MOKT0821 Contactology I – practice

Faculty of Medicine
spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/0/.5. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Pavel Beneš, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Anna Gregarová (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Petra Záděrová
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
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
  • SALMON, John F. Kanski's synopsis of clinical ophthalmology. Fourth edition. [Spojené státy americké?]: Elsevier, 2023, x, 453. ISBN 9780702083730. info
  • SALMON, John F. Kanski's clinical ophthalmology : a systematic approach. Ninth edition. Oxford: Elsevier, 2020, xiii, 941. ISBN 9780702077128. info
  • EFRON, Nathan. Contact lens complications. Fourth edition. Philadelphia: Elsevier, 2019, xxvii, 359. ISBN 9780702076114. info
  • BHOOTRA, Ajay Kumar. Contact lens : fitting guide. New Delhi: JP Medical, 2014, xiv, 76. ISBN 9789350909744. info
  • SILBERT, Joel A. Anterior segment complications of contact lens wear. 2nd ed. Boston: Butterworth-Heinemann, 2000, xix, 556. ISBN 0750671165. info
Teaching methods
practice
Assessment methods
credit
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
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 2023, spring 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (spring 2025, recent)
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