Contact Lens 2 Study Guide
Contact Lens 2 Study Guide
1. Course Description
This course is a continuation of the course Contact lens 1. Students should be exposed to
a comprehensive knowledge of contact lens and able to combine the knowledge in
contact lens 1 and apply it in topics that they will learn in contact lens 2.
2. Main Topics
Students will learn about fitting various types of contact lens in all age group with
different indications and applications, how to care and keep maintenance of various
types of contact lens, to learn about complications of contact lens wear and the
managements. This subject also will cover topic of verifications of contact lens
parameter and current development of contact lens material, design and
manufacturing
3. Course Prerequisites
The students expected to have passed and cleared the following subject before
undertaking this course:
1. Contact Lens 1
2. Visual Perception and Neurophysiology 1 &2
3. Ocular Anatomy and Physiology
4. Clinical Methods 1 & 2
Knowledge
Upon completion of this course students will be able to:-
Understand and know the need for soft toric lens and toric rgp lens and the
fitting methods
Understand different modality of contact lens, advantages and disadvantage,
their maintainance, complications and management
Understand the need for specialty lens and its indications
Learn the recent advance in contact lens technology
Know the available contact lens in Malaysia and the research related to contact
lens
General Skills
To be able to develop self-study skills by working through exercises and articles
To be able to develop an ability to fit and trouble shoot case related to contact
lens wear
Special Skills
Criteria Pts
Creativity 0 – 10 pts
Max Points: 100.0
2. Clinical Report
Criteria Pts
Recording of results
0 – 20 pts
Comprehensive, Accurate, proper
Max Points: 50.0
5. Reference/ Recommended readings
1. Edward S Bennet, Vinita A Henr, 2000. Clinical manual of contact lens. 2nd edition.
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
2. LW Jones and DA Jones. Common contact lens complication & their recognition &
management, 2000.
3. Bennet ES and Weissman BA. Clinical contact lens practice 2005
4. Efron N. Contact lens practice .2002. Butterworth Heinemann
5. Efron N. Contact lens complication .2nd edition. 2004. Butterworth Heinemann
6. Contact lens pocket guide, Allergan, 1987
7. IACLE modules I to V & IX, VII, IX, X
8. IACLE modules I to V & IX and contact lens journal
8. Grading Scheme
FINAL EVALUATION
ASSIGNMENT/ FINAL THEORY FINAL PRACTICAL
QUIZ EXAM EXAM
9. Teaching Faculty
1 Course overview & revision soft contact lens & RGP Ms Esther
fitting
13 Orthokeratology Ms Ammi