B. Sc. Optometry 3rd Year
Paper-1 Dispensing optics
60 hours
| S. No | Topic |
Learning Objective |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |