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Rosner, Jerome; Gruber, Joy – Journal of Optometric Education, 1985
A pediatric optometry clinic teaches students how to provide appropriate services for school-aged children who present, because of reduced visual acuity, unstable binocularity and perceptual skill disorders, and teaches about half the students the fundamentals of care of preschool children and strabismics. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Clinics, Higher Education, Optometry

Fernando, P. C. B. – American Journal of Physics, 1980
Described are several experiments, for a course in geometrical optics or for a college physics laboratory, which have a bearing on ophthalmic optics. Experiments include the single thin prism, crossed prisms, and the prismatic power of a lens. (Author/DS)
Descriptors: College Science, Higher Education, Optics, Optometry

Hammack, Glenn G.; And Others – Journal of Optometric Education, 1985
The hardware used in microcomputer/videodisk systems and the applications of videodisk technology to developing and using educational modules in optometric education are outlined and discussed. (MSE)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computers, Higher Education, Learning Modules

Berman, Morris S. – Journal of Optometric Education, 1991
A national survey of optometry schools (n=10) concerning the status of basic biological science instruction provides insight into manpower, curriculum, learning resources, and budgetary support currently available. Results indicate that major changes must occur and that a national effort will be needed to support them. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Biology, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development

Verma, Satya B. – Journal of Optometric Education, 1985
The curriculum design, philosophy, and innovation of four programs in geriatric optometry are described: the Pennsylvania College of Optometry and the colleges of Optometry at the State University of New York, University of Alabama at Birmingham, and University of Houston. (MSE)
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Geriatrics

Wilson, Roger J. – Journal of Optometric Education, 1990
The New England College of Optometry has developed a clinical curriculum that utilizes external clinical affiliates as a part of the fourth-year training process. Educational opportunities in primary, secondary, and tertiary care settings provide students with a wide range of patient care experiences. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Clinical Experience, College Curriculum, Curriculum Development

Dunsky, Irving L. – Journal of Optometric Education, 1990
A teaching technique where the lecture is interspersed with a series of multiple-choice questions displayed on 35mm slides or transparencies that can be projected by the overhead projector is described. The lecture progresses by projection and full discussion of each question. Layout of a typical question is appended. (MLW)
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Audiovisual Aids, Higher Education, Large Group Instruction

Baro, John A.; And Others – Journal of Optometric Education, 1991
InSight, a series of 10 HyperCard stacks, provides optometry students with first-hand experience with a number of visual phenomena and a variety of experimental data acquisition and analysis techniques. Each stack contains background information on the experiment topic, instructions, references to the literature, and questions to be answered.…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Curriculum Design, Data Collection

Junghans, Barbara M.; Crewther, Sheila G. – Optometric Education, 1992
The University of New South Wales (Australia) has established the Vision Education Centre, a clinic designed to attract more pediatric patients for care by senior optometry students. The center uses interactive learning principles to teach elementary school children about optics, provides screening, and offers research opportunities. (MSE)
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Clinics, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries
Maine State Dept. of Educational and Cultural Services, Augusta. – 1987
Explanations are provided about Maine's special education, vocational education, vocational rehabilitation, and eye care programs and services, to assist teachers and counselors to understand better the mission, eligibility requirements, and service resources each brings to the planning process for students with handicaps. The guidelines were…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Cooperative Planning, Delivery Systems, Disabilities

Levine, Leonard – Journal of Optometric Education, 1990
Files on a Macintosh computer network at the Pacific University College of Optometry include: text outlines of topics; comprehensive dual mode random-access databases; two-sided flashcard decks and multi-sided computer flashcards; and progressive charts. Files may be used directly on the network or copied to students' floppy disks. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Charts, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software

Levine, Leonard – Optometric Education, 1992
A new optometry-oriented program for the Macintosh computer has been written for the Neural Sciences Computer-Assisted Learning Package to include graphics and synthesized speech. It has 21 modules in 6 categories: anatomical drawings; diagrams illustrating physiological concepts; records from experiments; flow charts of neuroanatomical pathways;…
Descriptors: Algorithms, Anatomy, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Graphics

Tolls, Dorothy Bazzinotti; Carlson, Nancy; Wilson, Roger – Optometric Education, 1998
Describes development and design of the Comprehensive Clinical Performance Grid for Student Evaluation, created to address concerns about what constitutes a competent practitioner and to provide a useful and consistent student-evaluation tool for clinical optometric education. Development challenges are also discussed, including staff training and…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Articulation (Education), Clinical Teaching (Health Professions), Evaluation Criteria

Maples, W. C. – Journal of Optometric Education, 1985
The history and design of the optometry program at Oklahoma's Northeastern State University and the development of optometric services to serve the American Indian population are described. (MSE)
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, American Indians, Delivery Systems, Educational History

Haffner, Alden N. – Optometric Education, 1991
A review of optometry's twentieth-century history looks at curriculum standardization and recognition of the doctorate in Optometry, federal legislation, public health movement, optometry in universities, use of pharmaceuticals, the primary care concept, Optometry in group health care, growth of professional publications, and entry into health…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Doctoral Degrees, Drug Therapy, Educational History
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