UNIT - 01

MICROBIOLOGY AND PARASITOLOGY - INTRODUCTION - DEFINITION - CLASSIFICATION -

CLINICAL IMPORTANCE - OCULAR MICROBIOLOGY - NORMAL OCULAR FLORA -

DEFINITION - CLINICAL IMPORTANCE - BASIC LABORATORY TECHNIQUES - COLLECTION

OF SPECIMENS - CONJUNCTIVAL SWAB - LACRIMAL SAC - SCRAPINGS FROM CORNEAL

ULCER - AC, VITREOUS TAPPINGS - ANALYSIS

UNIT - 02

FIXING OF SLIDES - MICROSCOPY - STAINING - POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE MOUNT -

GRAM`S STAINING - GIEMSA STAINING - CULTURE

UNIT - 03

BACTERIOLOGY - DEFINITION - CLASSIFICATION - GRAM POSITIVE COCCI - COMMON

ORGANISMS - STAPHYLCOCCI - STREPTOCOCCI - PNEUMOCCCCI - CLINICAL

IMPORTANCE - DIAGNOSIS - GRAM POSITIVE BACILLI - COMMON ORGANISMS -

CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE - C.XEROSIS.

UNIT - 04

CLINICAL - IMPORTANCE - DIAGNOSIS - GRAM NEGATIVE COCCI - COMMON ORGANISMS

- GONOCOCCI - MENINGOCOCCI - CLINICAL IMPORTANCE - DIAGNOSIS - GRAM

NEGATIVE BACILLI - COMMON ORGANISMS - ENTEROBACTERIA, PSEUDOMONAS -

MORAXELLA, HAEMOPHILUS - CLINICAL IMPORTANCE - DIAGNOSIS - MYCOBACTERIA -

COMMON ORGANISMS -M.TUBERCULOSIS, M.LEPRAE.

UNIT - 05

CLINICAL IMPORTANCE - DIAGNOSIS - SPIROCHETES - COMMON ORGANISMS -

TREPONEMA PALLIDUM -

LEPTOSPIRA - CLINICAL IMPORTANCE - DIAGNOSIS - CHLAMYDIAE - COMMON

ORGANISMS - TRIC, LGV.

UNIT - 06

CLINICAL IMPORTANCE - DIAGNOSIS - OCULAR VIROLOGY - DEFINITION -

CLASSIFICATION - COMMON VIRUSES - POX - HERPES - ADENO - PICORNA - RUBELLA -

RETROVIRUSES.

UNIT - 07

CLINICAL IMPORTANCE - DIAGNOSIS - OCULAR PARASITOLOGY - DEFINITION -

CLASSIFICATION - ACANTHAMEOBA - TOXOPLASMA - TOXOCARA - FILARIA -

CYSTICERCUS - ECHINOCOCCUS - PHTHIRUS - COMMON PARASITES

UNIT - 08

CLINICAL IMPORTANCE - DIAGNOSIS - OCULAR MYCOLOGY - DEFINITION -

CLASSIFICATION - COMMON FUNGI - FUSARIUM, ASPERGILLUS, MUCOR, CANDIDA, -

RHINOSPORIDIUM, HISTOPLASMA.

Vinayaka Missions University,Directorate of Distance Education

Salem India

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN MEDICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGY

1 Yr.

MICROBIOLOGY & PATHOLOGY[BOPT-(L)](1031004)

UNIT - 09

CLINICAL IMPORTANCE - DIAGNOSIS - OCULAR IMMUNOLOGY - DEFINITION - CLINICAL

IMPORTANCE - TYPE 1, TYPE 2, TYPE 3, TYPE 4 REACTION - STERILIZATION AND

DISINFECTION - STERILIZATION - DEFINITION - METHODS - HEAT (DRY, MOIST HEAT),

IONISING RADIATION - FILTRATION - STERILANT GASES - STERILANT LIQUIDS -

DISINFECTION - DEFINITION - METHODS - HEAT - UV RADIATION - CHEMICAL AGENTS -

FILTRATION - GASES - CHOICES OF METHODS.

UNIT - 10

GENERAL PATHOLOGY - NORMAL CELL - INJURY - INFLAMMATION - VASCULAR

COMPONENT - CELLULAR COMPONENT - HEALING AND REPAIR - VASCULAR

COMPONENT - CELLULAR COMPONENT - HYPER SENSITIVITY REACTIONS - TUMOURS.

UNIT - 11

OCULAR PATHOLOGY - EYE LIDS - CHALAZION - HORDEOLUM INTERNUM - HORDEOLUM

- EXTERNUM - CONJUNCTIVA - CONJUNCTIVITIS - CORNEA.

UNIT - 12

ULCERS - KERATOCONNUS - LENS - PATHOLOGY OF CATARACT - LENS INDUCED

GLAUCOMA & UVEITIS - TUMOURS - RETINOBLASTOMA - MALIGNANT MELANOMA

TUMOURS - ORBITAL TUMOURS & PSEUDO TUMOURS- SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA -

LACRIMAL GLAND.

UNIT - 01

INTRODUCTION - GENERAL ANATOMY - THE BODY AS A WHOLE - FUNDAMENTAL

TISSUES OF HUMAN ANATOMY - THE NERVOUS SYSTEM - BRAIN - STRUCTURE AND

FUNCTION - SPINAL CORD AND NERVES: - STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION

UNIT - 02

AUTONOMOUS NERVOUS SYSTEM - THE URINARY SYSTEM - KIDNEYS - URETERS -

URINARY BLADDER - STRUCTURE & FUNCTIONS - DIGESTIVE SYSTEM - STRUCTURE

AND FUNCTIONS OF MOUTH OESOPHAGUS - STRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONS OF

STOMACH - SMALL INTESTINE - LARGE INTESTINE RECTUM - STRUCTURE AND

FUNCTIONS OF ANUS - LIVER - SPLEEN - PANCREAS

UNIT - 03

CARDIO VASCULAR SYSTEM - HEART ARTERIES VEINS AND CAPILLARIES -

RESPIRATORY SYSTEM - NOSE - BRONCHI - LUNGS - DIAPHRAGM - SKELETON SYSTEM

& MUSCULAR SYSTEM - SKULL BONES - BONES OF THE BODY - JOINTS - VOLUNTARY

AND INVOLUNTARY MUSCLES

UNIT - 04

REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM - MALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM - FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE

