Learning objectives
The course aims to enable the student to learn and understand through lectures and interactive practices, the principles of operation and use of the main diagnostic tests. It also provides the basic elements for the interpretation of these methods in order to gain the ability to use the knowledge and understanding learned in carrying out these methods on their own.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
The student at the end of the course, using the knowledge of anatomy, physiology, pathology and psychology previously acquired, must demonstrate knowledge and understanding of optics applied to eye care.
The student also applying the knowledge and understanding acquired, shall be able, even collaborating with other professionals, to be able to conduct tests on their own.
Prerequisites
Examination of "ocular motility, binocular vision and pathophysiological bases of optics"
Course unit content
The course aims to deepen the principles of ocular refraction on the following topics:
- Standardization of the measures
- Optical aberrations of the visual system
- Principles of correction of refractive defects
- Calculation principles of artificial lens
- Optical instruments in ophthalmology
Full programme
Principles of refraction and measurement of visual acuity
Correction of refractive errors with spectacle and contact lenses
Correction of refractive errors with lasers and intraocular lenses
Calculation of intraocular lens power in cataract surgery
Optical instruments for the cornea
Keratometry and corneal topography
Corneal tomography
Endothelial and confocal microscopy
Bibliography
- GP Paliaga: L'esame del visus. Minerva Medica 1991
- Zeri, Rossetti, Fossetti, Calossi: Ottica visuale. SEU Società Editrice Universo, 2012
Teaching methods
The course will be conducted through face-to-face lectures both in-person (classroom) and, depending on the pandemic trend, in telepresence (synchronous-streaming) through the support of the Teams platform. This will preserve the possibility of real-time interaction with the Lecturer both in presence and at a distance. Lectures may be conducted with the help of iconographic material collected in presentations that will be made available to students on the Elly platform (https://elly.medicina.unipr.it).
Assessment methods and criteria
Examination modalities of the integrated course
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