MOKT0821 Contactology I – practice

Faculty of Medicine
spring 2023
Extent and Intensity
0/0/.5. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Pavel Beneš, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Anna Gregarová (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. MUDr. Svatopluk Synek, CSc.
Department of Optometry and Orthoptics – Departments of Non-medical Branches – Faculty of Medicine
Contact Person: Lenka Herníková
Supplier department: Department of Optometry and Orthoptics – Departments of Non-medical Branches – Faculty of Medicine
Timetable
Fri 14. 4. 8:00–11:20 KOM 243, Fri 5. 5. 8:00–11:20 KOM 243
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The student will learn to fit all types of contact lenses, will perform a follow-up, will be able to recommend appropriate lens care. In the event of complications, appropriate diagnostic and therapeutic procedures will be known.
Learning outcomes
- identifying and evaluating the fitting of a suitable type of contact lens, lens care systems
Syllabus
  • Patient examination to determine optimal spectacle correction, contact lens correction. Aspheric, spherical and toric hydrogel and silicone-hydrogel lenses and their fitting. Cosmetic and prosthetic lenses and their fitting. Corneal, sclero-corneal, scleral and hybrid permeable lenses correcting keratoconus and other corneal dystrophies. Therapeutic contact lenses and their fitting for bullous keratopathy and other diseases of the anterior eye. Diagnostic contact lenses for examination methods (gonioscopy, X-ray, ERG, EOG) in collaboration with ophthalmologist.
Literature
  • Krachmer, J., Holland, E. Cornea. Mosby 2010, ISBN 978-0-323-06387-6, 2080 p.
  • Gonzáles, J., Benavides, C. Atlas of slit lamp. Imagen y Comunicación multimedia 2004, ISBN 933569-0-5, 108 p.
  • Franklin, A., Franklin, N. Eye Essentials: Rigid Gas-Permeable Lens Fitting. Butterworth Heinemann 2006, ISBN 978-0-7506-8890-1, 212 p.
  • Doshi, S. Eye Essentials: Ophthalmic imaging. Butterworth Heinemann 2008, ISBN 978-0-7506-8857-4, 186 p.
  • Millodot, M. Dictionary of Optometry and Visual Science. Butterworth Heinemann 2008, ISBN 978-0-7020-2958-5, 450 p.
  • Batterbury, M., Bowling, B., Murphy, C. Ophthalmology. Churchill Livingstone 2009, ISBN 978-0-7020-3059-8,
  • Contact lens practice. Edited by Nathan Efron. 2nd ed. [Oxford]: Elsevier, 2010, x, 474. ISBN 9780750688697. info
  • EFRON, Nathan. Contact lens complications. 1st ed. Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann, 1999, xiii, 193. ISBN 0750605820. info
Teaching methods
seminar
Assessment methods
credit
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 7,5.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, spring 2019, spring 2020, spring 2021, spring 2022, spring 2024, spring 2025.
  • Enrolment Statistics (spring 2023, recent)
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