OPTO 3501Clinical Optometry II:
General objective:
To provide the students with clinical experiences and competence to do subjective refraction and check out the objective results.
Specific objectives:
By the end of the course the student should be able to:
1-Understand the methods of subjective refraction.
2-Feel confident when writing a prescription.
Contents:
1-Changes in refraction and fogging techniques.
2-Cycloplegia and refraction (cyclo-agents, procedures).
3-Subjective refraction ( monocular correction ,binocular correction and balance ).
4-Pinhole and stenopic slit.
5-The clinical routine of refraction.
Lab Work:
1- Trial sets ,different trail frames ,diochrome test ,different types of astigmatic dials, crossed cylinders dials, crossed cylinders different types ,pinholes , stenopic slits, clinical routine papers should be available.
2-Each student should be learned to use the devices above to verifying the objective refraction.
3-After the students get the knowledge of using the devices in the lab they continue to use them in the clinic optometry.
Teaching methods:
- Lectures.
- Lab.
- Discussion groups.
- Slide, videos & CDs.

Course Evaluation:
- Final Exam 60%
- Practical & Assignment 30%
- Attendance & participation. 10%

OPTO3502 Optometry clinic I:
General objective:
To provide the students with practical skills to deal with clinical examinations and care of patients.
Specific objective:
By the end of the course the student should be able to:
1-Analyze and solve problems encountered during an examination of refractive errors.
2-Perform an eye examination on real patients.
3- Develop communication skills.
Contents:
1-Teach the students the clinical practice of retinoscopy.
2-Learn the student's clinical tests and measurements in routine clinical examination.
3-Let the students to perform eye examination on real patients in the first level “simple subjective testing” .
4-Learn the students about patient / practitioner inter action.
Lab Work:-
1- This course based on participation in primary care clinic with supervised examination of patients.
2- Discussion of cases.
Teaching methods:
- Clinical practice.
- Discussion groups.
- Slide, videos & CDs.

Course Evaluation:
- Final Exam 60%
- Practical & Assignment 30%
- Attendance & participation. 10%

BS3501 Neurology of Vision:
General objective:
To provide the students with knowledge of visual neurology and diseases contribute to visual field, method and material used for examination.
Specific objectives:
By the end of the course the student should be able to:
1-Know the minute Anatomy of the visual pathway and its vascular supply.
2-Understand when the visual field should be examined.
3- Understand the strategies used for examination.
4-Know some methods and instruments used for examining visual field.
5-Understand the abnormal visual field and common diseases leading to it.
Contents:
1- Introduction.
2- Anatomy of the visual pathway.
3- Normal visual field.
4- Abnormal visual field.
- Glaucoma.
- Visual pathway diseases.
5- Visual field examinations and instruments used.
6- Methods of testing.
7- Media opacities and the effect on the visual field.
8- Pupillary pathway disorders.
9-Disorders of cranial nerves related to the eye.

Teaching methods:
- Lectures.
- Lab.
- Discussion groups.
- Slide, videos & CDs.

Course Evaluation:
- Final Exam 60%
- Practical & Assignment 30%
- Attendance & participation. 10%

OPTO3503 Ophthalmic Lenses and Dispensing I:

General objective:
To provide the students with the knowledge of the spectacle lenses and frames that used to correct eye sight.
Specific objectives:
By the end of the course the student should be able to:
1- Understand the different types of the available spectacle lenses.
2-Understand the different types of the available spectacle frames.
3- Understand the different application of spectacle frames and lenses.
4- Provide experience in taking facial measurements.
Contents:
1- Introduction to terminology and convention.
2- Ophthalmic lenses.
3- Spectacles frames.
4- Ophthalmic prisms and decent ration.
Lab Work:
1- Classify ophthalmic lenses by form.
2- Classify ophthalmic lenses by materials.
3- Classify ophthalmic lenses by power.
4- Classify ophthalmic lenses by size and shape.
5- The effects of back vertex power of different lenses.
6- Marking cylinder axis.
7- Measuring interpupillary distance.
8- Taking facial measure.
9- Using focimeters.
10-Marking lenses.
Teaching methods:
- Lectures.
-Lab.
- Discussion groups.
- Slide ,videos& CDs.

Course Evaluation:
- Final Exam 60%
- Practical & Assignment 30%
- Attendance & participation. 10%

OPTO3504 Optical Appliances:

General objective:
To provide the students with knowledge of instruments used in optometry.
Specific objectives:
By the end of the course the student should be able to:
1- Understand the principles and techniques of instruments.
2- Understand the handling of instruments.
Contents:
Principles, types, construction and uses of:
1- Retinoscopes.
2- Vision test charts.
3- Focimeter .
4- Keratoscopes.
5- Keratometer.
6- Amblyoscopes.
7-Slit-lamps
8-Ophthalmoscopes.
9-Topography
10- Phorobter.
Lab Work:
All above instruments should be available for practicing
Teaching methods:
- Lectures.
-Lab
- Discussion groups.
- Slide, videos & CDs.

