Introduction to Optometry PDF

OPTO1 A 1001 Introduction to Optometry DR. JILL B. ISIDOR CLINICAL INSTRUCTOR  Course Credit SUBJECT DETAILS 2 units (Lecture) Schedule & Placement Every Tuesday ( 7:00am-9:00am ) Cl...

OPTO1 A 1001 Introduction to Optometry DR. JILL B. ISIDOR CLINICAL INSTRUCTOR  Course Credit SUBJECT DETAILS 2 units (Lecture) Schedule & Placement Every Tuesday ( 7:00am-9:00am ) Class lecture : Online Examinations : Face to Face (f2f) MMFC  Course Requirements SUBJECT DETAILS - Notes (Lecture Notebook) GREEN Notebook Size: Medium Size (Binders NOT ALLOWED) - 1/8 index card 3x5 Size (1) Per Student - 1x1 Colored ID photo attached to the upper right corner of the Index Card Announcements Via FB Messenger / Moodle VIDEO CONFERENCE (ONLINE CLASS) RULES VIDEO CONFERENCE (ONLINE CLASS) REMINDERS IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, PLEASE DON’T HESITATE TO CONTACT/MESSAGE ME ☺ WAG MAHIHIYANG MAG TANONG ☺ OPTOMETRY LET THE JOURNEY BEGIN!  Introduction to Optometry : What to expect? 6 years of Optometry Journey 2 years : Preparatory Course 4 Years : Optometry Proper OPTOMETRY Career Prospects Optometry Career Path Optometry Career Path Optometry Career Path EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES I – PART ONE ENTERING THE WORLD OF OPTOMETRY OPTOMETRY o Optometry is a healthcare profession that is autonomous, educated, and regulated (licensed/registered), and Optometrists are the primary healthcare practitioners of the eye and visual system who provide comprehensive eye and vision care, which includes refraction and dispensing, detection/diagnosis and management of disease in the eye, and the rehabilitation of conditions of the visual system. Doctor of Optometry (O.D.) - Primary eye health care provider - Frontline of eye and vision care - Optometrists examine, diagnose, treat and manage diseases and disorders of the eye. - Optometrists play a major role in an individual’s overall health and well-being by detecting systemic diseases, and diagnosing, treating and managing ocular manifestations of those diseases. Doctor of Optometry (O.D.) 4 Started as a year course Year 1998 Then 6 year course became a The first batch of optometrists who graduated from the six-year curriculum in 2004 was authorize by law to use diagnostic pharmaceutical agents (DPAs) in their practice. A Special Pharmacology Course is likewise offered in different optometry institutions to give practitioners who graduated from the four-year course the privilege to use DPAs. Republic Act No. 8050 AN ACT REGULATING THE PRACTICE OF OPTOMETRY, UPGRADING OPTOMETRIC EDUCATION, INTEGRATING OPTOMETRISTS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES "Revised Optometry Law of 1995" Section 3: Definition of Terms "OPTOMETRY" - The science and art of examining the human eye, analyzing the ocular function, prescribing and dispensing ophthalmic lenses, prisms, contact lenses and their accessories and solutions, low vision aids, and similar appliances and devices, conducting ocular exercises, vision training, orthoptics, installing prosthetics, using authorized diagnostic pharmaceutical agents (DPA), and other preventive or corrective measures or procedures for the aid, correction, rehabilitation or relief of the human eye, or to attain maximum vision and comfort. "OPTOMETRIST" - A person who has been certified by the Board of Optometry and registered with the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) as being qualified to practice optometry in the Philippines. Task Assignment (Last Meeting) Memorize the RA 8050: Section 3 *Definition of Optometry & Optometrist* Republic Act No. 8050 AN ACT REGULATING THE PRACTICE OF OPTOMETRY, UPGRADING OPTOMETRIC EDUCATION, INTEGRATING OPTOMETRISTS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES "Revised Optometry Law of 1995" Section 3: Definition of Terms "OPTOMETRY" - The science and art of examining the human eye, analyzing the ocular function, prescribing and dispensing ophthalmic lenses, prisms, contact lenses and their accessories and solutions, low vision aids, and similar appliances and devices, conducting ocular exercises, vision training, orthoptics, installing prosthetics, using authorized diagnostic pharmaceutical agents (DPA), and other preventive or corrective measures or procedures for the aid, correction, rehabilitation or relief of the human eye, or to attain maximum vision and comfort. Republic Act No. 8050 AN ACT REGULATING THE PRACTICE OF OPTOMETRY, UPGRADING OPTOMETRIC EDUCATION, INTEGRATING OPTOMETRISTS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES "Revised Optometry Law of 1995" Section 3: Definition of Terms "OPTOMETRIST" - A person who has been Certified By The Board Of Optometry And Registered With The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) As Being Qualified To Practice Optometry In The Philippines. II – PART TWO BRIEF HISTORY OF OPTOMETRY  World History of Optometry Roger Bacon 1268 : He first mentioned the improvement of light with lenses Word spread across Europe and 20 Years later, the World’s First Spectacle was invented in Northern Italy primarily worn by scholars and monks whose profession requires reading of literature and scripts 1452 The demand of spectacles increased during the invention of the printing press  World History of Optometry Johannes Kepler Known for his discovery in the laws of planetary motion 1604: first to accurately describe the image formation in the retina His studies in the newly invented Keplerian Telescope and his observation of light and lenses – involved in the demonstration how concave lenses correct nearsightedness and convex lenses for farsightedness. 