SYSTEM - PREGNANCY AND CHILD BIRTH - OCULAR EMBRYOLOGY - STRUCTURES

DERIVED FROM SURFACES ECTODERM - NEUROECTODERM - MESODERM

UNIT - 05

ANATOMY OF THE EYE - BONY ORBIT - SHAPE - DIMENSIONS - BASE - ROOF FLOOR -

MEDIAL WALL - LATERAL WALL - APEX - CONTENTS OF THE ORBIT - SURGICAL ANATOMY

UNIT - 06

SURGICAL SPACES IN THE ORBIT - EPISCLERAL SPACE - CENTRAL SURGICAL SPACE -

PERIPHERAL SURGICAL SPACE - SUBPERIOSTEAL SPACE - MUSCLES IN THE ORBIT -

INTRA OCULAR MUSCLES - EXTRA OCULAR MUSCLES - ORIGIN - INSERTION - BLOOD

SUPPLY - NERVE SUPPLY - ACTION

UNIT - 07

EYELIDS - LAYERS - NERVES SUPPLY - BLOOD SUPPLY - MOVEMENTS OF EYELIDS -

SURGICAL IMPORTANCE - LACRIMAL APPARATUS - LACRIMAL GLAND - ACCESSORY

LACRIMAL GLANDS - CONJUNCTIVA SAC - LACRIMAL PUNCTA - LACRIMAL CANALICULI -

LACRIMAL SAC - NASOLACRIMAL DUCT

UNIT - 08

ANATOMY OF THE EYEBALL - DIMENSIONS LAYERS - FIBROUS TUNIC OF EYEBALL -

SCLERA - CORNEA AND LIMBUS - ANATOMY - BLOOD SUPPLY - NERVE SUPPLY -

Vinayaka Missions University,Directorate of Distance Education

Salem India

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN OPTOMETRY

1 Yr.

GENERAL ANATOMY AND OCULAR ANATOMY(1060109)

APPLIED ANATOMY - VASCULAR TUNIC OF EYEBALL - UVEAL TRACT - ANATOMY OF IRIS -

CILIARY BODY - CHOROID - BLOOD SUPPLY - NERVE SUPPLY - APPLIED ANATOMY

UNIT - 09

AATOMY OF ANGLE OF ANTERIOR CHAMBER & AQUEOUS HUMOUR - RETINA - LAYERS -

BLOOD SUPPLY - NERVE SUPPLY - APPLIED ANATOMY - LENS & CILIARY ZONULE -

DIMENSION - STRUCTURE

UNIT - 10

VITREOUS - ANATOMY - ANATOMY OF THE VISUAL PATHWAY & BLOOD SUPPLY - RETINA

- OPTIC NERVE - OPTIC CHIASMA - OPTIC TRACT - LATERAL GENICULATE BODY - OPTIC

RADIATION

VISUAL CORTEX

UNIT - 11

OPHTHALMIC ARTERY - ORIGIN - BRANCHES - ANATOMY OF THE CIRCLE OF WILLIS -

COULOMETER NERVE (III CRANIAL NERVE) - ORIGIN SUPPLY APPLIED ANATOMY -

TROCHLEAR NERVE (IV CRANIAL NERVE) - ORIGIN SUPPLY - APPLIED ANATOMY -

ABDUCENT NERVE (VI CRANIAL NERVE) - ORIGIN SUPPLY - APPLIED ANATOMY -

TRIGEMINAL NERVE (V CRANIAL NERVE) - ORIGIN SUPPLY - APPLIED ANATOMY

UNIT - 12

FACIAL NERVE (VLL CRANIAL NERVE) - ORIGIN SUPPLY APPLIED ANATOMY -

RELATIONSHIP PITUITARY FOSSA WITH VISUAL PATHWAY - NASAL CAVITY - PARANASAL

UNIT - 01

CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS OF LIFE CARBOHYDRATES

UNIT - 02

LIPIDS, PROTEINS, VITAMINS, ENZYMES

UNIT - 03

TEAR FILM, CORNES

UNIT - 04

AQUEOUS HUMOUR, LENS

UNIT - 05

POSTING IN BIOCHEMISTRY LAB, THEORY AND PRACTICALS IN LAB, HB, TC

UNIT - 06

DC, ESR, BLOOD SUGAR

UNIT - 07

SERUM CHOLESTROL, BLOOD UREA, CREATININE

UNIT - 08

BLEEDING TIME, CLOTTING TIME

UNIT - 09

BLOOD GROUPING, URINE SUGAR

UNIT - 10

MOTION EXAMINATION, POSTING IN MICROBIOLOGY LAB

UNIT - 11

CORNEAL SCARPING, GRMAS STAIN

UNIT - 12

KOH STAIN, CULTURE AND SENSITIVITY

UNIT - 01

INTRODUCTION - DEFINITION - FUNCTIONS - CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM - CARDIO

VASCULAR SYSTEM - GASTRO INTESTINAL SYSTEM - RESPIRATORY SYSTEM -

EXCRETORY SYSTEM - SENSE ORGANS - BLOOD GROUPING

UNIT - 02

PHYSIOLOGY OF THE EYE - THE LACRIMAL APPARATUS - TEAR FILM COMPONENTS -

FUNCTIONS - SECRETION - DRAINAGE - INVESTIGATIONS - CORNEA - METABOLISM

UNIT - 03

PHYSIOLOGY OF AQUEOUS - FORMATION - DRAINAGE - MAINTENANCE OF IOP -

PHYSIOLOGY OF LENS - COMPOSITION - METABOLISM - PUPIL - NORMAL PUPIL - LIGHT

REFLEX - NEAR REFLEX

UNIT - 04

ACCOMMODATION - DEFINITION - MECHANISM - COMPONENTS

UNIT - 05

THEORIES - RANGE OF ACCOMMODATION - AMPLITUDE OF ACCOMMODATION -

ACCOMODATION - CONVERGENCE RATIO - PRESBYOPIA

UNIT - 06

RETINA - VISUAL CYCLE - ELECTRO PHYSIOLOGY - EOG - ERG - VEP

UNIT - 07

COLOR VISION - VISIBLE SPECTRUM - THEORIES OF COLOR VISION - DEFECTIVE COLOR

VISION - TESTS FOR COLOR VISION

UNIT - 08

PHYSIOLOGY OF BINOCULAR VISION - INTRODUCTION - MECHANISM - GRADES -

THEORIES OF BINOCULAR VISION - HOROPTER - PANUM`S SPACE -

UNIT - 09

PHYSIOLOGICAL DIPLOPIA - CONFUSION & DIPLOPIA - RETINAL RIVALRY -

SUPPRESSION - AMBLYOPIA - TESTS FOR BINOCULAR VISION

UNIT - 10

EXTRA OCULAR MOVEMENTS - AXES OF FICK - LISTING`S PLANE - DUCTIONS -

VERSIONS - VERGENCE - POSITIONS OF GAZE

Vinayaka Missions University,Directorate of Distance Education

Salem India

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN OPTOMETRY

1 Yr.

GENERAL PHYSIOLOGY AND OCULAR PHYSIOLOGY(1060112)

