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Postgraduate certificate Pediatric Optometry

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The course objective is to provide professionals with the necessary tools for to practice pediatric optometry in their own offices, as well as to expand strategies and knowledge in this specialty, focusing on cases from a theoretical-practical model.

University certificate

duration

6 weeks

Modality

Online

Schedule

At your own pace

Exams

Online

start date

Credits

6 ECTS

financing up to

3 months

Price(first year)

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Introduction to the Program

The latest advances in the area of optical technologies and clinical optometry compiled in a highly efficient Postgraduate Certificate that will optimize your effort with the best results"

Children have a unstable, evolving visual system that is sensitive to their environment. Therefore, all optometrists working with children must be able to prevent, detect, treat and, if necessary, refer patients to the appropriate professional. Today's society forces more and more frequent use of near vision, and this may be the cause of visual dysfunctions in children.

Research is essential for the development of science and, especially, in the health sciences. Optics and Optometry, as a health profession, require continuous research to improve the visual health of the population, applying evidence-based practices.

Biostatistics is a fundamental tool for any health professional interested in research or who has a critical spirit towards new procedures and publications.

Continuous training in the latest optometric technologies and treatments is essential in professional updating, preparing to take on jobs that are increasingly integrated into the healthcare system, both public and private.

The Postgraduate certificate in Pediatric Optometry covers the main fields of optometrist action, always highly updated and with a first level teaching staff. The study plan has been designed from the perspective and experience of experts highly specialized in their modules, and immersed in the clinical world, which has led us to know the current and future training challenges.

This training has been clearly and robustly directed to the clinical field, preparing students to develop in this field with extensive theoretical and practical knowledge in optometry.

Students will follow modules, each of them structured in 10 topics. Each topic consists of a theoretical introduction, explanations by the professor, activities, etc., in such a way that learning becomes an enjoyable journey to high-level knowledge in Optical Instrumentation and Clinical Optometry.

In conclusion, this Postgraduate certificate provides professionals with the theoretical and clinical knowledge necessary to address any of the specialties within Optics and Optometry, as well as opening the door to clinical research.

This Postgraduate certificate in Pediatric Optometry will help you keep up to date to provide comprehensive quality care to patients”

This Postgraduate certificate in Pediatric Optometry is the most complete and up-to-date educational program on the market. The most important features of the program include:

More than 100 clinical cases presented by experts in the different specialties
The graphic, schematic, and eminently practical contents with which they are created provide scientific and practical information on the disciplines that are essential for professional practice
The latest developments in Pediatric Optometry
The presentation of hands-on workshops on procedures, diagnostic and therapeutic techniques
An algorithm-based interactive learning system for decision-making in the clinical situations presented throughout the course
Theoretical lessons, questions to the expert, debate forums on controversial topics, and individual reflection assignments
Content that is accessible from any fixed or portable device with an Internet connection

This Postgraduate certificate is the best investment you can make when choosing a refresher program to expand your existing knowledge of Pediatric Optometry”

The teaching staff includes professionals from the field of Pediatric Optometry, who bring their experience to this training, as well as renowned specialists from leading societies and prestigious universities.

The multimedia content, developed with the latest educational technology, will provide the professional with situated and contextual learning, i.e., a simulated environment that will provide an immersive training experience designed to train for real-life situations.

This program is designed around Problem Based Learning, where the medical professional must try to solve the different professional practice situations that arise during the course. For this purpose, the specialist will be assisted by an innovative interactive video system created by renowned and experienced experts in treating patients in children with extensive experience.

All the necessary methodology for non-specialist medical professionals in the field of clinical optometry, in a specific and concrete Postgraduate certificate"

We have the best didactic material, an innovative methodology and a 100% online training, which will facilitate your study"

Syllabus

The content structure has been designed by a team of professionals who recognize the implications of training in the medical practice of Pediatric Optometry, who are aware of the current relevance of specialization to be able to treat pediatric patients with urgent pathology, and who are committed to quality teaching through new educational technologies.

