After work placement (9 op) students are able to perform independently standard eye examination and contact lens fitting also to children and elderly people and describe vision correction if needed. She/he is able to use diagnostic drugs safely manner and is able to perform cyclorefraction. She/he is able to exam eyes to detect possible eye diseases, injuries and disorders and refer for further investigations and care if needed. She/he is able to communicate with clients and is able to understand client´s needs and expectations but is able to handle also situations where expectations are not filled.
Clinical exam:
The ability to manage a patient presenting with an incomitant deviation (i.e., an anomaly of the extra-ocular muscles).
The ability to manage an adult patient with heterotropia.
The ability to manage children at risk of developing an anomaly of binocular vision.
The ability to properly advise on refractive surgery options and possible outcomes.
The ability to identify corneal ectasia and dystrophies and other contraindications to refractive surgery.
The ability to perform the techniques used in the pre-operative assessments.
The ability to manage the aftercare of patients having undergone refractive surgery.
The ability to identify post-operative complications.
The ability to manage refractive surgery patients in a safe, ethical, and confidential fashion.
The ability to create and keep clear, accurate, and contemporaneous patient records.
The ability to interpret and respond appropriately to existing records.
The ability to make a judgement regarding referral and an understanding of referral pathways.
The ability to demonstrate an understanding of the legal, professional, and ethical obligations of an optician / optometrist.
The ability to identify external pathology and offer appropriate information and advice to patients not needing referral.
The ability to manage a patient presenting with a red eye.
The ability to evaluate glaucoma risk factors, to detect glaucoma and refer accordingly.
The ability to manage a patient presenting with macular degeneration or other macular disease.
The ability to recognise, evaluate and manage diabetic eye disease and refer accordingly.
The ability to evaluate and manage a patient presenting with symptoms suggestive of retinal detachment.
The ability to recognise manifestations of systemic disease.
The ability to assess symptoms and signs of neurological significance.
The ability to manage patients presenting with sight-threatening eye disease.
An ability to recognise adverse ocular reactions to medication.
The ability to recognise, evaluate and manage optic nerve and optic nerve head disease and refer accordingly.
Portfolio:
The ability to manage non-tolerance cases (i.e., the ability to handle cases when the optical appliance due to lens design, lens fitting or frame fitting cannot be tolerated by the patient).
The ability to advise, prescribe and dispense spectacles, or fit contact lenses, for VDU users and other vocational purposes.
The ability to advise, prescribe and dispense spectacles for eye protective use.
The ability to use appropriate ocular diagnostic drugs to aid refraction if and when needed.
The ability to manage patients presenting with an anomaly of binocular vision.
The ability to fit soft contact lenses.
The ability to manage the aftercare of patients wearing soft contact lenses.
The ability to advise on contact lens materials and care regimes.
The ability to fit rigid gas permeable contact lenses.
The ability to fit contact lenses to patients with astigmatism.
The ability to fit contact lenses to patients with presbyopia.
The ability to use diagnostic drugs to aid ocular examination.
The ability to obtain and interpret information on patient’s general health, medication, school work, sports, hobbies, lifestyle, and special needs pertinent to children and infants.
The ability to assess children’s (not infants) visual function using appropriate techniques.
The ability to interpret and investigate the presenting symptoms and concerns of the patient.
The ability to develop a management plan for the investigation of the patient.
The ability to recognise common ocular abnormalities and to refer when appropriate.
The ability to manage a patient presenting with reduced vision.
The ability to manage a patient presenting with cataract.
Low vision:
The ability to take an accurate history from patients with a range of low vision conditions.
The ability to obtain and interpret information on significant symptoms pertinent to low vision conditions and patient’s concerns.
The ability to obtain and interpret information on relevant family history pertinent to low vision conditions.
The ability to assess patients with impaired visual function.
The ability to advise visually impaired patients about their impairment, disability or handicap.
The ability to advise on the use of, and to dispense simple low vision aids including: hand and stand magnifiers, typoscopes and hand held telescopes.
The ability to advise on the use of and to dispense complex spectacle lens forms, including: multifocals, high corrections, and their applications to specific patient needs.
The ability to advise on the use of optical and non-optical aids to achieve object enlargement types of magnification (e.g., CCTV or digital tablets).
The ability to manage non-tolerance cases (i.e., the ability to handle cases when the optical appliance due to lens design, lens fitting or frame fitting cannot be tolerated by the patient).
The ability to advise, prescribe and dispense spectacles, or fit contact lenses, for VDU users and other vocational purposes.
The ability to advise, prescribe and dispense spectacles for eye protective use.