UNIT - 11

AGNOIST - SYNERGIST - ANTAGONIST - HERRINGS LAW - SHERRINGTONS LAW

UNIT - 12

PRIMARY - SECONDARY & TERTIARY ACTION OF MUSCLES - EFFECT OF PARALYSIS

UNIT - 01

PROPERTIES OF LIGHT, PROPAGATION OF LIGHT

UNIT - 02

PHOTON, INTERFERENCE, POLARIZATION

UNIT - 03

LASAR, PRINCIPLES OF REFLECTION OF LIGHT, LAWS OF REFLECTION, PLANE MIRROR

UNIT - 04

CONCAVE MIRROR, CONVEX MIRROR, PRINCIPLES OF REFRACTION OF LIGHT

UNIT - 05

LAWS OF REFRACTION, REFRACTION THROUGH PLATE OF GLASS, REFRACTION

THROUGH THE PRISM

UNIT - 06

POLYCHROMATIC EFFECTS, NOMENCLATURE OF PRISMS, CENTRAD

UNIT - 07

PRIMS DIOPTRES, ROTATING PRISMS, REFRACTION AT CURVE SURFACES

UNIT - 08

LENS AND THEIR COMBINATIONS, INTRODUCTION - CONVEX AND CONVACE, PRINCIPAL

AXIS OR OPTICAL AXIS, FOCAL LENGTH, DIOPTRE

UNIT - 09

OPTICAL CENTRE OF LENS, IMAGES FORMED BY VARIOUS LENSES - CONVEX LENS &

CONCAVE LENS, CYLINDRICAL LENSES, STURMS CONOID

UNIT - 10

GAUSS THEOREM, COMBINATION OF CYLINDRICAL LENSES, OPTICAL ABERRATIONS,

DIFFRACTION

UNIT - 11

CHROMATIC ABERRATIONS, MONO CHROMATIC ABERRATIONS, SPHERICAL, COMO OR

SINE

UNIT - 12

REFRACTION ON ECCENTRIC RAYS, CURVATURE & DISTORTION, DEPTH OF FOCUS

UNIT - 01

EYES AS A REFRACTING APPARATUS - CATOPTRIC IMAGERY OF THE EYE - PURKINJESANSON

IMAGES

THE CORNEAL AND LENTICULAR SYSTEM - REFRACTIVE INDEX OF CORNEA -

CURVATURE OF ANTERIOR SURFACE

UNIT - 02

OPTICAL RESOLUTION OF THE EYE - SCHEMATIC EYE OF GULL STRAND - LISTING`S

REDUCED EYE - DONDER`S REDUCED EYE - VISUAL ANGLES - VISUAL ACUITY - VISUAL

AXES AND AXIAL LENGTH OF EYE - VISUAL ANGLE - LINE ACUITY - VERNIER ACUITY

UNIT - 03

VISUAL ACUITY - DISTANCE VISION - NEAR VISION - OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT OF VISION

- OPTOKINETIC NYSTAGMUS - OSCILLATORY MOTION - ARRESTING NYSTAGMUS - AXIS

OF THE EYE

UNIT - 04

OPTICAL AXIS - VISUAL AXIS - FIXATION AXIS - VISUAL ANGLES AXIAL LENGTH -

OPTICAL ABERRATIONS OF THE EYE - CHROMATIC ABERRATIONS - MONO CHROMATIC

ABERRATIONS - SPHERICAL ABERRATIONS - DEPTH OF FOCUS - SINE CONDITION -

UNIT - 05

CURVATURE AND DISTORTION - ERRORS OF REFRACTION - INTRODUCTION - AXIAL -

CURVATURE - RELATIVE POSITIONS OF REFRACTING SURFACES - INDEX - ABSENCES

OF ELEMENTS - DISTRIBUTION OF REFRACTIVE ERRORS - CLINICAL SYMPTOMS -

VISUAL SYMPTOMS

UNIT - 06

OCULAR SYMPTOMS - REFERRED SYMPTOMS - FUNCTIONAL SYMPTOMS -

HYPERMETROPIA - CLASSIFICATION - CLINICAL SYMPTOMS - TREATMENT - APHAKIA -

OPTIC OF APHAKIA - VISION IN APHAKIA - FIELD IN APHAKIA - TREATMENT

UNIT - 07

PSEUDOPHAKIA - MYOPIA - SIMPLE MYOPIA - PATHOLOGICAL MYOPIA - TREATMENT

UNIT - 08

ASTIGMATISM - REGULAR ASTIGMATISM - WITH THE RULE - AGAINST THE RULE -

HYPERMETROPIC - ASTIGMATISM - MYOPIC ASTIGMATISM - MIXED ASTIGMATISM -

IRREGULAR ASTIGMATISM - BASIC KERATOCONUS - TREATMENT

Vinayaka Missions University,Directorate of Distance Education

Salem India

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN OPTOMETRY

1 Yr.

PHYSICAL & OPTICS[B.SC-BOPT](1060204)

UNIT - 09

BINOCULAR OPTICAL DEFECTS - ANISOMETROPIA - SIMPLE COMPOUND -

UNIT - 10

MIXED - SIMPLE ASTIGMATIC ANISOMETROPIA - COMPOUND ASTIGMATIC

ANISOMETROPIA -

UNIT - 11

MIXED ASTIGMATIC - ANISOMETROPIA

UNIT - 12

ANISEIKONIA - SYMMETRICAL - ASYMMETRICAL - AETIOLOGY - SYMPTOMS - CLINICAL -

MEASUREMENT - TREATMENT

UNIT - 01

GENERAL PHARMACOLOGY - DEFINITION - PHARMACOKINETICS

UNIT - 02

PHARMACODYNAMICS - ROUTES OF ADMINISTRATION - ADVERSE EFFECTS

UNIT - 03

OCULAR PHARMACOLOGY - PHARMACOKINETICS AND ROUTES OF ADMINISTRATION -

TOPICAL - SUB CONJUNCTIVAL INJECTION - ANTERIOR AND POSTERIOR SUBTENON

INJECTION - RETROBULBAR INJECTION - INTRACAMERAL INJECTION - INTRAVITREAL

INJECTION - ORAL PREPARATION - INTRA MUSCULAR AND INTRA VENOUS INJECTION

UNIT - 04

ANTIBACTERIAL AGENTS IN OPHTHALMOLOGY - ANTIBIOTICS - DEFINITION -

PRINCIPLES OF ACTION - SIDE EFFECTS OF ANTIBIOTICS - INDICATION OF ANTIBIOTIC

USE - ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS - DEFINITION - PRINCIPLES OF ACTION - SIDE EFFECTS OF

ANTI FUNGALS - INDICATION OF ANTI FUNGALS

UNIT - 05

ANTIVIRAL AGENTS - DEFINITION - PRINCIPLES OF ACTION - SIDE EFFECTS OF

ANTIVIRAL - INDICATION OF ANTIVIRAL

UNIT - 06

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS

UNIT - 07

STEROIDS - AVAILABLE FORMS - PRINCIPLE OF STEROID THERAPY - INDICATION OF

STEROIDS - CONTRA INDICATION OF STEROIDS - COMPLICATIONS - NON STEROIDS -

AVAILABLE FORMS - MECHANISM OF ACTION - SIDE EFFECTS OF NON STEROID

UNIT - 08

ARTIFICIAL TEARS - AVAILABLE FORMS - USES - ANAESTHETIC AGENTS - MECHANISM

OF ACTION - ROUTES OF ADMINISTRATION - LOCAL ANAESTHESIA - REGIONAL

ANAESTHESIA

UNIT - 09

AGENTS USED TO IMPROVE THE ACTION OF LOCAL ANAESTHETIC AGENTS - EFFECTS

OF RETROBULBAR BLOCK - COMPLICATION OF RETROBULBAR INJECTION - MYDRIATICS

AND CYCLOPLEGICS - PARASYMPATHOLYTIC AGENTS - ATROPINE - HOMATROPINE -

CYCLOPENTOLATE - TROPICAMIDE - DURATION OF ACTION - MECHANISM OF ACTION -

OPHTHALMIC USES - ADVERSE REACTION - PREPARATION - PRECAUTION -

Vinayaka Missions University,Directorate of Distance Education

Salem India

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN OPTOMETRY

2 Yr.

GENERAL & OCULAR PHARMACOLOGY[BOPT-(L)](1060108)

SYMPATHOMIMETIC AGENTS - EPINEPHRINE - PHENYLEPHRINE - DURATION OF ACTION

- MECHANISM OF ACTION - OPHTHALMIC USES - ADVERSE REACTION - PREPARATION -

PRECAUTION

UNIT - 10

MIOTICS - PARASYMPATHOMIMETICS - PILOCARPINE - CARBACHOL - DURATION OF

ACTION - MECHANISM OF ACTION - INDICATION - SIDE EFFECT - VISCOELASTIC

SUBSTANCES - MECHANISM OF ACTION - AVAILABLE FORMS - ANTERIOR CHAMBER

IRRIGATING SOLUTIONS - BALANCED SALT SOLUTION - COMPONENTS - USES

UNIT - 11

CONTACT LENS SOLUTIONS - HARD CONTACT LENS SOLUTION - WETTING SOLUTION -

CLEANING SOLUTION - SOAKING SOLUTION - COMFORT OR CONDITIONER SOLUTION -

DECONGESTANT SOLUTION - DIAGNOSTIC SOLUTION - SOFT CONTACT LENS SOLUTION

- PROPHYLACTIC CLEANING SOLUTION - ENZYMATIC CLEANER - THERMAL

DISINFECTING, RINSING AND STORAGE SOLUTION - CHEMICAL DISINFECTANT AND

STORAGE SOLUTION - COMFORT SOLUTION

UNIT - 12

DYES USED IN OPHTHALMOLOGY - FLUORESCEIN SODIUM - USES IN OPHTHALMOLOGY

- FUNDUS FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY - OTHER USES IN OPHTHALMOLOGY -

PREPARATION - SIDE EFFECTS - TOXIC REACTION - ROSE BENGAL - ACTION -

OPHTHALMIC USES - MISCELLANEOUS AGENTS - METHYLENE BLUE - TRYPAN BLUE -

INDOCYANINE GREEN - THERAPY OF NUTRITIONAL DISORDERS - AFFECTING THE EYE -

VITAMIN A - VITAMIN B1 - B6 - B12 - VITAMIN C - VITAMIN D - VITAMIN K - FUNCTIONS -

OCULAR SIGNS IN DEFICIENCY - FOOD SOURCES - RECOMMENDED DOSE -

ANTISEPTICS AND DISINFECTANTS - STERILIZATION - REDUCTION OF BIOBURDEN -

VARIOUS METHODS - STERILIZATION - CLASSIFICATION OF CHEMICAL AGENTS - ACTION

- USES IN OPHTHALMOLOGY - PREPARATION - GAS STERILIZATION - ETHYLENE OXIDE -

METHOD - DISADVANTAGES - STERILIZATION OF OPHTHALMIC INSTRUMENTS -

PREOPERATIVE PREPARATION OF PERIOCULAR SKIN

UNIT - 01

OPTOMETRIC INSTRUMENTS - BINOCULAR VISION - SIMPLE AND COMPOUND

MICROSCOPE - OIL IMMERSION EYEPIECE - REFRACTIVE INSTRUMENTS - TEST CHART

STANDARDS - CHOICE OF TEST CHARTS - TRIAL CASE LENSES - BEST FORMS -

REFRACTOR (PHOROPTER) HEAD UNITS - TRIAL FRAME DESIGN - NEAR VISION

DIFFICULTIES WITH UNITS AND TRIAL FRAME

UNIT - 02

RETINOSCOPE - TYPES AVAILABLE - ADJUSTMENT OF RETINOSCOPES - SPECIAL

FEATURES - CYLINDER RETINOSCOPE - SPECIAL SUBJECTIVE TEST - POLARIZING AND

DISPLACEMENT - ETC - SIMULTANTEST - PROJECTION CHARTS - ILLUMINATION OF THE

CONSULTING ROOM - SPECIAL INSTRUMENTS - BRIGHTNESS ACUITY TEST - VISION

ANALYZER - PUPILOMETER - VIDEO ACUITY TEST - NERVE FIBER ANALYSER

UNIT - 03

AHAOPHTHALMOSCOPES AND RELATED DEVICES - DESIGN OF OPHTHALMOSCOPES -

ILLUMINATION/VIEWING - DIRECT OPHTHALMOSCOPE - FILTERS FOR

OPHTHALMOSCOPY - INDIRECT - PHTHALMOSCOPES - THE USE OF THE

OPHTHALMOSCOPE IN SPECIAL CASES - LENSOMETER - SLIT LAMP - SLIT LAMP

SYSTEMS - SLIT LAMP ACCESSORIES

UNIT - 04

MECHANICAL DESIGN IN INSTRUMENTS - TONOMETER - TONOMETER PRINCIPLES -

TYPES OF TONOMETERS AND STANDARDIZATION - USE AND INTERPRETATION OF

TONOMETERS

UNIT - 05

FUNDUS CAMERA - THE FUNDUS CAMERA - PRINCIPLES - THE FUNDUS CAMERA -

TECHNIQUES - EXTERNAL EYE PHOTOGRAPHY - APPARATUS - KERATOMETER

UNIT - 06

CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY - ORTHOPTIC INSTRUMENTS - ORTHOPTIC INSTRUMENTS -

HAPLOSCOPES - ORTHOPTIC INSTRUMENTS - HOME DEVICES - ORTHOPTIC

INSTRUMENTS - PLEOPTICS - HISTORICAL - INSTRUMENTS - COLOR VISION TESTING

DEVICES

UNIT - 07

COLOR CONFUSION / HUE DISCRIMINATION / COLOR MATCHING - FM-100 HUE TEST -

FIELDS OF VISION AND SCREENING DEVICES - PERIMETER AND THE VISUAL FIELD -

ILLUMINATION OF FIELD TESTING INSTRUMENTS - PROJECTION PERIMETERS

Vinayaka Missions University,Directorate of Distance Education

Salem India

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN OPTOMETRY

2 Yr.

OPTOMETRIC INSTRUMENTS &CLINICAL EXAMINATION OF VISUAL

SYSTEMS PAPER II[BOPT-(L)](1060202)

