1997 QUT Handbook

Courses: OP42
Prerequisites: OPB509, OPB505, OPB520 , OPB527
Corequisites: OPB609, OPB605, OPB627, OPB608
Credit Points: 6 Contact Hours: 2 per week
■ OPB627 DISEASES OF THE EYE 6
A continuation of OPB527. The anatomical, physiological and
pathological aspects of glaucoma. Its symptomatology, methods
of detection and diagnosis, management and prognosis.
Inflammatory diseases, trauma and tumours of the external
and internal ocular structures and ocular adnexae.
Courses: OP42
Prerequisites: OPB527, OPB509, OPB505, OPB520
Corequisites: OPB605, OPB608, OPB609, OPB617
Credit Points: 8 Contact Hours: 4 per week
■ OPB705 CLINICAL OPTOMETRY 7
This is the clinical application of the procedures studied in
OPB609 and OPB709 and includes the management of patients
in the clinical situation.
Courses: OP42 Prerequisites: OPB605, OPB609
Corequisites: OPB709, OPB717, OPB750
Credit Points: 24 Contact Hours: 13 per week
■ OPB709 OPTOMETRY 7
Continuation of OPB609. Provides knowledge and understanding
of the theory and clinical procedures involved in paediatric
optometry, low vision, colour vision and aniseikonia.
Courses: OP42 Prerequisites: OPB605 , OPB609
Corequisites: OPB705, OPB717, OPB750
Credit Points: 10 Contact Hours: 5 per week
■ OPB717 CONTACT LENS STUDIES 7
A series of lectures and practical sessions in advanced aspects
of contact lens practice. Topics include the physiological
consequences of contact lens wear; management of contact
lens patients; fitting of lenses for keratoconus, extended
wear and presbyopia. Practical sessions provide training in
advanced diagnostic and fitting techniques.
Courses: OP42 Prerequisites: OPB617, OPB605
Corequisites: OPB705, OPB709, OPB750
Credit Points: 6 Contact Hours: 2 per week
■ OPB750 PROJECT
Students are required to undertake project work in Year 4,
Semesters 1 and 2, working in groups of up to three on
projects of their own choosing or on a topic chosen from a
suggested list. Topics must be original. Students conduct a
literature search (including a computer-based search in conjunction
with a reference librarian), decide on the experimental
hypotheses, plan and execute the experiment, analyse
the results and write a report in manuscript form which
it is hoped is suitable for publication in the open literature.
Oral presentations are given by each group to their peers,
third-year students and staff, as part of a formal Year 4, Semester
2 colloquium.
Courses: OP42
Corequisites: OPB709, MAB258, OPB705, OPB717
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 2 per week
■ OPB803 OCCUPATIONAL/PUBLIC HEALTH
OPTOMETRY
A course of study to introduce the basic concepts of eye safety
and visual ergonomics. Content includes eye safety programs,
occupational vision screening, legal aspects of eye safety, eye
hazards: traumatic, radiation and chemical, eye protection,
visual ergonomics and illumination engineering.
Courses: OP42 Prerequisites: OPB709
Corequisites: OPB805, OPB750, OPB807
Credit Points: 6 Contact Hours: 2 per week
■ OPB805 CLINICAL OPTOMETRY 8
A continuation of OPB705. This unit places emphasis on the
students’ decision-making skills in the evaluation, care and
treatment of patients who may have a wide range of visual
disorders.
Courses: OP42
Prerequisites: OPB705, OPB717, OPB709
792
Corequisites: OPB750, OPB803, OPB810
Credit Points: 32 Contact Hours: 17 per week
■ OPB807 PRACTICE MANAGEMENT
Optometry’s role in health care; professional and ethical behaviour;
relevant state and federal Acts; professional associations;
types of practice; optometric practice and the law.
Courses: OP42
Corequisites: OPB805, OPB803, OPB750
Credit Points: 4 Contact Hours: 2 per week
■ OPN601 ADVANCED CONTACT LENS STUDIES
Instruction in specialised fitting techniques, including keratoconus,
scleral lenses and prosthetics. There is also an emphasis
on the design, manufacture and modification of lenses.
The physiology and pathology associated with contact lens
wear is also covered in detail.
Courses: HL88
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ OPN602 ADVANCED CLINICAL METHODS
Exploration of the techniques for the examination of the eye
and visual function. Topics include: visual fields; static automated
perimetry; screening versus threshold methods and their
interpretation; modelling and trend analysis of visual field data;
the visual field in glaucoma; contrast sensitivity function; alternative
tests and their interpretation; clinical applications of
contrast sensitivity function testing; colour vision; current research
in congenital and acquired disorders; clinical tests, their
application and interpretation; the design of colour vision
screening procedures; entoptic phenomena and their application
as diagnostic tools; advanced slit lamp biomicroscopy,
gonioscopy, photography and fundus examination; other advanced
methods of examination such as ultrasonography, dark
adaptation, motion sensitivity, eye movement studies and electrophysiology.
Courses: HL88
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ OPN603 ADVANCED OCULAR
PHARMACOLOGY
Exploration of the use of drugs for the treatment of eye diseases.
The unit does not seek to qualify optometrists to use
these drugs, nor to impart the clinical skills or procedures
necessary for such a scope of practice; instead, it will supply
the background knowledge and understanding of current theoretical
and practical research concepts in therapeutics so essential
to complement this evolution in health care. Topics
include: the anatomy, physiology and pathology of tissue
changes in relevant eye diseases; neurohumoral transmission
current concepts in receptor dynamics; the actions of systemic
drugs; including antihypertensive, antiarthritic, asthma, antidepressant
and antianxiety drugs; the actions and uses of drugs
for the treatment of eye disease such as infections, inflammation,
allergy and glaucoma; current research into treatment
strategies for eye disease; optometry and therapeutic care.
Courses: HL88
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ OPN605 VISION REHABILITATION
The epidemiology of visual impairment; the impact of visual
impairment on individuals and families; the range of rehabilitation
services available; assessment methods; preparation of
individual rehabilitation programs for children and adults who
are visually impaired.
Courses: HL88
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ PHA154 INTRODUCTORY PHYSICS
An introduction to the basic concepts involved in the study of
linear mechanics, ideal gases, liquids and solids, elasticity,
surface tension, temperature and its measurements, heat content,
heat transfer, reflection and refraction of light at plane
surfaces, use of lenses in simple optical instruments, current,
electricity, e.m.f. resistance, circuit analysis, heating effects,
electrical measurements using moving coil galvanometers,
potentiometers and Wheatstone bridge, magnetic field with