Studying online

There are now 2 possible online modes for units:

Units with modes Online timetabled and Online flexible are available for any student to self-enrol and study online.

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Unit Overview

Description

In this unit students will advance and consolidate, beyond the level attained during OPTM 5201 Community Optometry 1, the competencies defined by the Optometry Council of Australia and New Zealand (OCANZ) in a variety of optometric and health care settings. They will further develop competencies in assessing and prescribing pharmacological interventions in optometry practice. They will advance their understanding of common conditions in optometry and the legal and ethical, professional practice and public health context of optometry work.

The equivalent of four days per week (approximately 8 work hours per day) placement, in community settings (approximately 11 weeks, some of which fall outside of the standard university teaching periods), plus one day per week (estimated 8 hour day), across 11 teaching weeks, undertaking a structured, online program. This online program will involve engaging with specified resources, interactivity and weekly webinar participation. In the final week of the non-standard teaching period, students are scheduled to return for one week of on-campus intensive clinical skills training and assessment.

Credit
24 points
Offering
(see Timetable)
AvailabilityLocationMode
Non-standard teaching periodUWA (Perth)Face to face
Outcomes

Students are able to (1) perform appropriate examinations at a near-graduate level for a range of conditions and case complexities; (2) perform appropriate investigations to a near-graduate level for a range of conditions and case complexities; (3) develop an evidence-based ability to differentially diagnoses to a near-graduate level for a range of conditions and case complexities; (4) demonstrate competence in assessing and prescribing evidence-based pharmacological interventions for a range of conditions and case complexities in optometry to a near-graduate level; (5) apply professional standards to the recording of and safe guarding of clinical data to a near-graduate level for a range of conditions and case complexities; (6) generate evidence-based management plans to a near-graduate level for a range of conditions and case complexities; (7) effectively communicate evidence-based management plans to a near-graduate level for a range of conditions and case complexities; (8) apply reflective process, at a deeper level than that during OPTM5201 Community Optometry 1, upon experiences to gain further understanding of the legal and ethical issues in optometry practice; (9) apply reflective process, at a deeper level than that during OPTM5201 Community Optometry 1, upon experiences to gain further understanding of the professional, management and business aspects of optometry practice; and (10) apply reflective process, at a deeper level than that during OPTM5201 Community Optometry 1, about experiences in optometry and allied health practice to gain further understanding of their roles in social, public and population health settings.

Assessment

Indicative assessments in this unit are as follows: (1) assignments; (2) written assessments; (3) clinical assessments; and (4) professional behaviour assessment. Further information is available in the unit outline.

To pass this unit, a student must: (a) achieve an overall mark of 50 per cent or higher for the unit; and (b) achieve the requisite requirements(s) or a mark of 50 per cent or greater, whichever is higher and specified in the unit outline, for the written assessments and professional behaviour assessment components.

Student may be offered supplementary assessment in this unit if they meet the eligibility criteria.

Unit Coordinator(s)
Dr Khyber Alam
Unit rules
Prerequisites
OPTM5201 Community Optometry 1
Contact hours
Clinical placement: up to 4 days per week for 12 weeks.
Intensive clinical skills workshops and simulations: up to 5 days on campus.
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