UNIT - 08

SCREENING DEVICES FOR FIELD DEFECTS - RESULTS OF FIELD EXAMINATION - BOWL

PERIMETERS - GOLDMA - OCTOPUS FIELD ANALYZER - OPHTHALMIC

ULTRASONAGRAPHY - BIOMETRY

UNIT - 09

ULTRASOUND/A SCAN & B SCAN - UBM - NERVE FIBER ANALYZER - SPECULAR

MICROSCOPE - LASER IN OPHTHALMOLOGY - YAG CAPSULOTOMY - GREEN - RED -

EXCIMER LASER - PACHYMETER

UNIT - 10

CLINICAL EXAMINATION OF VISUAL SYSTEM - HISTORY - OCULAR SYMPTOMS - THE

PAST - RESCRIPTION & ITS INFLUENCE - VISUAL ACUITY TESTING - DISTANCE AND NEAR

- COLOR VISION

UNIT - 11

EXAMINATION OF MUSCLE BALANCE - SLIT LAMP EXAMINATION - EXAMINATIONS OF EYE

LIDS - CONJUNCTIVA AND SCLERA - EXAMINATION OF CORNEA - EXAMINATION OF IRIS -

CILIARY BODY AND PUPIL - EXAMINATION OF LENS - EXAMINATION OF INTRAOCULAR

PRESSURE AND EXAMINATION OF ANGLE OF ANTERIOR CHAMBER

UNIT - 12

OPHTHALMOSCOPY - DIRECT AND INDIRECT - EXAMINATION OF FUNDS (VITREOUS AND

DISC) - (CHOROID AND RETINA) - EXAMINATION OF LACRIMAL SYSTEM - EXAMINATION

OF THE ORBIT - MACULAR FUNCTION TEST - VISUAL FIELD CHARTING (CENTRAL),

(PERIPHERAL) - NEURO - OPHTHALMOLOGICAL EXAMINATION

UNIT - 01

SPECTACLE LENSES - INTRODUCTION TO SPECTACLE LENSES - FORMS OF LENSES -

CYLINDRICAL AND SPHERO CYLINDRICAL LENSES - PROPERTIES OF CROSSED

CYLINDERS.

UNIT - 02

TORIC LENSES, TORIC TRANSPOSITION - ASTIGMATIC LENSES - AXIS DIRECTION OF

ASTIGMATIC LENSES - OBLIQUELY CROSSED CYLINDERS - SAG FORMULAE -

MISCELLANEOUS SPECTACLE LENSES.

UNIT - 03

VERTEX DISTANCE AND VERTEX POWER - TILT INDUCED POWER - ABBERATIONS IN

OPHTHALMIC LENSES - FRESNEL PRISMS, LENSES AND MAGNIFIERS.

UNIT - 04

SPECTACLE LENSES - MANUFACTURE OF GLASS - LENS SURFACING - PRINCIPLE OF

SURFACE GENERATION AND GLASS CEMENTS.

UNIT - 05

LENS QUALITY - FAULTS IN LENS MATERIAL - FAULTS ON LENS SURFACE - INSPECTING

THE QUALITY OF LENSES - TOUGHENED LENSES.

UNIT - 06

OPHTHALMIC LENSES - DEFINITION OF PRISMS, UNITS OF PRISM POWER - THICKNESS

DIFFERENCE AND BASE APEX NOTATIONS - DIVIDING, COMPOUNDING AND RESOLVING

PRISMS - ROTARY PRISMS AND EFFECTIVE PRISM POWER IN NEAR VISION - PRISMATIC

EFFECT, DECENTRATION, PRENTICE RULE - PRISMATIC EFFECT OF SPHEROCYLINDERS

AND PLANO CYLINDERS - DIFFERENTIAL PRISMATIC EFFECTS.

UNIT - 07

SPECTACLE FRAMES - TYPES AND PARTS - CLASSIFICATION OF SPECTACLE FRAMES -

MATERIAL, WEIGHT, TEMPLE POSITION, COLORATION - FRAME CONSTRUCTION, FRAME

MEASUREMENTS AND MAKINGS.

UNIT - 08

TINTED AND PROTECTIVE LENSES - CHARACTERISTICS OF TINTED LENSES -

ABSORPTIVE GLASSES - POLARISING FILTERS - PHOTOCHROMIC FILTERS - REFLECTING

FILTERS.

UNIT - 09

BIFOCAL LENSES - TRIFOCAL LENSES - PROGRESSIVE ADDITION LENSES - LENTICULAR

LENSES - REFLECTION FROM SPECTACLE LENSES, GHOST IMAGES, REFLECTIONS IN

BIFOCALS AT THE DIVIDING LIN.

UNIT - 10

Vinayaka Missions University,Directorate of Distance Education

Salem India

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN OPTOMETRY

2 Yr.

OPTOMETRIC OPTICS [BOPT-(L)](1060203)

ANTIREFLECTION COATING, ANTISCRATCH COATING, ANTIFOG COATING, MIRROR

COATING, EDGE COATING, F - MULTI COATING [HMC] - FIELD OF VIEW OF LENSES - SIZE,

SHAPE AND MOUNTING OF OPHTHALMIC LENSES - ASPHERICAL LENSES.

UNIT - 11

SPECIAL LENSES - EXAMINATION OF SPECIMENS - LENS FAULTS INSPECTIONS -

MEASUREMENTS OF ASSORTED FACES FOR SPECTACLE.

UNIT - 12

MAKING AND EDGING OF BIFOCAL LENSES - EDGING OF LENSES FOR PLASTIC, METAL

UNIT - 01

REVIEW OF GEOMETRIC OPTICS - VERGENCE AND POWER - CONJUGANCY - OBJECT

SPACE AND IMAGE SPACE - SIGN CONVENTION

UNIT - 02

SPHERICAL REFRACTING SURFACE - SPHERICAL MIRROR - CATOPTRIC POWER -

CARDINAL POINTS - MAGNIFICATION

UNIT - 03

OPTICS OF OCULAR STRUCTURES - CORNEA AND AQUEOUS - CRYSTALLINE LENS -

VITREOUS - SCHEMATIC AND REDUCED EYE - MEASUREMENT OF THE OPTICAL

CONSTANTS OF THE EYE

UNIT - 04

CONCAVE CURVATURE AND THICKNESS - KERATOMETRY - CURVATURE OF THE LENS

AND OPTHALMOPHAKOMETRY - AXIAL AND AXIS OF THE EYE

UNIT - 05

REFRACTIVE ANOMALIES AND THEIR CAUSES - AETIOLOGY OF REFRACTIVE ANOMALIES

- CONTRIBUTING VARIABILITIES AND THEIR RANGES

UNIT - 06

POPULATING DISTRIBUTIONS OF ANOMALIES - OPTICAL COMPONENT MEASUREMENT -

GROWTH OF THE EYE IN RELATION TO REFRACTIVE ERRORS

UNIT - 07

REFRACTIVE CONDITIONS - EMMETROPIA - MYOPIA - HYPEROPIA - ASTIGMATISM -

ACCOMMODATION - PRESBYOPIA

UNIT - 08

FAR AND NEAR POINTS OF ACCOMMODATION - CORRECTION OF SPHERICAL

AMETROPIA - AXIAL VERSUS REFRACTIVE AMETROPIA

UNIT - 09

RETINOSCOPY LL- PRINCIPLES AND METHODS - RETINOSCOPY - SPEED OF REFLEX AND

OPTIUM CONDITION

UNIT - 10

Vinayaka Missions University,Directorate of Distance Education

Salem India

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN OPTOMETRY

2 Yr.

VISUAL OPTICS [BOPT-(L)](1060207)

