Optometric eye examination – clinical optometry 1Laajuus (3 ECTS)

Objective

After completing the study unit, students are able to collect all the necessary background information from patients or from other sources involved in the patient care. They can make an assessment of hyperopic refractive error by means of objective and subjective methods. Students know how to assess the amount of accommodation and convergence and consider it in the eye examination. They can assess the normality of pupil reactions, fixation and eye movements.

Content

Anamnesis, pre examinations and patient history, static retinoscopy, assessment of accommodation and convergence, subjective refraction of distance vision.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Students use the appropriate core concepts as well as make choices using the knowledge base of their own professional field. They recognise the prerequisites and consequences of their own actions.

Students’ actions follow the rules and instructions given, and they use working methods appropriately and safely.

Students work according to the professional ethics of their own field, and they act responsibly as group members.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Students analyse the relationships between appropriate core concepts as well as justify their choices using the knowledge base of their own professional field. They analyse the prerequisites and consequences of their own actions.

Students act according to the rules and instructions given in their operating environment, and they use working methods appropriately and safely.

Students work according to the professional ethics of their own field, and they act flexibly as group members.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Students work according to professional ethics in varied situations, and their functioning enhances group activities.

Students analyse and assess the relationships between appropriate core concepts as well as make choices using the knowledge base of their own professional field. They assess the prerequisites and consequences of their own actions.

Students act initiatively and goal-orientedly in diverse operating environments, and they apply working methods appropriately and safely.