Course Evaluation:
- Final Exam 60%
- Practical & Assignment 30%
- Attendance & participation. 10%

OPTO3505 Posterior Eye Conditions:

General objective:
To provide the students with knowledge of posterior eye conditions.
Specific objectives:
By the end of the course the student should be able to understand causes, diagnosis and management:
1-The problems of tumors in the eye .
2- The problems and management of glaucoma.
3- The problem and management of retinal detachment.
4- The problem and management of retinopathies and degeneration.
Contents:
1- Tumors of the eye.
2- Common diseases of :
-Optic nerve
- Retina
-Glaucoma
Teaching methods:
- Lectures.
- Discussion groups.
- Slide, videos & CDs.

Course Evaluation:
- Final Exam 60%
- Assignment& activities 30%
- Attendance & participation. 10%

OPTO3506 Advance Investigative Techniques:
General objective:
To provide the students with the knowledge of instruments used in optometry.
Specific objective:
By the end of the course the student should be able to:
1-Understand the principles and techniques of instruments.
2- Understand the handling of instruments.
Contents:
Principles, types, construction and uses of:
1-Tonometers.
2-Perimeters.
3-Refractometers.
4-Mallet unit.
5-Refractive units and phoropters.
6-Pachometer.
7-Echo-scan.
8- Color vision test
9-Abarometer
Lab work:
All above instruments should be available for practicing.
Teaching methods:
- Lectures.
- Lab
- Discussion groups.
- Slide ,videos& CDs.
Course Evaluation:
- Final Exam 60%
- Practical & Assignment 30%
- Attendance & participation. 10%

OPTO3601 Optometry Clinic II:
General objective:
To provide the students with clinical experiences and competence to do subjective refraction and check out the objective results.
Specific objectives:
By the end of the course the student should be able to understand:
1-Demonestrate problem –solving in relatively complex cases .
2- Deal properly with clinical examinations and care of the patient , a long with the prescribing of lenses and frames.
Contents:
1- To teach students perform eye examination on real patients in second level (With subjective test).
2- To teach the students clinical decision, differential diagnosis and difficulties in prescribing and counseling.
3- To teach the students problem –solving skills in relatively complex cases.
Teaching methods:
- Clinical practice.
- Discussion groups.
- Slide, videos & CDs.

Course Evaluation:
-Continuous assessment and case records in above clinic 40%
-Cases and oral (30 cases) 50%
- Attendance & participation. 10%

BS3601 Biostatistics:
General objective:
To provide the student with knowledge of the biostatistics and its applications.
Specific objectives:
By the end of the course the student should be able to:
1- Know the statistical methods involving relationships between populations and sample, collection, organization and analysis of data.
2- Know techniques in testing hypothesis.
3- Know an introduction and analysis of variance.
4- Take the right decision in right time to answer questions or to solve a problem depending on the collected data under his/her disposal.
Contents:
1. Collection of data, sampling, designs and coding.
2. Measure of central tendency (Mode, Mean and Median).
3. Analysis of dispersion (standard deviation and variance).
4. Analysis of correlation and regression.
5. Analysis of variance (Anova and Chi squire).
6. Measure of probability.
7. Tests of hypothesis.
8. Non parametric tests.

Teaching methods:
- Lectures.
- Discussion group.
- Slide, videos & CDs.
Course Evaluation:
- Final Exam 60%
- Assignment & activities 30%
- Attendance & participation. 10%

OPTO3602 Management of Strabismus and Amblyopia:
General objective:
To provide the students with develop understand and apply of management for strabismus and Amblyopia.
Specific objective:
By the end of the course the student should be able to develop understanding of non-surgical and surgical treatment of strabismus and Amblyopia.
Contents:
1- Amblyopia in eccentric fixation.
2- Management of Amblyopia.
3- Management of anomalous correspondence.
4- Planning for management of strabismus.
5- Non-surgical treatment of strabismus.
6-Surgical treatment of strabismus.
7- Routine for examining strabismus patient.
8- Post –operative management.
Clinical work:
All the above should be illustrated in the clinic.
Teaching methods:
- Lectures.
- Lab.
- Discussion groups.
- Slide, videos &CDs.

Course Evaluation:
- Final Exam 60%
- Practical & Assignment 30%
- Attendance & participation. 10%

OPTO3603 Special Contact Lenses:
General objective:
To provide the students with the knowledge of special cases in contact lenses.
Specific objectives:
By the end of the course the student should be able to:
1- Deal with specific cases in contact lenses.
2- Understand orthokeratology.
Contents:
1- Fitting the presbyopic patient.
2- Fitting the keratoconus.
3- Fitting different design of contact lens.
4- Fitting, surgical, and disorders of cornea.
5- Cosmetic, bandage and prosthetics contact lenses.
6- Fitting infants and children.
7- Orthokeratology.
Clinical work:
1- Using multifocalcontact lenses.
2- Deal with keratoconic contact lenses trial sets.
3- Do an impression and deal with shells.
4- Special contact lenses for children trial.

