MOBO101c Behavioural optometry - practice

Faculty of Medicine
spring 2026
Extent and Intensity
0/0/1. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Petr Veselý, DiS., Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. MUDr. Svatopluk Synek, CSc. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Petr Veselý, DiS., Ph.D.
Department of Optometry and Orthoptics – Departments of Non-medical Branches – Faculty of Medicine
Contact Person: Lenka Herníková
Supplier department: Department of Optometry and Orthoptics – Departments of Non-medical Branches – Faculty of Medicine
Timetable
Thu 19. 2. 8:00–8:50 KOM 409, Thu 26. 2. 8:00–8:50 KOM 409, Thu 5. 3. 8:00–8:50 KOM 409, Thu 12. 3. 8:00–8:50 KOM 409, Thu 19. 3. 8:00–8:50 KOM 409, Thu 26. 3. 8:00–8:50 KOM 409, Thu 2. 4. 8:00–8:50 KOM 409, Thu 9. 4. 8:00–8:50 KOM 409, Thu 16. 4. 8:00–8:50 KOM 409, Thu 23. 4. 8:00–8:50 KOM 409, Thu 30. 4. 8:00–8:50 KOM 409, Thu 7. 5. 8:00–8:50 KOM 409, Thu 14. 5. 8:00–8:50 KOM 409, Thu 21. 5. 8:00–8:50 KOM 409, Thu 28. 5. 8:00–8:50 KOM 409
Prerequisites
MPOO0943p Optometry I-lect. && MPOO0943c Optometry I - p.
MPOO0943p && MPOO0943c
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Abstract
Student will be able to do refractive error correction for various working activities after the finishing this course. Students is able to solve problems of increasing of vision effectiveness, e.g. by sport, by patients with asthenopia, he suggests also behavioural exercises, which can lead to improvement of inborn disorders of vision, improvement of accommodation a vergence functions and also improvement of eyeball motions.
Learning outcomes
Student will be able to do refractive error correction for various working activities after the finishing this course. Students is able to solve problems of increasing of vision effectiveness, e.g. by sport, by patients with asthenopia, he suggests also behavioural exercises, which can lead to improvement of inborn disorders of vision, improvement of accommodation a vergence functions and also improvement of eyeball motions.
Key topics
Development of visual function, development of binocular function, principals of neuroophthalmogy, basic concepts of refractive, contactology, clinical, paediatric, working, sport optometry and also low vision optometry and optometry for handicapped patients, visual optometry, Skeffington’s model of vision, vision hygiene, visual abilities analyzes, accommodation vergence mechanisms, screening test, building plans for exercising.
Study resources and literature
  • EVANS, Bruce J. W. Pickwell's binocular vision anomalies. Sixth edition. Philadelphia: Elsevier, 2022, vii, 408. ISBN 9780323733175. info
  • VESELÝ, Petr and Pavel BENEŠ. Vyšetřovací metody v optometrii a interpretace jejich výsledků v praxi (Examination methods in optometry and their interpretation in practice). 1. vydání. Praha: Grada, 2019, 125 pp. 19059. ISBN 978-80-271-2071-0. Grada info
  • SCHEIMAN, Mitchell and Bruce WICK. Clinical management of binocular vision : heterophoric, accommodative, and eye movement disorders. 3rd ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2008, xii, 748. ISBN 9780781777841. info
Approaches, practices, and methods used in teaching
practice
Method of verifying learning outcomes and course completion requirements
credit
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, spring 2019, spring 2020, spring 2021, spring 2022, spring 2023, spring 2024, spring 2025.
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