BOOX0611x Practise in Ophtalmology and Optometry

Faculty of Medicine
spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/0/8. 11 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Pavel Beneš, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
MUDr. Hana Došková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Bc. Libuše Nováková Knollová (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Marek Rašovský (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Jana Sokolová Šidlová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Petr Veselý, DiS., Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
MUDr. Markéta Zemanová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Pavel Beneš, Ph.D.
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
Prerequisites
BONR0543c && BOZP0521c && BOKV0532c && BOFP051c && BOFP051p && BOOT0532
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
After finishing this corse the student, on the base of gained knowledge, will be able to define and explain problems connected with refractive errors including all circumstances. Thanks integrity of these problems the student judges, compares and explains appropriate result and methods of examination process in optometry and ophtalmology. The student will be also able to understand and explain the recommendation of the several types of magnifying devices in patients with permanent functional visual impairment.
Learning outcomes
Afterr finishing this course the student will be able to judge, compares and explains appropriate result and methods of examination process.They will deepen their skills in manipulation and working with ophthalmological devices. At the end of the course students should be also able to understand and explain the usage of the several types of magnifying devices in patients with permanent functional visual impairment. Further more a student will be able to identify and describe basic pathological states, which could appear on eye and its surrounding. The student will be able to define which part of the eye is affected by pathological process and whether the disease influences other organs.
Syllabus
  • Anamnesis. Objective methods of refraction determination. Subjective examination methods for refraction determination. Examination of visual acuity for far and near distances. Examination of heterophoria, vergence determination. Keratometry, corneal topography. Refractive errors correction including appropriate corrective aid selection. Interpretation findings according devices measurement. Diseases of individual eye tissues and structures. Screening examinations of anterior eye. Classification of visually impaired and causes of permanent visual impairment. Selection of magnifying devices and types of magnifying aids. Magnifyers, Hypercorrection. Telescopic systems spectacles Prismatic telescopic spectacle. Turmons, electronic magnifyers. Compensatory aids for visually impired.
Literature
    required literature
  • ROZSÍVAL, Pavel. Oční lékařství. Druhé, přepracované vydá. Praha: Galén, 2017, xvi, 229. ISBN 9788074923166. info
  • PAŠTA, Jiří. Základy očního lékařství. Vydání první. Praha: Karolinum, 2017, 330 stran. ISBN 9788024624600. info
  • Functional vision : a practitioner's guide to evaluation and intervention. Edited by Amanda Hall Lueck. New York: AFB Press, American Foundation for the Blind, 2004, xx, 521. ISBN 9780891288718. info
    recommended literature
  • STĚPANOV, Alexandr and Jan STUDNIČKA. Oční projevy systémových onemocnění. 1. vydání. Praha: Grada, 2021, 311 stran. ISBN 9788027116836. info
  • Willsův oční manuál : diagnostika a léčba očních chorob v praxi. Edited by Nika Bagheri - Brynn N. Wajda, Translated by Gabriela Mahelková - Mar. 7. vydání. Praha: Stanislav Juhaňák - Triton, 2020, xvi, 365. ISBN 9788075538086. info
  • Cornea. Edited by Christopher J. Rapuano. Third edition. Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer, 2018, xiii, 421. ISBN 9781496366818. info
    not specified
  • CORBETT, Melanie, Nicholas MAYCOCK, Emanuel S. ROSEN and David P. S. O'BRART. Corneal topography : principles and applications. Second edition. Cham, Switzerland: Springer, 2019, x, 287. ISBN 9783030106942. info
  • The Lighthouse handbook on vision impairment and vision rehabilitation. Edited by Barbara Silverstone. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000, s. 671-137. ISBN 9780195094893. info
Teaching methods
theoretical training, practical excercises, class discussion, group projects
Assessment methods
practical exercises, examination
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught: in blocks.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 120.
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