This Postgraduate certificate in Pediatric Optometry will help you keep up to date to provide comprehensive quality care to patients”

Module 1. Pediatric Optometry

1.1. Principles of Aberrometry

1.1.1. Wavefront

1.1.1.1. Perfect Wavefront
1.1.1.2. Aberrated Wavefront

1.1.2. Perfect Optical System and Diffraction

1.1.2.1. Diffraction Rings

1.1.3. Classification of Optical Aberrations

1.1.3.1. High Order
1.1.3.2. Low Order

1.1.4. Decomposition into Zernike Polynomials

1.1.4.1. Zernike Coefficients
1.1.4.2. Normal Values

1.2. Clinically Significant Optical Aberrations

1.2.1. Spherical aberration

1.2.1.1. Optical Foundation
1.2.1.2. Positive Spherical Aberration
1.2.1.3. Negative Spherical Aberration
1.2.1.4. Normal Values

1.2.2. Coma

1.2.2.1. Normal Values

1.3. Metrics for Measuring Visual Quality

1.3.1. Zernike Coefficients
1.3.2. Strehl's Ratio
1.3.3. CSF and MTF
1.3.4. RMS

1.4. External Ocular Aberrations

1.4.1. Corneal Geometry
1.4.2. Asphericity

1.4.2.1. Asphericity Coefficients
1.4.2.2. Aspherical and Spherical Aberration

1.4.3. Normal Distribution of Corneal Aberrations

1.4.3.1. Normal Eye Asphericity
1.4.3.2. Normal Eye Coma

1.5. Internal Ocular Aberrations

1.5.1. Lens
1.5.2. Methods

1.6. Aberrations in Irregular Corneas

1.6.1. Keratoconus
1.6.2. Corneal Ectasia

1.7. Induced Aberrometric Changes on the Cornea

1.7.1. Orthokeratology

1.7.1.1. Focused Treatment Case
1.7.1.2. Off-Center Treatment Case

1.7.2. Aberrometric Changes Induced by Corneal Refractive Surgery

1.7.2.1. Myopia Surgery
1.7.2.2. Hyperopia Surgery
1.7.2.3. Off-Center Ablations

1.8. Aberrometric Changes Induced by Crystalline Lens Surgery and Intraocular Lens Implants

1.8.1. Intraocular Lens Aberrations
1.8.2. Asphericity and Aberrations in the Pseudophakic Eye

1.9. Instruments for Measuring Visual Quality

1.9.1. Surveyors
1.9.2. Hartman-Shack Aberrometry

1.10. Compensating Ocular Aberrations

1.10.1. Contact Lenses

A comprehensive teaching program, structured in well-developed teaching units, oriented towards learning that is compatible with your personal and professional life"

Postgraduate Certificate in Pediatric Optometry

The treatment of visual disturbances in children requires a series of solid theoretical and practical knowledge regarding the functioning of the optical system during this stage and the most effective techniques for the detection of such imperfections. For this reason, at TECH Global University we have created this Postgraduate Certificate in Pediatric Optometry, whose curriculum covers the principles of aberrometry, the metrics for measuring visual quality and the classification of clinically significant aberrations, with special emphasis on external and internal ocular aberrations. Subsequently, everything related to aberrometric changes induced on the cornea and those induced by crystalline lens surgery and intraocular lens implantation is covered. This syllabus will allow students to acquire the necessary skills to evaluate, diagnose and perform interventions according to the age of the patient and the respective evolutionary stage of their visual status. At a more advanced stage and based on the data collected during their consultations, they will also be able to plan specific comprehensive prevention strategies. Thanks to this, at the end of the program, our students will perform outstandingly in the exercise of their work, responding adequately to the requirements of their patients.

Postgraduate studies in Optometry

Studying this Postgraduate Certificate in Optometry is an opportunity to be completely introduced in the daily practice of this specialty, since it offers the indispensable tools for the approach of refractive and accommodative defects. Throughout this academic course, professionals will master from the preparation of reports for pre-diagnosis (medical records, referral reports, interprofessional communication) to the establishment of parameters for the consolidation of optometric goals of the population. This acquired knowledge will enable them to assess the ocular structure of infants, taking into account the impact of the neurophysiological basis of vision on the different visual skills. Likewise, the graduate of the Postgraduate Certificate in Pediatric Optometry will be qualified to perform anomaly evaluation procedures (based on the metrics of Zernike coefficient, Strehl ratio, CSF, MTF and RMS) and to prescribe orthokeratology interventions, centered or decentered treatments, laser ablations and surgeries.