General Optometry 1

At the end of OPT 307 (General Optometry I) course, students should be able to: 1. discuss the historical development of optometry as a profession through the golden 2. age of optics (ophthalmic optics) to optometry; 3. describe the optics of spherical lenses, cylindrical lenses, sphero-cylindrical lenses, toric lenses, and ophthalmic prisms in relation to their clinical uses; 4. identify all the components and the arrangement of the components of a trial set/refraction unit; 5. state the classification of refractive errors and how each can be corrected; 6. have basic knowledge of what accommodative and binocular vision anomaly entails; 7. discuss the science and clinical steps involved in case history assessment; 8. discuss the science and clinical steps involved in visual acuity assessment; 9. discuss the science and clinical steps involved in cover test examination, Maddox rod test, Maddox wing test, stereo-acuity test, and red lens test; 10. discuss the science and clinical steps involved in worth-4-dot test; and 11. discuss the science and clinical steps involved in inter-pupillary distance (IPD) assessment.

Review of optics of spherical, cylindrical, sphero-cylindrical or toric lenses as well as ophthalmic prisms. Trial lens set and refraction-examination accessories. Overview of refractive status of the eye: concepts of emmetropia and ametropia. Distribution, classification and correction of refractive errors; concept of emmetropization. Introduction to accommodative and binocular anomalies. Scope of general optometric examination: Case history, theory and clinical measurement of visual acuity, cover test. Maddox rod test, Red lens test, Worth-4-dot test, Maddox wing test, Stereo-acuity and inter-pupillary distance (IPD).The types and incidence of refractive errors.