Clinical Practice I.
Course Aims: Gain knowledge of application of all the procedures in an optometry clinic and know how to select and use only necessary procedures. Students will learn how to formulate and implement an examination plan and apply the rules of business ethics in relation to client’s and associates. Also, they will gain knowledge on how to interpret and analyse findings to establish a diagnosis or diagnoses, how to ensure that optometric knowledge, clinical expertise and equipment remain current, how to design a management plan for each patient and implement the agreed plan to the patient, how to refer the patient with ocular injury and in disease suspect, and how to ensure that data is organized in a legible, secure, accessible and permanent manner.