1621 Astronomer and Mathematician Willebrord Snellius had an unpublished paper concerning the relationship between the Angle of incidence and angle of refraction of a ray of light crossing the boundary between two media which is now known as Snell’s Law of Refraction  World History of Optometry Benito Daza de Valdes Authored the first book in Optometric Principles “ The use of Eyeglasses” in 1623 He devised an alternate technique to capture Visual Acuity involving discerning rows of mustard see and small print at various distances. Benjamin Franklin Asked his Optician to cut his distance lenses in half and his reading lenses in half and joined two inventing what we known as a Bifocal lenses in 1784. Allowing us to effectively address Presbyopia  World History of Optometry John Dalton 1798 : Described his own color blindness **conducted extensive research on the subject, culminating in the publication of his 1798 paper, 'Extraordinary facts relating to the vision of colours' Thomas Young 1801: Discovers astigmatism and its cause The First to map the normal visual field. Cylindrical lenses were first developed in 1821.  World History of Optometry Hermann Von Helmholtz In 1851, the German Physicist discovered the Ophthalmoscope to show his students how the pupil at times appears dark and at other times light. He was also the first person to view the human fundus with the use of the ophthalmoscope.  World History of Optometry Herman Snellen A Dutch Professor wrote on many ophthalmic topics but his most famous contribution to the field of optometry was his VISUAL ACUITY CHARTS He devised a formula that would express any individual’s eyesight in the form of a fraction. 1862 – established the Snellen acuity Charts 1865 The word Optometry was coined by J.W. Verschoor in his Doctoral dissertation “Optometry and Optometry”  World History of Optometry 1872 First Optometry School was established in the Chicago College of Ophthalmology and Otology later known as the Illinois College of Optometry 1888 First useable pair of contact lenses is developed Adolf Fick fit the first Scleral Contact lens  World History of Optometry Charles Prentice Known as the Father of Optometry 1898 Prentice helped organized what we know today as the American Optometry Association to financially and legally support optometrists being sued for fitting glasses without medical license 1901 Minnesota was the first state to lawfully recognize optometry and set regulations and by 1921, all states had recognized Optometry  World History of Optometry Theodore Obrig & John Mullen 1938 : Known to have created the first-known functional pair of plastic contact lenses 1968 President Johnson established the National Eye Institute as a branch of the National Health Institute This was the first government organization dedicated research on vision disorders and eye diseases  World History of Optometry 1971 Rhode Island passed the first law that allowed optometrists to use diagnostic drugs to treat patients. 1974 Bausch & Lomb introduces the first soft contact lenses to the consumer market 1998 The first law authorizing optometrists to use lasers for certain treatments was passed in Oklahoma.  Irvin Borish FATHER OF MODERN OPTOMETRY He advanced the areas of refraction, contact lenses, practice management, and professional ethics. 1998 - Only living person to be inducted into the National Optometry Hall of Fame. Dr. Borish made numerous contributions to optometry, including contact lens developments, leadership in the development of the profession, and authorship of the leading optometry book for decades, “Clinical Refraction” Died: March 3, 2012 (99y.o)  GROWTH OF OPTOMETRY PRACTICE OVER THE YEARS Craft Trade Profession 18th to the 19th century Period of spectacle peddlers, covered wagons and spectacle jewelry stores Spectacles were no longer being associated with witchcraft Eyeglasses recognized as a valuable tool for enhancing vision  GROWTH OF OPTOMETRY PRACTICE OVER THE YEARS Craft Trade Profession 19th to the Early 20th century Science and Art of Clinical Refraction was developed. Followed by improved methods of lens fabrication  GROWTH OF OPTOMETRY PRACTICE OVER THE YEARS Craft Trade Profession Middle of the 20th century Optometry was mainly involved in pure vision testing Followed by a growing interest in Binocular Vision, the introduction of visual analysis and the development of contact lenses  GROWTH OF OPTOMETRY PRACTICE OVER THE YEARS Craft Trade Profession 3rd quarter to the close of this 20th century New laws were passed to provide the profession the use of Diagnostic Pharmaceutical Agents (DPAs) and Therapeutic Pharmaceutical Agents (TPAs) As a natural consequence, Optometrists became involved in the treatment and management of disease. In some countries, Optometrists perform limited surgeries  END OF PART 1 & PART II – HISTORY OF OPTOMETRY