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VECT 2410 - Ophthalmic Dispensing II


Credit hours: 4

Prerequisites: VECT 1420 - Ophthalmic Dispensing I  

Course Description:
A continuation of Ophthalmic Dispensing I, to include the optical properties of spectacle lenses and their relationship to the patient’s refractive error, the spectacle management of presbyopia, the spectacle management of high power prescriptions and prescription analysis.

Student Learning Outcomes:
Students will be able to:

  1. Fit and dispense spectacles
  2. Describe image jump and displacement through a bifocal segment.
  3. Calculate and correct vertical prism imbalance at the reading level.
  4. Describe and correct spectacle lens induced magnification.
  5. Fit high plus and aphakic patients.
  6. Fit high minus prescriptions.
  7. Determine types of astigmatism.
  8. Determine the effective power of a tilted lens.
  9. Determine and correct specular reflections.
  10. Describe eye problems caused by electromagnetic radiation.
  11. Describe different types of hyperopia
  12. Calculate accommodative convergence and accommodation ratio.
  13. Calculate crossed cylinder prescriptions.