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Curriculum | Bachelor of Optometry | Third Year

B. Sc. Optometry 3rd Year

Paper-1 Dispensing optics

60 hours

S. No	Topic	Learning Objective [At the end of the program student should be able to]	Teaching Guidelines	Teaching Methodology	Hours
1	Ophthalmic lenses	Describe Plastic Lenses, Glass lenses, Polycarbonate lenses, Types of bifocal, Protective lenses, Special types of lenses	Manufacturing & Characteristics, Spherical, Toric, Bifocals, PAL,ghost Images, Best Form lenses, Pantoscopic tilt, Retroscopic tilt and its consequence, Tilting of lens, Achromatic, Ashperic. Lenticular, High Index Lenses, prism lenses, Photochromatic Lenses, Polaroid Lenses, Tinted Lenses, ARC lenses, Hard coat lenses, U V protective lenses, Balance lens, optical centre,	Didactic lectures through PPP Seminars, Tutorials Demonstration	24 hours
2	Spectacle Frames	Enumerate Materials, Shapes, Measurements, Repair of spectacles, Fitting Lenses in Frames, Glazing & Edging of lenses	History, Nomenclature, Types & parts, sides, joints, frame bridge	Didactic lectures through PPP Seminars, Tutorials Demonstration	20 Hours
3	Test chart standards, Refraction room Standards, Projection Charts, Phoropter	Describe Snellen’s chart, Logmar chart	How to use different types of chart	Didactic lectures through PPP Seminars, Tutorials Demonstration	8 Hours
4	Patient complains and management	Enumerate Headache after using spectacles-how to manage	Something to be done on the part of optician, Patient	Didactic lectures through PPP Seminars, Tutorials Demonstration	8 Hours

Paper-2 Contact Lens

60 hours

S. No	Topic	Learning Objective [At the end of the program student should be able to]	Teaching Guidelines	Methodology	Hours
1	History of Contact Lens	Enumerate Important mile stones in the development of CL	Important mile stones in the development of CL	Didactic lectures through PPP Seminars, Tutorials Demonstration	4 hours
2	Corneal Anatomy and Physiology	Describe Layers of cornea, Oxygen supply, Blinking in relation to CL wear	Layers of cornea, Oxygen supply, Blinking in relation to CL wear, Slit Lamp Biomicroscopy	Didactic lectures through PPP Seminars, Tutorials	16Hours
3	Contact Lens materials	Describe salient features of different types of CL materials	Characteristics, Advantages, Disadvantages, Dk Value, Optical properties of PMMA, HEMA, CAB	Didactic lectures through PPP Seminars, Tutorials	4 Hours
4	Glossary of Terms: Contact Lenses	Describe different terms used in CL practice	Base curve, Total diameter, Optic zone, peripheral curves	Didactic lectures through PPP Seminars, Tutorials	4 Hours
5	Indications and Contra Indications Contact Lens	Enumerate Conditions where CL are better than spectacles Where CL should not be used	Myopia, Hypermetropia, Astigmatism, Amblyopia, Anisometropia Infective, allergic conditions of eyeball	Didactic lectures through PPP Seminars, Tutorials	4 Hours
6	Keratometer	Describe its parts functioning	Parts, How to use, How to increase range, sources of error	Didactic lectures through PPP Seminars, Tutorials Demonstration	6 Hours
7	Fitting philosophies	Enumerate Flat. Steep and Alignment fitting	How to assess fitting of CL, effect of change in parameter on CL fitting	Didactic lectures through PPP Seminars, Tutorials	4 Hours
8	Astigmatism correction options	Describe Fitting of Spherical Soft CL and RGP lenses	Toric soft CL, RGP lenses	Didactic lectures through PPP Seminars, Tutorials	2 Hours
9	Follow-up post fitting examination	Describe How to detect any CL wear problem and treat at the earliest	Examination under slit lamp, Complaints of patient in relation to CL wear and remedies	Didactic lectures through PPP Seminars, Tutorials	2 Hours
10	Cosmetic Contact Lenses	Describe different types of cosmetic CL	Different colors and shades of CL	Didactic lectures through PPP Seminars, Tutorials	2 Hours
11	CL in Special situations	Enumerate how CL wear is different in aphakia, pseudophakia, keratoconus etc from normal CL wear	Fitting Contact Lens in children, Aphakia, Pseudophakia, Keratoconus, Daily wear and extended wear lenses, Therapeutic Lenses/Bandage CL	Didactic lectures through PPP Seminars, Tutorials	4 Hours
12	Care & maintenance of Contact Lenses	Describe How to take care of CL	CL Solutions Instructions to the patient	Didactic lectures through PPP Seminars, Tutorials	2 Hours
13	Verification of parameters	Enumerate Measurement of diameter, Base curve, power of CL	Measurement of diameter, Base curve, power of CL	Didactic lectures through PPP Seminars, Tutorials	2 Hours
14	Review of lenses available in India	Describe different brands available in Indian market	B and L CL, Cooper vision lenses, silk lens	Didactic lectures through PPP Seminars, Tutorials	4 Hours

