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12402
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| Year |
1
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| Semester |
S1
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| ECTS Credits |
6
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| Workload |
TP(60H)
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| Scientific area |
Optometria
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Entry requirements |
Non necessary
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Mode of delivery |
Face to face
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Work placements |
Not applicable
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Learning outcomes |
Evaluate the risks, adequacy of ocular protection means and visual function to the work post, proposing ergonomical improvements, visual compensation or functional treatment. Evaluate visual function, design and perform visual training programs in order to improve visual skills in sports.
Know the effects of radiation in the eye;
Evaluate ocular risks in the working environment;
Know and evaluate the adequacy of the available ocular protections accordingly to the norms.
Know how to direct the optometric exam for specific occupations;
Propose ergonomic improvements in the workplace, especially when using computers;
Know ocular lesions and prevention means in sports;
Know the visual skills necessary for sports practice;
Know how to perform an optometric exam in order to analyze the former skills;
Advice the most adequate visual compensation mean to each sport;
Know how to design and execute visual training programs adequate to each sport requirements.
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Syllabus |
Module 1: Ocular Traumatology
Module 2: Sports Optometry: Visual skills in sports; Optometric exam in sports; Contact lens in sports. Visual training to improve results in sports.
Module 3: Radiations and the eye. Visual Ergonomics and Computers.
Module 4: Occupational Optometry: Work accidents statistics; Occupational case history; Visual performance; Visual screenings; Occupational Optometry Services; Contact lenses in the workplace; Vision and Driving; Evaluation of light sources; Luminaries; Lightning distribution schemes; Recommended levels of illuminance; Glare; Selection of lightning equipment; Lightning equipment maintenance; Ocular protection; Lens and filters; Norms and legislation analysis.
Module 5: Complements to the Optometric Exam
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Main Bibliography |
1. Main Bibliography
- Monteiro, P.M.L. (2010) Apontamentos de Optometria em Desporto.
- Monteiro, P.M.L. (2010) Apontamentos de Optometria Ocupacional.
- Benjamin, W.J. (2006) Borish’s Clinical Refraction, 2nd edition, Elsevier – Butterworth Heinemann;
- Elliott D (2020). Clinical Procedures in Primary Eye Care, Elsevier, 5th edition
- Rosenfield M, Logan N (2009). Optometry: Science, Techniques and Clinical Management, Butterworth Heinemann Elsevier;
- Scheiman MM, Wick B (2020). Clinical management of binocular vision: heterophoric, accommodative and
2. Complementary Bibliography
- North, R.V. (2001) Work and the Eye, 2nd Edition, Butterworth-Heinemann, Oxford.
- Wilson, T.A. ; Falkel, J. (2004) Sports Vision – Training for better performance. Human Kinetics.
- Erickson GB (2020) Sports Vision: Vision Care for the Enhancement of Sports Performance (2nd Edition) Elsevier
- Salmon JF (2019) Kanski’s Clinical Ophthalmology: A Systematic Approach. 9th Edition. Elsevier
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Teaching Methodologies and Assessment Criteria |
Teaching methodologies integrating: tutorials, problem solving for exemplification, norms and legislation analysis, self-study. Student evaluation resorting to written tests, problem solving regarding norms and legislation, report for evaluation and visual training in sports, scientific articles analysis.
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Language |
Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.
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