APPLIED MEDICAL TECHNICAL SCIENCES
cod. 15463

Academic year 2012/13
1° year of course - Second semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Scienze tecniche mediche applicate (MED/50)
Field
Attività formative affini o integrative
Type of training activity
Related/supplementary
21 hours
of face-to-face activities
3 credits
hub: -
course unit
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Integrated course unit module: HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY AND THE VISUAL SYSTEM

Learning objectives

to know fundamentals of optics as applied to the lenses used to correct ametropias and diplopia.

Prerequisites

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Course unit content

eye and prisms
eye and lenses (eye-lens distance and actual power)
prismatic effect of lenses on the eye
Accomodation

mechanisms and stimuli
accomodation and convergence
cycloplegia
cycloplegic drugs and their side-effects

Full programme

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Bibliography

Tasman, Jaeger, eds. Duane's Ophthalmology. LWW 2006.

Teaching methods

Oral and practical lesson

Assessment methods and criteria

Oral exam

Other information

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