HMO303 - Health and Vision Sciences 2
Unit details
Year | 2025 unit information |
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Enrolment modes: | Trimester 2: Waurn Ponds (Geelong) |
Credit point(s): | 2 |
EFTSL value: | 0.250 |
Unit Chair: | Trimester 2: Lucy Ainge |
Cohort rule: | This unit is only available to students enrolled in D302 Bachelor of Vision Science/Master of Optometry |
Prerequisite: | HMO203 and HMO204 |
Corequisite: | HMO304 |
Incompatible with: | Nil |
Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - on-campus unit enrolment: | 2 x 2 hours of seminars (PBL) |
Typical study commitment: | Students will on average spend 300 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site. |
Content
In this unit students will build on and extend their foundation knowledge from previous studies in HMO203, advancing their understanding of the physical and biomedical sciences underpinning optometric practice. Students will engage in further problem-based learning cases drawn from simple and common optometric conditions particularly those associated with developmental and refractive orders of vision. Classes and seminars will be offered in support of the problem-based sessions. Cases in ocular disease and therapy and systemic disorders of vision will also be covered. The physical and biomedical sciences will include anatomy, physiology, optical physics, pharmacology, pathology, immunology and microbiology. Transition to Clinical Practice workshops will prepare students to enter into optometry and ophthalmology clinics as observers. Student learning will be consolidated through team-based learning.
Learning Outcomes
ULO | These are the Unit Learning Outcomes (ULOs) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | Alignment to Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes (GLOs) |
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ULO1 | Utilise knowledge of anatomy and physiology of the eye, visual pathway and associated structures to explain aspects of visual function in health and disease. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
ULO2 | Use pharmacologic and microbiologic knowledge to implement diagnostic and therapeutic management plans for the use of common ophthalmic drugs. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
ULO3 | Apply basic optical principles in using and demonstrating the function of ophthalmic instrumentation and ocular appliances. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
ULO4 | Demonstrate and execute maturing teamwork skills, and show evidence of behaviour modification in response to constructive feedback, in communicating and collaborating with peers and colleagues. | GLO2: Communication |
ULO5 | Identify primary source literature (grey and peer reviewed such as clinical science literature, professional reports and Indigenous led literature/reposts relevant to the context), analyse its content and apply this knowledge to learning and practice. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
ULO6 | Identify and explain culturally responsive strategies for patients from diverse cultures considering the context (rural, remote, urban). | GLO2: Communication |
ULO7 | Critically examine effective approaches to primary healthcare that allow for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander self-determination. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
Assessment
Trimester 2:Assessment description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
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Assessment 1: Team Based Learning | 10 x 10 MCQ Individual Readiness Assurance Tests (IRATs) and | IRAT: 25% TRAT: 5% Total: 30% |
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Assessment 2: Essay | 1500 words | 15% |
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Assessment 3: Safe and Efficient Clinical Reasoning | Short answer and extended response of approximately 1000 words | 30% |
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Assessment 4: Quality use of Medicines and Safe Prescribing | 1 hour in-person written closed book assessment | 25% |
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The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
Hurdle requirement
- Successful completion of Professionalism and Placement (P & P) requirements as defined in the Optometry P & P guide.
- The requirement for passing the unit is that students score a pass mark in all aspects of the PBL Professionalism rubric for Time Management, Respect for Peers, Preparedness, Quality of Contribution and Teamwork when participating in the PBL tutorials which form the major learning vehicle in this unit.
Learning resource
The texts and reading list for HMO303 can be found via the University Library.
Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.
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