OPTOM 368Gerontology and Low Vision
- Faculty
- Science
- Offered
- Winter
- Credit
- 0.5
- Last listed
- 1994–95
No longer offered. It’s in Waterloo’s scanned calendars from 1993–94 to 1994–95; the 1995–96 to 2023–24 calendars are on ucalendar.
An introduction to the epidemiology of aging and the clinical effects of aging on the visual system. The optometric assessment and management of the aging patient. An introduction to low vision care with emphasis on assessment and management of visual impairment and disability, including optical and non-optical therapies. The epidemiology of vision impairment, multidisciplinary management, and associated rehabilitative services will be discussed.
As printed in the 1993–94 to 1994–95 calendars, read by OCR; the scanned page is the original. Later calendars (1995–96 on) aren’t on uwloo.
Requirements, as last listed
Prereq: OPTOM 242, 252, 346
Check it elsewhere
- Undergraduate Calendar, 1995–96If it ran past 1994–95, on ucalendar
- Course outlinesSyllabi from past terms (UW login)
- UW FlowStudent ratings and reviews
- WClassesPast sections back to 2004, and who taught them
In the scanned calendars
How it read in each calendar from 1993–94 to 1994–95, newest first. The text is OCR of the scanned pages; years whose wording matches are shown once, from the clearest scan. Each year links to its page on uwloo and to that page of the scanned PDF.
1993–94 to 1994–95 2 calendars
An introduction to the epidemiology of aging and the clinical effects of aging on the visual system. The optometric assessment and management of the aging patient. An introduction to low vision care with emphasis on assessment and management of visual impairment and disability, including optical and non-optical therapies. The epidemiology of vision impairment, multidisciplinary management, and associated rehabilitative services will be discussed.
Prereq: OPTOM 242, 252, 346
Offered Winter · 3 class, 3 lab hours a week · 0.5 credit