Teaching methods:
- Lectures.
- Lab.
- Discussion groups.
- Slide, videos & CDs.

Course Evaluation:
- Final Exam 60%
- Practical & Assignment 30%
- Attendance & participation. 10%

OPTO3604 Ophthalmic Lenses and Dispensing II:
General objective:
To acquaint the student with the knowledge of ophthalmic lenses applications and optical dispensing materials and equipment.
Specific objectives:
By the end of the course the student will be able to:
1- Develop the ability to measure and verify the components of all types of ophthalmic lenses.
2- To extend students knowledge of spectacle lenses to include multifocal ,progressive addition, radiation attenuating and impact resistant lenses, including their prescribing.
3- To provide information about the selection of spectacle frames including their recognition.
Contents:
1- Multifocal lenses and progressive addition.
2- Spectacle frames selection and ordering.
3- Hand magnifiers, high power and lenticular lenses.
4- Lens manufacturing.
5-Absorptive lenses and lens coating:( effect of radiation on the eye. UV ,IR , visible radiation and others)
6- Methods of manufacturing absorptive lenses. Prescribing absorptive lenses.
7- Lens reflection and coatings: lens surfaces reflections and methods of controlling –antireflection coating optical principles. Production of antireflection coating and types.
8- Spectacle glazing and adjustment.
9- Spectacle verification.(centering problems and solutions).
10- Order, writing and workshop procedure.
11-RX analysis.
Lab work:
1-Neutralization of different types of lenses.
2-Use the lens measure.
3-Focimetry for prism in single vision lens.
4- Single vision lens and decentration.
5-Using focimeter for determining power and axis in multifocal lenses.
6- Having a brief knowledge on practical of ophthalmic lenses edging and glazing.
7- Tutorial for ordering spectacle prescription.
8- Verification of different type of spectacles.
Teaching methods:
- Lectures.
- Lab.
- Discussion groups.
Course Evaluation:
- Final Exam 60%
- Practical & Assignment 30%
- Attendance & participation. 10%

OPTO3605 Visual Perception:
General objective:
To give the students a good concept about perception.
To become more aware of the optometrist role in assessment and management of visual perception, learning disabilities and reading problems.
Specific objectives:
By the end of the course the student should be able to:
1- Know the sense organs and sensation.
2- Understand perception and its laws.
3- Understand the relation between perception and other cognitive process.
4- Understand visual information processing and visual performance.
5- Understand the field of learning disabilities and different management skills for visual information processing disorders.
Contents:
1- Sensation (the perception of stimulation).
2- Introduction to general perception.
3- Introduction to visual perception.
4- Retinal image.
5- Brightness perception.
6- Resolution and acuity.
7-Contrast sensitivity .
8- Temporal properties of vision.
9- Spatio temporal properties of vision.
10- Size and distance perception.
11- Form perception.
12- Visual illusion.
13- Intelligence.
14- Perceptual problems of children.
15- Doctor- patient relationship
16- Problems that affect learning with emphasis on referral.
17- The electroculogram.
18- Electroretinogram and visual Evoked potintials.
19- Motion perception.
20- Colour vision.
21- Natural light.
22- Artificial sources of illumination.
Lab work:
- IQ- reading –attention testing.
- Vidio on visual information processing (VIP).
- Learn test –other VIP tested often used in optometry.
- Contrast sensitivity.
- Electroculogram.
- Relative Iuminance efficiency.
- Size constancy.
- Colour vision tests and the munsel system.
- Dark adaptation.
- Intermittent threshod.

Teaching methods:
- Lectures.
- Lab.
- Discussion groups.
- Slide ,videos & CDs.

Course Evaluation:
- Final Exam 60%
- Practical & Assignment 30%
- Attendance & participation. 10%

BS3602 Communication Skills:
General objective:
To provide the student with knowledge and practical skills to be able to communicate with others effectively.
Specific objectives:
By the end of the course the student should be able to:
1- Effectively communicate thought, ideas and feelings.
2- Good verbal, non verbal and written communication skills .
3- To facilitate sharing of information between all people (medical & non medical) within the facility.
Contents:
1- Communication definition.
2- Elements of communication.
3- Communication model .
4- Barriers to communication.
5- Message design.
6- Advocacy.
7- Team building.
8- Motivation behavior and social change .
9- Presentation skills.

Teaching methods:
- Lectures.
- Discussion group.
- Slide, videos & CDs.
Course Evaluation:
- Final Exam 60%
- Assignment & activities 30%
- Attendance & participation. 10%