RETINOSCOPY - DESIGN CONSIDERATION - REVIEW OF OBJECTIVE REFRACTIVE

METHODS - REVIEW OF SUBJECTIVE REFRACTIVE METHODS - CROSS CYLINDER

METHODS FOR ASTIGMATISM - DIFFICULTIES IN SUBJECTIVE TESTS AND THEIR

AVOIDANCE - TRANSPOSITION OF LENSES - SPHERICAL EQUIVALENT

UNIT - 11

EFFECTIVE POWDER OF SPECTACLES VERTEX DISTANCE EFFECTS - OCULAR

REFRACTION VERSUS SPECTACLE REFRACTION - OCULAR ACCOMMODATION VERSUS

SPECTACLE ACCOMMODATION

UNIT - 12

SPECTACLE MAGNIFICATION AND RELATIVE SPECTACLE MAGNIFICATION - RETINAL

IMAGE BLUR - DEPTH OF FOCUS AND DEPTH OF FIELD

UNIT - 01

1.SURFACING AND POLISHING GLASS LENSES

2.GLAZING

3.FRAME MANIPULATION AND REPAIR

4.FACIAL MEASUREMENTS AND FRAME CHOICE

5.POWER AND DIMENSION MEASUREMENTS OF COMPLETE PAIR OF SPECTACLES

6.COMPLETE DISPENSING FOR SUBJECTS

7.SPECIAL LENSES - EXAMINATION OF SPECIMENS

8.LENS FAULTS INSPECTIONS

9.MEASUREMENTS OF ASSORTED FACES FOR SPECTACLE

10.MAKING AND EDGING OF BIFOCAL LENSES

11.EDGING OF LENSES FOR PLASTIC, METAL AND RIMLESS FRAMES

12.JOINING PLASTICS BY DIFFERENT SOLVENTS

UNIT - 01

LIGHT-PROPERTIES, PROPAGATION. WAVES- TYPES, MEASURABLE PARAMETERS OF

WAVES, ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM. PHOTOBIOLOGY, PHOTON, RAY, LAW OF

INVERSE SQUARES, FORMATION OF IMAGE. INTERFERENCE, HUYGENS` PRINCIPLE,

USES OF INTERFERENCE, LASER INTERFEROMETER, POLARIZATION, CLINICAL

APPLICATIONS OF POLARIZATION

UNIT - 02

REFLECTION- LAWS, REFLECTION THROUGH PLANE MIRRORS, REFLECTION THROUGH

SPHERICAL MIRRORS. REFRACTION OF LIGHT. REFRACTION- LAWS, REFRACTIVE

INDEX, CRITICAL ANGLE, TOTAL INTERNAL REFLECTION. REFRACTION THROUGH

VARIOUS SURFACES. POLYCHROMATIC EFFECTS, NOMENCLATURE OF PRISMS,

ROTATING PRISMS, USES OF PRISMS

UNIT - 03

LENSES-TYPES, FORMATION OF CONVEX AND CONCAVE LENSES. GEOMETRICAL

CONSTRUCTION OF IMAGES, DETERMINATION OF OPTICAL CENTRE OF THE LENS, 3.5

IMAGE FORMED BY VARIOUS LENSES, SIZE AND POSITION OF IMAGE, CYLINDRICSL

LENSES, COMBINATION OF LENSES

UNIT - 04

VISUAL ANGLE, VISUAL ACUITY, COMPONENTS OF VISUAL ACUITY, FACTORS

AFFECTING VISUAL ACUITY, MEASUREMENT OF VISUAL ACUITY, TEST TYPES USED IN

ADULTS, TEST TYPES USED IN CHILDREN, OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT OF VISION,

ASSESSMENT OF NEAR VISION

UNIT - 05

AXES OF THE EYE, VISUAL ANGLES, THE DIOPTRIC NOTATION OF LENSES (VERGENCE)

OPTICAL SYSTEMS, REFRACTION BY COMBINATION OF LENSES, COMPOUND

HOMOCENTRIC SYSTEMS, THICK LENSES

UNIT - 06

OPTICAL ABERRATIONS OF LENSES, ABERRATIONS DEPENDING UPON THE LIGHT,

MONOCHROMATIC ABERRATIONS, OPTICAL ABERRATIONS OF THE EYE-ABERRATIONS

DEPENDING UPON THE LIGHT- MONOCHROMATIC ABERRATIONS, ANOMALIES AS A

DIOPTRIC APPARATUS

UNIT - 07

GENERAL HISTORY, SYSTEMIC ILLNESS, TREATMENT HISTORY, PERSONAL AND

PROFESSIONAL HISTORY, FAMILY HISTORY, HISTORY OF ALLERGIES, OCULAR

HISTORY, CHIEF COMPLAINTS, HISTORY OF PRESENT ILLNESS, PAST HISTORY

UNIT - 08

VISUAL ACUITY, COLOUR VISION, EXAMINATION OF FACE, OCULAR ADNEXA, POSITION

OF THE EYES, OCULAR MOVEMENTS

Vinayaka Missions University,Directorate of Distance Education

Salem India

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN OPTOMETRY

3 Yr.

OPTOMETRY PRACTICE(1050146)

UNIT – 09

TORCH, LOUPE AND SLIT LAMP EXAMINATION, EXAMINATION OF CONJUNCTIVA,

EXAMINATION OF SCLERA, EXAMINATION OF CORNEA, EXAMINATION OF ANTERIOR

CHAMBER, EXAMINATION OF THE IRIS. EXAMINATION OF THE PUPIL-NUMBER-LOCATION

-SIZE-SHAPE-REACTIONS, EXAMINATION OF THE LENS

UNIT - 10

NORMAL FUNDUS, COLOUR, TEXTURE, FUNDUS PATTERN, NERVE FIBRE PATTERN,

RETINAL REFLEXES, OPTIC DISC, MACULA, RETINAL VESSELS. EXAMINATION OF

RETINA, DISTANT DIRECT OPHTHALMOSCOPY, DIRECT OPHTHALMOSCOPY, BINOCULAR

INDIRECT OPHTHALMOSCOPY, POSERIOR FUNDUS LENSES, FUNDUS CAMERA, FUNDUS

FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY, INDOCYANINE GREEN

UNIT - 11

FLUORESCEIN STAINING, CONJUNCTIVAL SMEAR, LACRIMAL SYRINGING, THE INTRAOCULAR

PRESSURE, KERATOMETER, PTOSIS EVALUATION, VISUAL FIELDS

EXAMINATION, CONFRONTATION TEST, LISTER`S PERIMETER, SCOTOMETRY,

AUTOMATED PERIMETRY

UNIT - 12

ELECTRO-PHYSIOLOGICAL TESTS, ELECTRO-RETINOGRAM, VISUAL EVOKED

RESPONSE, ELECTRO-OCULOGRAM, DARK ADAPTATION, ULTRASONOGRAPHY, A-SCAN,

B-SCAN, IMAGING INVESTIGATIONS, X-RAY, CT-SCAN, MRI, BIOPSY-EXCISION/LNCISION

BIOPSY, FINE NEEDLE BIOPSY.

UNIT - 01

UNDERSTANDING OLDER PATIENTS, IMPLICATIONS OF DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS, AGING

AND THE LIFE CYCLE CONTINUUM, AGEISM - MYTHS, STEREOTYPES, AND REALITIES

ABOUT OLDER PERSONS

UNIT - 02

MEETING THE NEEDS OF OLDER PATIENTS, PSYCHOLOGICAL AND SOCIAL ASPECTS OF

AGING, AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCES IN COGNITIVE ABILITIES, IMPLICATIONS FOR

STAFF ROLE, IMPLICATIONS FOR OFFICE DESIGN

UNIT - 03

FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE THE EXAMINATION AND MANAGEMENT OF THE OLDER

PATIENT, MULTIPLE HEALTH PROBLEMS, COMMUNICATION PROBLEMS,

POLYPHARMACY - COMPLIANCE ISSUES, INTERACTION OF PSYCHOLOGICAL, SOCIAL,

AND PHYSICAL FACTORS, CLINICAL EVALUATION - METHODS AND TECHNIQUES,

INTERDISCIPLINARY TEAM CARE, INSTITUTIONAL AND HOME-BOUND PATIENT CARE

UNIT - 04

SYSTEMIC CHANGES OF AGING, HOMEOSTASIS, HEALTH AND LEVELS OF IMPAIRMENT:

A CONTINUUM, PHYSIOLOGICAL CHANGES IN AGING, BODY COMPOSITION, SENSORY

PATTERNS, STATURE AND POSTURE, CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM, MUSCULOSKELETAL

SYSTEM, ENDOCRINE SYSTEM, METABOLIC SYSTEM, IMMUNE SYSTEM, NEUROLOGICAL

SYSTEM, NUTRITIONAL NEEDS, REST AND SLEEP PATTERNS

UNIT - 05

SYSTEMIC DISEASES OF AGING, HYPERTENSION, ARTHRITIS, DIABETES, THE

DEMENTIAS, DEMENTIA OF THE ALZHEIMER TYPE, ILLNESSES WHICH CAN BE

CONFUSED WITH DEMENTIA, PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL DEFICITS, OTHER

IMPORTANT SYSTEMIC DISEASES OF AGING

UNIT - 06

OCULAR AGING, EXPECTED AGE-RELATED OCULAR CHANGES, CHANGES IN THE

ADNEXA, CHANGES IN EXTRA-OCULAR MUSCLES, MEDIA CHANGES AND EFFECTS,

RETINAL AGING AND FUNCTIONAL EFFECTS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM EFFECTS

UNIT - 07

VISUAL-PERCEPTUAL CHANGES AND FUNCTIONAL RAMIFICATIONS, STATIC AND

DYNAMIC VISUAL ACUITY, OCULAR MOTILITY, AMPLITUDE OF ACCOMMODATION,

ACCOMMODATIVE-CONVERGENCE RELATIONSHIPS, CONTRAST SENSITIVITY FUNCTION,

COLOR VISION EFFECTS, DARK ADAPTATION, CHANGES IN REFRACTIVE STATE, OTHER

PERCEPTUAL RESPONSES INCLUDING CHANGES IN RESPONSE TO LUMINANCE LEVELS

UNIT - 08

COMMON AGE-RELATED OCULAR DISEASES, ANTERIOR SEGMENT DISEASE, CORNEAL

DISEASE, CATARACT, VITREAL DISORDERS, RETINAL DISEASE, OPTIC NERVE

Vinayaka Missions University,Directorate of Distance Education

Salem India

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN OPTOMETRY

3 Yr.

GERIATRIC OPTOMETRY(1050147)

DISORDERS, GLAUCOMA, NEURO-OPHTHALMIC DISEASE

UNIT - 09

DRUG USE AND ABUSE IN THE ELDERLY, PHARMACOKINETICS AND DYNAMICS,

SYSTEMIC AND OCULAR EFFECTS OF MEDICATIONS, PRESCRIPTION DRUGS AND OVERTHE-

COUNTER MEDICATIONS, POLYPHARMACY AND ADVERSE DRUG INTERACTIONS,

PATIENT EDUCATION AND COMPLIANCE, SUBSTANCE ABUSE

UNIT - 10

HISTORY OF GENETIC FACTORS, PRENATAL FACTORS, PERINATAL FACTORS,

POSTNATAL FACTORS, NORMAL APPEARANCE, PATHOLOGY AND STRUCTURAL

ANOMALIES OF ORBIT, EYELIDS, LACRIMAL SYSTEM, CONJUNCTIVA, CORNEA,

VITREOUS, FUNDUS, OCULOMOTOR SYSTEM.

UNIT - 11

MODIFICATION OF CLINICAL PROCEDURES, OPTOMETRIC AND FUNCTIONAL CASE

HISTORY, ASSESSING VISUAL ACUITIES, REFRACTING AND PRESCRIBING, EVALUATING

OCULAR HEALTH, ASSESSING VISUAL FIELDS, EVALUATING BINOCULARITY,

IMPLICATIONS FOR SPECIAL TESTS, INDICATIONS FOR COLOR, CONTRAST, AND GLARE

TESTING, INDICATIONS FOR LABORATORY AND IMAGING TESTING, SENSORY MOTOR

ADAPTABILITY

UNIT - 12

MANAGING COMMON VISION DISORDERS, LENS DESIGN OPTIONS FOR REFRACTIVE

DISORDERS, PRESCRIBING OPHTHALMIC LENSES FOR ACTIVE ELDERS,

REHABILITATION TECHNIQUES FOR ELDERS WITH VISUAL IMPAIRMENT, DRUG

THERAPY, NUTRITION AND NUTRITIONAL THERAPY, MANAGEMENT AND

COMANAGEMENT CONSIDERATIONS, MONITORING PERFORMANCE AND ENSURING

UNIT - 01

AMBLYOPIA AND ECCENTRIC FIXATION - TREATMENT OF AMBLYOPIA - SPECIAL FORMS

OF STRABISMUS - NYSTAGMUS - NON SURGICAL MANAGEMENT OF STRABISMUS.

UNIT - 02

CONTACT LENS HISTORY & DEVELOPMENT. BENEFITS OF CONTACT LENS OVER -

SPECTACLE. MANUFACTING METHODS-SPIN CAST, LATHE CUT, CAST MODELING. SLIT

LAMP EXAMINATION TECHNIQUE.

UNIT - 03

CORNCAL TOPOGRAPHY-KERATOMETRY & EXTENDED KERATOMETRY. CONTACT LENS

OPTICS- CONTACT LENS & SPECTACLE LENS. BACK VERTEX CALCULATION. CONTACT

LENS & TEAR LENS SYSTEM.

