Describe procedure how to record visual acuity | Snellen’s chart, logmar chart, decimal system | Didactic lectures through PPP Seminars, Tutorials Demonstration |
4 hours |
| 3 | Examination of muscle balance | Enumerate reproduce movements, accommodation convergence, Diplopia charting | Ductions, Versions, accommodation, convergence, diplopia charting | Didactic lectures through PPP Seminars, Tutorials Demonstration |
8 hours |
| 4 | Slit Lamp examination anterior segment of eyeball | Describe Normal appearance of Eyelids, conjunctiva, cornea, Iris, Pupil and Lens and its abnormalities | Abnormal findings of Eyelids, conjunctiva, cornea, Iris, Pupil Lens | Dida*ctic lectures through PPP Seminars, Tutorials Demonstration |
10 hours |
| 5 | IOP measurement and Gonioscopy | Enumerate different types of tonometers | Procedure, limitations, indications of Schiotztonometry, applanationtonometry,NCT | Didactic lectures through PPP Seminars, Tutorials Demonstration |
4 hours |
| 6 | Examination of fundus with Direct, Indirect ophthalmoscope | Describe how to use direct and indirect ophthalmoscope | Principle, Procedure, Macular function tests | Didactic lectures through PPP Seminars, Tutorials Demonstration |
4 hours |
| 7 | Examination of Lacrimal system, Orbit | Enumerate lacrimal syringing | How to do, Interpretation of lacrimal syringing | Didactic lectures through PPP Seminars, Tutorials Demonstration |
2 hours |
| 8 | Visual field charting | Describe central and peripheral field charting | Lister perimeter, Confrontation method, Automated perimeter, amsler grid | Didactic lectures through PPP Seminars, Tutorials Demonstration |
6 hours |
| 9 | Neuro-ophthalmological examination | Detect any neurological abnormality of eyeball | Aesthesiometer, ocular movements, pupillary reactions | Didactic lectures through PPP Seminars, Tutorials Demonstration |
6 hours |