Paper-3 Eye banks

50 hours

S. No	Topic	Learning Objective [At the end of the program student should be able to]	Teaching Guidelines	Methodology	Hours
1	Publicity	Enumerate How to motivate people for eye donation	Prevalence of corneal blindness, need for eye donation	Didactic lectures through PPP Seminars, Tutorials	10 Hours
2	How to donate your eyes	Reproduce How to register, who can register, how to inform eye-bank for eye donation	Who can donate eyes Who cannot donate eyes What to do after death of near and dear	Didactic lectures through PPP Seminars, Tutorials	10 Hours
3	Collection of eyes	Enumerate How to enucleate and transport donated eyes	Legal formalities required before enucleation, Instrumentation required, method of enucleation, how to transport and use eyes.	Didactic lectures through PPP Seminars, Tutorials	6 Hours
4	Preservation of eyes	Reproduce Methods to preserve eyes	Latest techniques for preservation of donor Cornea Short term, long term methods to preserve eyes.	Didactic lectures through PPP Seminars, Tutorials	10 Hours
5	Pre and post-operative Instructions	Enumerate Education of patient before and after eye donation	What to do and what not to do before and after surgery	Didactic lectures through PPP Seminars, Tutorials	4 Hours
6	Human organ transplantation act 1994	Reproduce Basic idea of HOTA 1994	Who can register for HOTA, Procedure for registering with HOTA, Requirements of HOTA, Penalty for violating HOTA	Didactic lectures through PPP Seminars, Tutorials	10 hours

Paper 4. COMMUNITY OPHTHALMOLOGY and Health Legislation

S No	Topic	Learning Objective [At the end of the program student should be able to]	Teaching Guidelines	Teaching Methodology	Hours
1	Concepts of Community Ophthalmology	Enumerate history of public optometry and preventive health care system	History of public health History of public optometry Organization of health services(primary, secondary, tertiary care) Public health in India Concept of preventive and curative health care	Didactic lectures [PPP] Charts Seminars	6 hours
2	Epidemiology of blindness	Enumerate Principles and disease specific strategies	Definition of epidemiology, Prevalence, Incidence, control and prevention of disease, principles and disease specific strategies	Didactic lectures [PPP] Charts Seminars	4 hours
3	National program for control of Blindness	Describe Vision 2020	NPCB, DBCS Mission, aims, goals and objectives of vision 2020 Structure World Health Assembly resolutions on prevention of blindness Strategies and objectives for the period Coordination at global, regional and national level Monitoring and impact assessment	Didactic lectures [PPP] Charts Seminars	8 hours
4	Survey Methodology	Enumerate describe types of studies in brief	Types of study- case- control, cross sectional, cohort, incusion and exclusion criteria, aims and objectives	Didactic lectures [PPP] Charts Seminars	6 hours
5	Health Education	Reproduce how to educate community for prevention of diseases	Definition, elements, Primary health care, modes and intervention of prevention	Didactic lectures [PPP] Charts Seminars	6 hours
6	Health Programs in India	Enumerate different health programs in India	Trachoma prevention Vitamin A prophylaxis School Health Programs–screening and mid-day meal programs Organization of eye camps Rehabilitation of the blind	Didactic lectures [PPP] Charts Seminars	6 hours
7	Ethical, legal, social and scientific issues in relation to optometry and Consumer Protection act 1986	Describe legal issues related with optometry and CPA	Ethics in Clinical Optometry Ethical Decision Making in Clinical Practice Consumer protection Act 1986 Consumer disputes redressal agencies	Didactic lectures [PPP] Charts Seminars	8 hours
8	Biomedical waste management	Describe generation and disposal of biomedical waste	Types of waste, color coding technique, methods of waste disposal	Didactic lectures [PPP] Charts Seminars	6 hours

