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Summary of the Profile
General Description
Objective(s) of a study programme:
To prepare bachelors of optometry - health care professionals with scientific knowledge and practical skills necessary to acquire an optometrist professional qualification for comprehensive vision examination, vision correction and eye disease recognition using modern innovative technologies.
To provide the opportunity and conditions for graduates of the bachelor's program in optometry to acquire knowledge and skills based on the empirical experience necessary for the professional optometrist's activity in order to preserve eye and visual health.
Learning outcomes:
Graduates will be able to work professionally in personal health care facilities, optics salons, social care institutions, independently or in team with other health care and / or social care professionals.
Activities of teaching and learning:
Innovative learning methods focused on the development of students' creativity, general and special competences are applied to optometry studies. Theoretical knowledge is acquired during lectures, seminars, exercises. Practical skills are developed in simulator classes under the guidance of optometry lecturers. VU has all devices the optometrist needs. Professional optometry practices are carried out in clinical university bases.
Methods of assessment of learning achievements:
Assessment of students' achievements is directly related to learning outcomes, and evaluation principles are set out in VU Study Regulations, VU Study Achievement Assessment Procedure and described in the description of each study subject.
Levels of knowledge and skills of graduates in relation to the level of study achievement and possible academic and / or professional career are defined at the level of study outcomes achieved.
Framework
Study subjects (modules), practical training:
General Anatomy and Histology (5 cr.)
Eye Anatomy and Histology (5 cr.)
Professional language (English, Latin) (5 cr.)
Wave Optics (5 cr.)
Geometric Optics (5 cr.)
Introduction to Optometry (5 cr.)
Microbiology and Immunology (5 cr.)
Visual System Optics (5 cr.)
General and Eye Pharmacology (5 cr.)
General physiology and biochemistry (5 cr.)
Visual Changes due to Age (5 cr.)
Neurobiology (5 cr.)
Vision Correction Tools (10 cr.)
Research Methodology (5 cr.)
Optometric Equipment and Optometric Testing Technology (10 cr.)
Eye movements and binocular vision (5 cr.)
Contactology and contact lenses (10 cr.)
Eye diseases (10 cr.)
Elective Subjects (Modules) (15 credits)
Professional Optics and Ergonomics (5 cr.)
Refraction (10 kr.)
Visual perception (5 cr.)
Public Health, Management and Sociology (5 cr.)
Visual Pathology and General Systemic Disorders (5 cr.)
Basics of Pediatric Optometry (5 cr.)
First Aid & Basics of Care (5 cr.)
Fundamentals of Health Law and Bioethics (5 cr.)
Optometrist Practice I (5 cr.)
Bachelor's Thesis I (5 cr.)
Educology and Basics of Psychology (5 cr.)
Introduction to Refraction Surgery (5 cr.)
Visual Impairment and Visual Rehabilitation (5 cr.)
Optometrist Practice II (5 cr.)
Clinical Practice of Eye Diseases (10 cr.)
Optometrist Practice III (20 cr.)
Final Qualification Exam (5 credits)
Bachelor Thesis II (5 cr.)
Specializations:
Study subjects focus on professional optometrist training
Optional courses:
In Optometry program, 15 credits are for general university education courses. General university education courses (GUE) – is the formation of a worldview embodying the university idea, development of erudition and creativity in all first cycle and integrated study programs of Vilnius University. GUE introduces an understanding of the need to disseminate and share with the general public the most important scientific ideas and intellectual arguments.
The goal of general university education courses is to develop active, creative, open and tolerant, broad-minded and responsible members of their country and contemporary society, who understand the achievements of the past, the problems of the modern world and create potential future perspectives.
Distinctive features of a study programme:
Modern and innovative teaching methods - simulator classes and the latest in optometrist technology
Access to professional activity or further study:
Access to professional activity:
Graduates of a four-year Bachelor's Degree Program in Optometry are becoming Healthcare Professionals and have an optometrist professional qualification. Graduates can work at all levels of personal health care facilities: hospitals, outpatient clinics, public and private health care facilities, optic salons, social care facilities. Future employers - heads of health care institutions or their authorized persons, as social partners, are invited to the Optometry Study Program Committee, participate in its activities, solve academic and methodological issues.
Access to further study:
Some masters programs in biomedicine.
