Optometry & Clinical Practice BSc (Singapore)

For students studying in Singapore applicants must be Singapore or Malaysia passport holders who can meet the UK Visa requirement for the stage 3 compulsory UK residence training.

Subject specific requirements:
An optician or optometry-related qualification appropriate for RPL into the second stage of the Programme.

UCAS code: B510

Typical offers:
Entry will be to Stage II, and will be via RPL of an approved programme of study at Diploma level. Students will normally require a minimum 2.0 GPA in an approved Diploma, and a GCSE in English.

Students without an appropriate GCSE qualification in English will require an English language qualification equivalent to an IELTS score of 6.5 overall with a minimum of 6 in each section.

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• The Optometry and Clinical Practice BSc exactly maps to the UK Optometry BSc programme for training world class optometrists. It provides the theoretical and practical knowledge and skills needed to enter work as an optometrist.

  The novel mode of delivery allows students to undertake most of their study in Singapore at Parkway College, but also to benefit from the experience and teaching of the optometry experts at Aston University.

  Clinical experience received in Stage II will be refined in the Stage III clinics during the summer where you will help to provide patients with a full range of ophthalmic services. You will work under the close supervision of our clinical staff, including ophthalmologists, optometrists and dispensing opticians. These skills will be expanded upon in Stage IV.

  Throughout the programme you will be taught techniques of general eye examination, spectacle dispensing, fitting and aftercare of contact lenses as well as paediatric and geriatric optometry. These skills and additional optometry specialties are integrated into the clinical investigation and management of visual problems.

  The course is divided into 4 stages with the following modules:

  Disclaimer: Note, the below module specifications are subject to change as part of the University's ongoing quality review process and availability.

  Stage I

  Recognition of Prior Learning so direct entry into stage II.

  Stage II - tutorials and practical skill development at IBZ
  

  OC2PCL:Contact Lenses

  OC2PO1:Ophthalmic Instrumentation

  OC2POD:Ophthalmic Drugs

  OC2PPO:Primary Optometric Examination

  OC2PVP:Vision and Visual Perception

  Stage III - 1 month residential at Aston University

  OC2PPS:Practical Skills

  OC3PCP:Clinical Practice

  Stage IV - tutorials and practical skill development at IBZ
  

  OC3PAE:Anterior Eye Conditions

  OC3PBP:Binocular Vision and Paediatrics

  OC3PRM:Evidence Based Practice and Research Methods

  OC3PLV:Professional, Occupational and Low Vision

  OC3PPE:Posterior Eye and General Ophthalmology