UNIT - 04

CLASSIFICATION OF CONTACT LENS & ITS MATERIAL (SOFT & RGP); MATERIAL

PROPERTY. CONTACT LENS TERMINOLOGY. RGP & SOFT LENS DESIGN. FDA

CLASSIFICATION OF CONTACT LENS MATERIAL.

UNIT - 05

PATIENT SELECTION & PRESCREENING. INDICATIONS & CONTRA INDICATIONS OF

CONTACT LENS. SOFT SPHERICAL CONTACT LENS FITTING & ASSESSMENT. SOFT

CONTACT LENS CASE & MAINTENANCE. SPHERICAL RGP CONTACT LENS FITTING &

ASSESSMENT.

UNIT - 06

RGP CONTACT LENS CARE & MAINTENANCE. CONTACT LENS FITTING IN ASTIGMATISM.

CONTACT LENS FITTING IN KERATOKONUS. CONTACT LENS FITTING IN CHILDREN. RGP

LENSES - LOW D.K. AND HIGH D.K LENSES. NSTRUCTIONS REGARDING HANDLING AND

CARE OF LENSES.

UNIT - 07

COSMETIC AND PROSTHETIC CONTACT LENSES. EXTENDED WEAR LENSES VERSUS

DAILY WEAR. DISPOSABLE LENSES. CONTACT LENS - TORIC, BIFOCAL, MULTIFICAL.

UNIT - 08

THERAPEUTIC LENSES / BANDAGE LENSES. CONTACT LENS SOLUTIONS - PRINCIPLE OF

ACTION, COMPOSITIONS ORDERING CONTACT LENSES - WRITING PRESCRIPTION TO

THE LAB. CONTACT LENS - MODIFICATIONS OF FINISHED LENSES (RGP).

UNIT - 09

CHECKING THE PARAMETERS. RECENT ADVANCES IN CONTACT LENSES. FOLLOW UP

EXAMINATIONS. CONTACT LENS COMPLICATIONS AND THEIR MANAGEMENT -

PROSTHETIC EYE FITTING PROCEDURES & CONFORMERS.

UNIT - 10

Vinayaka Missions University,Directorate of Distance Education

Salem India

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN OPTOMETRY

3 Yr.

CONTACT LENSES(1050148)

SPATIAL SENSE - EVOLUTION OF BINOCULAR VISION - BINOCULAR FUSION,

SUPPRESSION, RIVALRY & SUMMATION - VISUAL DIRECTION, LOCAL SIGN &

CORRESPONDING POINTS - VISUAL DISTANCE, EMPIRICAL CLUES.

UNIT - 11

PANUM`S SPACE - STEREOPSIS - DEVELOPMENT OF BINOCULAR VISION - THE

LONGITUDINAL HOROPTER - NEURAL ASPECTS OF BINOCULAR VISION - VISUALLY

GUIDED BEHAVIOUR AND ANISEIKONIA - ARC.

UNIT - 12

QUALITATIVE & QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS OF STRABISMUS - ESODEVIATION -

EXODEVIATION - A-V PHENOMEAN - CYCLOVERTICAL SQUINT - PSEUDOSTRABISMUS.

UNIT - 01

SPECTACLE FRAME CURRENT FRAME MATERIALS: PLASTICS, METALS - FRAME TYPES:

COMBINATION OF FRAMES, HALF-EYE FRAMES, MOUNTS, NYLON-CORD FRAME,

SPECIAL PURPOSE FRAMES.

UNIT - 02

FRAME MEASUREMENTS: THE BOXING SYSTEM, THE DATUM SYSTEM, COMPARISON OF

THE TWO SYSTEMS, LENS POSITION, SEGMENT SPECIFICATION - FRAME SELECTION:

FASHION, FUNCTION, FEEL, CONFLICTING NEEDS, PRICE, STANDARD ALIGNMENT -

TECHNICAL AND FASHION CRITERIA, SOME TIPS ON SELECTION.

UNIT - 03

FACIAL MEASUREMENT: THE PD, VISUAL AXES, MEASURING INTER PAPILLARY

DISTANCE, USING PD RULER, COMMON DIFFICULTIES IN MEASURING PDS, MEASURING

MONOCULAR PD, MEASURING NEAR PD - MEASURING HEIGHTS: SINGLE VISION, MULTI

FOCAL, BI-FOCAL, PROGRESSIVE.

UNIT - 04

PEDIATRIC DISPENSING: THE CHANGING IMAGE OF SPECTACLE, AGE DIFFERENCES -

SURFACING AND POLISHING GLASS, LENSES - POWER AND DIMENSION

MEASUREMENTS OF COMPLETE PAIR OF SPECTACLES - COMPLETE DISPENSING FOR

SUBJECTS.

UNIT - 05

LENS SELECTION: TECHNICAL CRITERIA, COMMUNICATING WITH KIDS. THE KIDS

CORNER, FACIAL MEASUREMENT OF THE KIDS, PDS CENTRES, BIFOCALS.

UNIT - 06

DEALING WITH PROBLEMS: DEALING WITH CLIENTS, COMMON CLIENT PROBLEMS,

DEALING WITH PROFESSIONAL COLLEAGUES, DEALING WITH THE LABORATORIES.

UNIT - 07

SPECIAL NEEDS DISPENSING: OCCUPATIONAL DISPENSING, HAZARDS IN THE WORK

PLACE, OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SAFETY LEGISLATION, COMMON HAZARDS.

UNIT - 08

EYE PROTECTION: INDUSTRIAL EYE PROTECTION, SPORT STANDARDS COVERING EYE

PROTECTION, LENS MATERIALS & IMPACT RESISTANCE, FRAME & EYE PROTECTION.

UNIT - 09

IDENTIFYING THE LOW VISION PATIENTS - HISTORY - DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURES IN

LOW VISION CASE MANAGEMENT - OPTICS OF LOW VISION AIDS - REFRACTION,

SPECIAL CHARTS, RADICAL RETINOSCOPY - EVALUATING NEAR VISION-AMSLER GRID

AND FILED DEFECTS, PRISMATIC SCANNING - GUIDELINES TO DETERMINE

MAGNIFICATION AND SELECTING LOW VISION AIDS FOR DISTANCE, INTERMEDIATE AND

NEAR.

Vinayaka Missions University,Directorate of Distance Education

Salem India

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN OPTOMETRY

3 Yr.

DISPENSING OPTICS(1050149)

UNIT - 10

SPECTACLE MOUNTED TELESCOPES AND MICROSCOPES - CHILDREN WITH LOW VISION

- CHOICE OF TESTS, AIDS IN DIFFERENT PATHOLOGICAL CONDITIONS.

UNIT - 11

LIGHT, GLARE AND CONTRACTS IN LOW VISION CARE AND REHABILITATION - BIOPTIC

TELESCOPES.

UNIT - 12

OPTICAL DEVICES TO HELP PEOPLE WITH FIELD DEFECTS - CONTACT LENS COMBINED

SYSTEM - REHABILITATION OF THE VISUALLY HANDICAPPED.

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