Subject Name-Epidemiology and community optometry
Code- CUTM1962
Type of Course-Theory + Project
T+P+Pj-2+0+1
Credit-3
Course Objective:
- Epidemiology and Community Optometry deals with study about the worldwide prevelance of common eye disorders and their epidemiological data. Along with it the course focuses on understanding the community practices in optometry.
Course Outcome:
- Understanding the fundamentals of epidemiology and its types.
- Understanding what are the epidemiological prevelance of common eye disorders worldwide.
- Understanding the community service procedure in optometry.
MODULE: I
- Epidemiology of Blinding Eye Diseases, Skills for Field Projects in Eye Care,
- Eye Care Programmes
- Basic Epidemiology, Methodology, Basics of Epidemiology study methods, Types of study designs, Screening for visual disorders, Childhood blindness, Refractive errors and presbyopia, Age related cataract, Low Vision, Diabetic retinopathy, glaucoma, Age related Macular Degeneration, Vitamin A deficiency.
MODULE: II
- Corneal and external diseases- Prevention strategies
- Introduction to Health Economics.
- Childhood Eye Disease and Ocular Infections
MODULE: III
How to Plan and Implement a VISION 2020: The Right to Sight project
- Skills, Resources and Technology for VISION 2020: The Right to Sight, Proposal Development.
MODULE: IV
- Analyzing Survey & Population Data; Health Systems
- Sociological approaches to Health.
- Comparative studies of health care system
- Optometry in a multi-disciplinary health care system
- Quality assurance in health care 6. Roles & responsibilities of community health optometrist.
MODULE: V
- Demography & Epidemiology of occupational eye disease & injuries
- Communicable & Non-communicable Eye diseases, modes of disease transmission.
- Health problems in India (types, cause, management)
- Social issues & optometric involvement, law & ethics
MODULE: VI
- National Health Programs & role of optometrist.
- Various national health & community eye program.
- National health & eye care policies- Vision 2020 The Right to Sight
- Role of optometrist in national health programs for prevention of blindness.
Project:
- Vision 2020 epidemiological data analysis
- Presentation on role of NPCB and IAPB
Text Book:
- GVS Murthy, S K Gupta, D Bachani: The principles and practice of community Ophthalmology, National programme for control of blindness, New Delhi, 2002
- Newcomb RD, Jolley JL: Public Health and Community Optometry, Charles C Thomas Publisher, Illinois, 1980
- K Park: Park’s Text Book of Preventive and Social Medicine, 19th edition, Banarsidas Bhanot publishers, Jabalpur, 2007
- MC Gupta, Mahajan BK, Murthy GVS, 3rd edition. Text Book of Community Medicine, Jaypee Brothers, New Delhi, 2002 5. Epidemiology of eye diseases: Johnson and Gordon
SESSION PLAN:
Session-1
Epidemiology of Blinding Eye Diseases, Skills for Field Projects in Eye Care
https://www.slideshare.net/HemantKumar98/epidemiology-of-blindness
Session-2
Eye Care Programmes
https://www.slideshare.net/Jbcshare/primary-eye-care
Session-3
Basic Epidemiology
https://www.slideshare.net/pramodkumarsikarawar/epidemiology-66624986
Session-4
Methodology
https://www.slideshare.net/sheetal321/researchmethodologyppt
Session-5
Basics of Epidemiology study methods
https://www.slideshare.net/singh_br1762/epidemiological-methods-82666986
Session-7
Types of study designs, Screening for visual disorders, Childhood blindness, Refractive errors and presbyopia, Age related cataract, Low Vision, Diabetic retinopathy, glaucoma, Age related Macular Degeneration, Vitamin A deficiency.
Session-6
Screening for visual disorders,
https://www.slideshare.net/seharasif1234/screening-34109910
Session-8
Childhood blindness,
https://www.scribd.com/presentation/174199622/Childhood-Blindness#
Session-9
Refractive errors and presbyopia,
https://www.slideshare.net/OmVerma6/refractive-error-78313450
Session-10
Age related cataract, Low Vision, Diabetic retinopathy, glaucoma, Age related Macular Degeneration, Vitamin A deficiency.
https://www.slideshare.net/dramp/vitamin-a-deficiency-eye
Session-11
Corneal and external diseases- Prevention strategies
https://www.slideshare.net/manivmcon/corneal-disorder
Session-12
Introduction to Health Economics.
https://www.slideshare.net/souravgoswami11/basics-of-health-economics-80021190
Session -13
Childhood Eye Disease and Ocular Infections
https://www.slideshare.net/majid4uonly/infectious-diseases-of-the-eyes
Session-14
VISION 2020 The Right to Sight project
https://slideplayer.com/slide/4899548/
Session-15
Skills, Resources and Technology for VISION 2020
Session-16
The Right to Sight project
https://slideplayer.com/slide/4899548/
Session-17
Proposal Development
https://www.slideshare.net/CIAT/proposal-development-process
Session-18
Analyzing Survey & Population Data; Health Systems
https://www.slideshare.net/nawanan/survey-methods-applications-in-healthcare
Session-19
Sociological approaches to Health.
https://www.slideshare.net/chantalsettley1/sociological-approach-to-health-and-disease-64342019
Session-20
Comparative studies of health care system
https://slideplayer.com/slide/3543028/
Session-21
Optometry in a multi-disciplinary health care system
https://www.youtube.com/live/pDoQiYPoTqY?feature=share
https://www.slideshare.net/askararipra/01-public-health-optometrypptx
Session-22
Quality assurance in health care 6. Roles & responsibilities of community health optometrist
https://www.youtube.com/live/DlpZBSjkJuM?feature=share
https://www.slideshare.net/satty5094/community-ophthalmology
Session-23
Demography & Epidemiology of occupational eye disease & injuries
https://www.slideshare.net/ohscmcvellore/occupational-eye-injuries-and-management
Session-24
Communicable & Non-communicable Eye diseases, modes of disease transmission.
https://www.slideshare.net/lhattendorf/communicable-and-noncommunicable-disease-33189659
Session-25
Health problems in India (types, cause, management)
https://www.slideshare.net/HariOMMehta2/health-problems-in-india
Session-26
Social issues & optometric involvement, law & ethics
https://www.scribd.com/presentation/401362363/LEGAL-ETICHAL-SOCIAL-ISSUES-PPT-pptx
Session-27
National Health Programs & role of optometrist.
https://www.slideshare.net/pateldharmendra4/national-health-programme
Session-28
Various national health & community eye program.
https://www.slideshare.net/pateldharmendra4/national-health-programme
Session-29
National health & eye care policies- Vision 2020 The Right to Sight
https://slideplayer.com/slide/4899548/
Session-30
Role of optometrist in national health programs for prevention of blindness.
https://www.slideshare.net/Raza_Ali/blindness-prevention-and-control