2. “…..the eye is the window of the
body through which it feels its way
and enjoy the beauty of the world.
Owing to the eye the soul is
content to stay in its bodily prison,
for without it such bodily prison is
torture.”
Leonardo da vinci (1452 –
1519)
3. Word optometry
Comes from Greek word
Opsis + metron
( opsis means view and metron means rule/ measurment)
The root word opto derived from the
Greek word ophthalmus which
means eye
4. History
“Those who don't know history will
repeat past mistakes”
Optometry began about 100 years ago
when the first optometry licensure
laws were passed in US
Optometry began with the
pronouncement “Let there be light.”
5. Origin
Tradesmen who entered the respective
professions
Optometry – jewelers : they had the tools to
work on spectacles
Medicine – barbers : they had the
equipment with which early surgeries could
be done
Refracting opticians became known as
optometrists
7. Who is an optometrist?
Optometrists are the primary
healthcare practitioners of the eye and
visual system who provide
comprehensive eye and vision care
Refracting and dispensing
Detection/diagnosis and management
of disease in the eye
Rehabilitation of conditions of the
visual system
World council of optometry (WCO)
8. Who are optometrist ?
Graduates - from the proficiency
science or +2 background and has
completed the Bachelor of Optometry
or Vision science degree
Vision specialist
9. Optometry in Nepal
B. Optometry – started in 1998 in
collaboration with University of Auckland,
New Zealand
Four-year academic course
Optometry graduates of IOM
79 in number (14 batches)
10.
11. WHAT DOES AN OPTOMETRIST DO?
Refraction
Contact lens
Orthoptics
Low vision
Perimetry
Electrophysiological test
Vision therapy
Visual rehabilitation
12. WHAT TYPE OF KNOWLEDGE
DOES AN OPTOMETRIST HAVE?
Basic science
Ocular science and applied optics
Ocular disease , ocular pharmacology
Visual science
Contact lens , low vision , binocular
single vision
Ophthalmic dispensing
Community science and research
14. OUR PASSOUT SENIORS
Studying PHD 17 in number
+ PHD doctors 7 in number
40% seniors are practicing at Nepal
where as 60% are in foreign country