Environmental Vision

At the end of OPT 418 (Environmental Vision), student should be able to: 1. assess the impacts of various environmental conditions on the visual system; 2. assess the visual demands associated with different occupations; 3. identify the basic ocular protective devices and their specification in relation to specific industries; 4. identify the basic requirements in setting up occupational visual programme in industries; 5. identify different ocular hazards and the approaches to prevention; 6. identify common ocular injuries and management options; 7. acquired the basic necessary skill and knowledge to be able to serve as a resource person in industrial visual safety; and 8. identify the visual demands and the visual skills needed in different sports/driving/specialised environments or occupations.

Biophysics of radiation and illumination. Protection against radiation and other hazards. Role of Optometry in health care systems. Introduction to environmental Optometry. Vision screening. Occupational Optometry (Visual efficiency; Eye protection programmes in industry). Chemical injuries to external eye structures and First aid care. Lighting strategies (Evaluation and design of Lighting). Visual ergonomics in the workplace; Adaptation of vision to specific vocational needs: testing devices, analytical and demonstrative techniques in vocational prescribing. Visual requirements for driving (Vision and highway/transportation safety). Vision through the atmosphere; Problems of vision under water; Human factors in the solution to visual problems.