Paper-5-Investigations in ophthalmology

60 hours

S. No	Topic	Learning Objective [At the end of the program student should be able to]	Teaching Guidelines	Teaching methodology	Hours
1	Physiological Tests	Enumerate Basic idea about different types of physiological tests	Indications, Procedure, Interpretation of Testing of visual acuity Colour Vision Dark Adaptometry Perimetry Contrast Sensitivity Glare testing	Didactic lectures through PPP Seminars, Tutorials	10 Hours
2	Electrophysiological tests	Reproduce ERG, EOG, VEP, USG-A and B scan	Indications, Procedure, Interpretations, sources of error	Didactic lectures through PPP Seminars, Tutorials	10 Hours
3	Tests for anterior segment of eyeball	Diagnose any type of anterior segment abnormality with different tests	Indications, Procedure, Interpretations, Uses, Limitations of Slit Lamp examination Specular Microscopy Tonography Ocular Photography -anterior segment Syringing & Lacrimal function Test Gonioscopy Pachymetry Non Contact Tonometry UBM	Didactic lectures through PPP Seminars, Tutorials	20 Hours
4	Tests for posterior segment examination	Diagnose any type of posterior segment abnormality with different tests	Indications, Procedure, Interpretations, Uses, Limitations of Fluorescein Angiography OCT Nerve fiber analyzer Fundus Photography	Didactic lectures through PPP Seminars, Tutorials	16 Hours
5	Laser therapy in ophthalmology	Enumerate Brief idea of different conditions where laser treatment is given	Uses of YAG Laser, Green Laser	Didactic lectures through PPP Seminars, Tutorials	4 hours

Paper-6-Management of OT

50 hours

S No.	Topic	Learning Objective [At the end of the program student should be able to]	Teaching Guidelines	Teaching methodology	Hours
1	Introduction to Operation Theater in general	Should be able to enumerate Basic idea of working in operation theater	Who can enter OT, Who cannot enter OT, Movement, posture, communication in OT	Didactic lectures through PPP Seminars, Tutorials	4 Hours
2	Asepsis: How to achieve	Should be able to reproduce Basic idea of asepsis	Sterilization of instruments and operation theature, How to wash instruments after use, dry, wrap and send for sterilization	Didactic lectures through PPP Seminars, Tutorials	8 Hours
3	Anesthetic agents and where indicated	Should be able to enumerate Basic idea of anesthetic agents used in OT	Halothane, nitrous oxide, oxygen, paralyzing agents, recovery agents, endo tracheal intubation	Didactic lectures through PPP Seminars, Tutorials	8 Hours
4	O T Sterilization procedures	Should be able to reproduce Basic idea of how to sterilize operation theater	Fumigation its advantages and disadvantages, latest techniques to sterilize OT	Didactic lectures through PPP Seminars, Tutorials	4 Hours
5	Sterilization procedures of OT Instruments	Should be able to enumerate Basic idea of how to sterilize surgical instruments	Autoclave, Hot air oven, Ethylene oxide	Didactic lectures through PPP Seminars, Tutorials	4 Hours
6	Maintenance of Instruments and equipments	Should be able to reproduce Basic idea of how to clean different instruments for its long life	Ophthalmic Instruments Surgical Instruments Orthoptic instruments Optometric instruments	Didactic lectures through PPP Seminars, Tutorials	22Hours

