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Lesson Information

Course Credit
Course ECTS Credit
Teaching Language of Instruction	Türkçe
Level of Course	Associate's Degree, TYYÇ: Level 5, EQF-LLL: Level 5, QF-EHEA: Short Cycle
Type of Course
Mode of Delivery	Face-to-face
Does the course require compulsory or optional work experience?
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Instructor (s)
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Purpose and Content

The aim of the course	Presentation of topics related to the profession of optometry, including laws, regulations, deontology, professional history, and development; presentation of all professional arguments (prescriptions, lenses, frames, etc.); presentation of basic information; theoretical definition of laboratory tools and equipment.
Course Content	All technical information regarding the practice of the optician profession, the history of opticianry, and an assessment of the educational situation worldwide, professional definitions, a brief explanation of eye anatomy and eye defects, and the transfer of basic information about all materials and machines used in the optician profession.

Learning Outcomes

To follow the technological developments in the field of vocational and work practice,
To know professional competence and responsibilities, to have the consciousness of the rules and the professional ethics.
To have knowledge about the basic visual devices as well as lenses, contact lenses and low vision devices,
Providing best choices and helping the user to select the most appropriate product (contact lenses, frames...), prepare them according to the prescription and provide the user's adaptation,
To be able to measure the ophthalmic lenses by lensmeter and spherometer and contact lenses and to make their settings for mounting,
To use the machines, devices and equipments about preparation of eyewear,
To have knowledge of basic optical instruments,
To have general knowledge of basic mathematics, chemistry, physics I, physics II and geometrical optics,
To have basic knowledge about eye, the anatomy of eye and vision health and eye diseases, to have basic knowledge about public health, human anatomy and physiology.
To use hospital automation systems, general and professional software programs,
Adopting the importance of lifelong learning and vocational training, courses, seminars, symposia, panel discussions and be able to be broadcast by following the self-conscious development,
Considering the health and safety measures related to the profession and making first aid in extraordinary situations,
To be able to work Interdisciplinary with a sense of social responsibility and can be an entrepreneurial individuals
To use computer programs efficiently in the octicianry field,
Having the ability to use Turkish grammer and foreign language,
Self-conscious awareness of an individual be able to be developed as a social and cultural,
To have knowledge and ability about administrative responsibility for the management of vocational enterprises,
Knowing the basic epidemiological concepts and to use these concepts appropriately at the professional applications,
To establish healthy relationships with partners and customers,
The student follows regularly training programs for professional and personal development.
The person follows the current events about opticianry sector.
The person goes with the national and international developments in relation to opticianry.
The person knows that health care institutions, to understand the health services organization in Turkey and location of their own discipline within the organization,
The person communicates with patients and patients' families properly.
Competence in the workplace privacy and patient confidentiality issues.
Competence in the access to information and technology and the use of these in one's field of health.
The person has the information about health sector.
Competence in terminolojical language of health sector.
Competence in adopting and applying ethical principles and professional values.

Weekly Course Subjects

1	Course introduction, scope, rationale, importance, rules, and requirements
2	The profession of optometry, the duties and responsibilities of an optometrist
3	The historical development of the optician profession in Turkey
4	The State of Opticianry and Optometry Education Around the World
5	Professional organizations, Civil society organizations
6	Terminological terms, professional definitions, optical sciences, vision defects, prescription information, eyeglass lens and frame terms
7	Midterm Exam
8	Types of optical glass, eyeglass lenses, glass shaping and hardening processes
9	The composition of optical glass, the optical properties of glass, the thermal properties of glass, the physical properties of glass, the chemical properties of glass
10	Features of eyeglass frames, classification of frames based on their rims, classification of frames based on their raw materials, eyeglass components
11	Refractive errors, eye diseases
12	Vision aid standards, principles of ophthalmic lenses
13	Prescription writing and reading prescriptions
14	Prescription writing and reading prescriptions

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