LF:MOKT0821 Contactology I – practice - Course Information
MOKT0821 Contactology I – practice
Faculty of Medicinespring 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
- Enrolment Statistics (spring 2025, recent)
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