Principles of Refraction I ((3 Credits))

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This course is designed to develop the student’s knowledge of clinical refraction. Topics will include: etiology, types, symptoms, testing and treatment of refractive anomalies of the eye, accommodation, presbyopia, versions, vengeances, anisometropia and aniseikonia, asthenopia, patient history, procedures involved in preliminary testing, objective and subjective refraction, basic techniques in retinoscope.