Contact Lenses and Practice I.

Grading of the course requires grading of the following courses:

Macromolecular Chemistry (17PBOMCHA)

Garant předmětu:

Jiří Michálek

Lecturer:

Jiří Cendelín, Jiří Michálek

Tutor:

Jiří Cendelín, Iva Klimešová, Jiří Michálek, Leontýna Varvařovská, Markéta Žáková

Supervisor:

Department of Natural Sciences

Synopsis:

Contact lens history and development. Contact lens terminology. Manufacturing methods. Classification of contact lenses and their materials. Material properties. Contact lens designs. Different methods of contact lens wearing and replacement. Contact lens care: composition and principles of action. Indications and contraindications of contact lenses. Spherical soft and rigid lenses. Instrumentation of contact lens practice. Patient history, basic examination and contact lens selection. Instructions regarding handling and contact lens care. Contact lens insertion and removal.

Requirements:

Credit: last hour automatically in the case of good test results and 70% participation, or compensatory need to succeed in final written work

Testing: oral test, 2 questions from each group

Syllabus of lectures:

1.Contact lens history and development.

2.Contact lens terminology.

3.Manufacturing methods.

4.Classification of contact lenses and their materials.

5.Material properties.

6.Contact lens designs.

7.Different methods of contact lens wearing and replacement.

8.Contact lens care: composition and principles of action.

9.Indications and contraindications of contact lenses.

10.Spherical soft and rigid lenses.

Syllabus of tutorials:

Instrumentation of contact lens practice.

Patient history, basic examination and contact lens selection.

Instructions regarding handling and contact lens care.

Contact lens insertion and removal.

Study Objective:

Anamnesis, basic investigation and choose of contact lenses

Study materials:

1.Phillips. et al.: Contact Lenses. 1997, Butterworth-Heinemann, Oxford.

2.EFRON, Nathan. Contact lens complications. 3rd ed. Edinburgh: Elsevier Saunders, 2012.

3.EFRON, Nathan, ed. Contact lens practice. 2nd ed. Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann, 2010.

4.DOUTHWAITE, W. A. Contact lens optics and lens design. 3rd ed. Edinburgh: Elsevier/Butterworth-Heinemann, 2006.

Note:

Time-table for winter semester 2022/2023:

Time-table is not available yet

Time-table for summer semester 2022/2023:

	06:00–08:0008:00–10:0010:00–12:0012:00–14:0014:00–16:0016:00–18:0018:00–20:0020:00–22:0022:00–24:00
Mon
Tue	roomKL:B-234 Klimešová I. 12:00–13:50 (lecture parallel1 parallel nr.4) Kladno FBMI Laboratoř kontaktních čoček
Wed
Thu	roomKL:C-4 Cendelín J. Michálek J. 14:00–15:50 (lecture parallel1) Kladno FBMI C4, Malý sál
Fri

The course is a part of the following study plans:

• Optics and Optometry - full-time (compulsory course)