Paper-7 Pediatric and Geriatric Optometry and Low Vision Aids

60 hours

S No.	Topic	Learning Objective [At the end of the program student should be able to]	Teaching Guidelines	Teaching methodology	Hours
1	Introduction to Pediatric Optometry	Should be able to reproduce scope of pediatric optometry	Genetic factors – Perinatal factors- Prenatal factors – Postnatal factors responsible for diseases in children	Didactic lectures through PPP Seminars, Tutorials	2 Hours
2	Assessment of visual acuity in children	Should be able to reproduce methods to assess visual acuity in pre- school children	Retinoscopy, Fundus exam. anterior segment examination, electrophysiological tests	Didactic lectures through PPP Seminars, Tutorials	4 Hours
3	Refractive errors in children	Should be able to describe different types of ref. errors in children	How to do retinoscopy, subjective acceptance and correction of error in Myopia, Pseudo myopias Hyperopia Astigmatism, Anisometropia, Amblyopia, strabismus and nystagmus, Vergence and accommodation and Occlusion therapy	Didactic lectures through PPP Seminars, Tutorials	14 Hours
4	Introduction to GeriatricOptometry	Should be able to describe scope of geriatric optometry	-Structural and physiological changes in eye in old age macular disorders, vascular diseases of the eye in old age	Didactic lectures through PPP Seminars, Tutorials	4 Hours
5	Ocular diseases common in old eye	Should be able to describe diseases of old age	Brief review of etiology, management of Cataract Glaucoma, ARMD, Corneal degenerations	Didactic lectures through PPP Seminars, Tutorials	8 Hours
6	Special considerations in ophthalmic dispensing to the elderly	Should be able to describe how dispensing glasses differs in old age vs young age	Brief description how dispensing glasses differs in old age vs young age	Didactic lectures through PPP Seminars, Tutorials	4 Hours
7	How to carry on one’s visual task overcoming the problems of aging?	Should be able to describe dispensing in old age	Brief description how dispensing is done in old age	Didactic lectures through PPP Seminars, Tutorials	4 Hour
8	Low Vision Aids— Identifying the low vision patient, Magnitude of low vision	Should be able to describe identification and prevalence of low vision in India	Definition, prevalence	Didactic lectures through PPP Seminars, Tutorials	2 Hours
9	Examination of low vision patient	Should be able to describe Refraction of a low vision patient	Refraction for distance and near using logmar chart, Snellen chart, contrast sensitivity charts, amsler grid, glare test	Didactic lectures through PPP Seminars, Tutorials	8 Hours
10	Optics of low vision devices	Should be able to describe Optics of telescopes, magnifiers	Optics of telescopes, magnifiers	Didactic lectures through PPP Seminars, Tutorials	1 Hours
11	Eye disorders and low vision	Should be able to describe diseases responsible for producing low vision	Brief review about ARMD, Diabetes, Optic nerve disease, RP, corneal diseases, Glaucoma	Didactic lectures through PPP Seminars, Tutorials	2 Hours
12	Demonstrating aids – optical, Non-optical, Electronic	Demonstrate different types of low vision aids	Telescope, magnifiers, non- optical devices	Didactic lectures through PPP Seminars, Tutorials	2 Hours
13	Low vision aids available in market	Should be able to reproduce Telescopes, Magnifiers, non-optical devices	Telescopes, Magnifiers, non-optical devices	Didactic lectures through PPP Seminars, Tutorials	1 Hours
14	Children with low vision	Should be able to reproduce Diseases responsible for low vision in children	Glaucoma, Optic Atrophy, Cong. Cataract and their management in brief	Didactic lectures through PPP Seminars, Tutorials	2 Hours
15	Optical devices to help people with field defects	Should be able to reproduce Field expanders used to correct tunnel vision	Field expanders used to correct tunnel vision	Didactic lectures through PPP Seminars, Tutorials	1 Hours
16	Rehabilitation of the Visually handicapped	Should be able to reproduce Methods used to make a low vision person lead an independent life	Social Medical Educational rehabilitation of patient	Didactic lectures through PPP Seminars, Tutorials	1 hours

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