HMO702 - Advanced Optometric Studies 2

Unit details

Year:

2024 unit information

Enrolment modes:Trimester 2: Waurn Ponds (Geelong)
Credit point(s):4
EFTSL value:0.500
Unit Chair:Trimester 2: Alex Gentle and Alissa Maillet
Cohort rule:This unit is only available to students enrolled in D302, H710
Prerequisite:

HMO701

Corequisite:Nil
Incompatible with: Nil
Typical study commitment:

Students will on average spend 600 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.

Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - on-campus unit enrolment:

2 x 2 hours of seminar (PBL)
3 x 2 hours of practical experiences (clinical skills),
1 x 2 hours ophthalmic dispensing practical experience (workshop)
1 x 2 hours seminar (TBL) and up to 10 hours of supporting classes per week for 10 weeks of trimester. 
1 x 8 hours of Transition to Clinical Practice, practical experience (workshop)
Up to approximately 20 hours of optometry professional experience (clinical placement) 
Up to approximately 20 hours of ophthalmology professional experience (placement) across trimester.

Content

In this unit students will further develop and demonstrate their capacity to apply knowledge of the physical and biomedical sciences and the professional and business practices underpinning optometry in the clinical setting.

Students will engage in problem-based learning cases on more complex optometric conditions associated with developmental and refractive disorders of vision, ocular disease, ocular therapy and systemic disorders of vision. Classes, seminars, clinical skills practicals and clinical placements will be offered in support of the problem-based sessions.

Students will continue to gain the competencies for all aspects of optometric practice, as defined by the Optometry Council of Australia and New Zealand (OCANZ), including: patient examination, diagnosis and management; optometric dispensing and business; and ethics, law and public health.

Transition to clinical practice workshops will prepare students for clinical residential placement and highlight topical issues in optometric practice.

ULO These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes

ULO1

Utilise knowledge of ocular and systemic disease pathophysiology and epidemiology in designing a coherent differential diagnosis and patient management plan.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO2: Communication
GLO5: Problem solving
GLO7: Teamwork

ULO2

Combine technical, observational and communication skills in developing and implementing a coherent general and/or targeted clinical examination of a patient.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO2: Communication
GLO3: Digital literacy
GLO6: Self-management

ULO3

Critically appraise clinical data obtained from a clinical examination to determine an appropriate course of action for a patient.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO4: Critical thinking
GLO5: Problem solving

ULO4

Work in a team to conduct a clinical study, analyse the data, interpret the data and communicate findings to a professional audience.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO2: Communication
GLO3: Digital literacy
GLO4: Critical thinking
GLO5: Problem solving
GLO6: Self-management
GLO7: Teamwork

ULO5

Combine discipline knowledge, professional behaviour, and social and cultural empathy in demonstrating the capacity to reflect upon all aspects of practitioner-patient interactions.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO2: Communication
GLO4: Critical thinking
GLO6: Self-management
GLO8: Global citizenship

Assessment

Trimester 2:

Assessment description

Student output

Grading and weighting
(% total mark for unit)

Indicative due week

Assessment 1: Team-based learning

10 individual readiness assurance tests and team readiness assurance tests

15%

  • Tuesdays throughout trimester

Assessment 2: Research data analysis and oral poster presentation

2000 words

Analysis of simulated data: 5%
Scientific poster presentation: 10%
Total: 15%

  • Week 7: Group spreadsheet containing data and brief 500 word report
  • Week 11: Single copy of poster and verbal poster presentation

Assessment 3: Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCE)

10 stations

25%

  • End-of-unit assessment period 

Assessment 4: Clinical consultation assessment

ACO, DCECC and Lorne Hospital patient tests

Self-directed contact lens fit and assessment task: 5%
Random sample of 2 clinical logbook entries: 5%
Supervisor assessment of patient clinical examinations: 10%
Total: 20%

  • Students will conduct patient tests across trimester and end-of-unit assessment period during rostered clinical placements.

Assessment 5: Examination

2 hours

25%

  • End-of-unit assessment period

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

  • Passing online written examination
  • Successful completion of Professionalism and Placement (P & P) requirements, as defined in the Optometry P & P Hurdle document
  • Submission of a personal learning plan covering clinical skills development and problem-solving readiness for the residential placement program
  • Passing 7 out of 10 OSCE stations and achieving an overall pass mark for the OSCEs is a hurdle requirement.

Learning Resource

There is no prescribed text. Unit materials are provided via the unit site. This includes unit topic readings and references to further information.

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