ODS 8631 Clinical Skills 2 2.0 Credits
Competent and successful optometric health care practitioners require a large number of clinical skills to be able to provide appropriate patient care to the public. The specific skills identified to allow patient interaction in clinical settings on and off campus are taught in Clinical Skills. This course will focus on the theory and clinical application of clinical skills in optometric medicine. The skills presented in this portion of the course are pupils, confrontation fields, subjective refraction techniques, von Graefe phorias, vergences, Maddox rod testing, illumination techniques, biomicroscopy, tonometry and an introduction to gonioscopy. These will be presented via readings, videos, lectures, and in the laboratory setting.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit