General Optometry Laboratory

At the end of OPT 403 (General Optometry Laboratory) course, the students should be able to: 1. describe the procedure involved in assessment of patient’s case history and then be able to carry out the procedure on selected patients; 2. describe the procedure involved in assessment of visual acuity and then be able to carry out the procedure on selected patients; 3. describe the procedure involved in basic external penlight examination of patients and then be able to carry out the procedure on selected patients; 4. describe the procedure involved in direct ophthalmoscopy assessment of patients and then be able to carry out the procedure on selected patients; 5. describe the procedure involved in the use of binocular indirect ophthalmoscope for patients’ examination and then be able to carry out the procedure on selected patients; 6. describe the procedure involved in retinoscopic objective refraction and then be able to carry out the procedure on selected patients; 7. describe the basic procedure involved in keratometry and then be able to carry out the procedure on selected patients; 8. describe the procedure involved in patient subjective refraction and then be able to carry out the procedure on selected patients; 9. state the procedure involved in lensometry and then be able to carry out the procedure to determine the type, power, and axis of unknown lenses; 10. state the basic procedure involved in the use of a slit-lamp biomicroscopy in patients’ examination and then be able to carry out the procedure on selected patients; 11. state the procedure involved in gonioscopy and then be able to carry out the procedure on selected patients; 12. describe the basic procedures associated with the different types of tonometry used in involved in assessing intraocular pressure and then be able to carry out the different procedures on selected patients; 13. describe the procedures involved in the different types of perimetry used in assessing patients’ visual field and then be able to carry out the procedures on selected patients; and 14. state basic information and steps used in patients’ case analysis and then be able to do a case analysis on selected patients record files in order to arrive at diagnosis and management plan.

Techniques learnt in OPT 407 and general optometry courses are practised and developed preparatory to examining patients.