Competencies and objectives

 

Course context for academic year 2025-26

Actualmente la figura del Óptico-Optometrista aparece cada vez más en los equipos de salud multidisciplinares. De hecho, en los protocolos de trabajo habituales de estos equipos, es el optometrista el encargado de tomar la primera decisión clínica y realizar gran parte del procedimiento y estudio clínico de cada paciente, para llegar al diagnóstico, tratamiento y/o solución adecuados. Ello requiere de profesionales con una formación adecuada a la hora de realizar todo el complejo proceso clínico y de detección de patologías oculares. Debido a la gran cantidad de patología ocular complicada, muchas veces secundaria a problemas sistémicos y/o neurológicos, los centros clínicos requieren de profesionales con una buena formación en este sentido.

El contenido de esta asignatura versa sobre los criterios para realizar todo el proceso clínico diagnóstico en salud ocular, tanto desde la perspectiva de la atención primaria como de la atención secundaria. Se establecerán las pautas para discernir los diferentes cuadros clínicos y así poder explorar y/o remitir adecuadamente a cada paciente, incluyendo técnicas novedosas relacionadas con el control de la miopía y la familiarización con las técnicas clínicas habituales que facilitan el diagnóstico. 

 

 

Learning outcomes / Course competencies (verified by ANECA in official undergraduate and Master’s degrees) for academic year 2025-26

Skills/Skills

  • CB10 : Possess the learning skills that allow them to continue studying in a way that will largely be self-directed or autonomous.
  • CB9 : Know how to communicate their conclusions - and the knowledge and ultimate reasons that support them - to specialized and non-specialized audiences clearly and unambiguously.
  • CE25 : Perform advanced clinical activities related to the professional practice of optometry.
  • CG2 : Develop learning skills, strategies, tools, and techniques in advanced optometry related to problem-solving in their professional field.
  • CG4 : Know how to organize data in the preparation of clinical histories applicable to different population groups that present different visual care needs.
  • CT2 : Develop teamwork skills, whether in teams with personnel from the same discipline or multidisciplinary teams
  • CT3 : Develop skills related to computer tools and information and communication technologies

 

Conocimientos/Contenidos

  • CB6 : Possess and understand knowledge that provides a basis or opportunity to be original in the development and/or application of ideas, often in a research context.
  • CE9 : Learn the optical bases and techniques on which advanced methods for evaluating visual function and recent advances in instrumentation used in the field of vision are based
  • CG1 : Acquire advanced theoretical and practical knowledge in the field of optometry and visual health.
  • CG3 : Acquire the necessary knowledge for the resolution of diagnosis and visual treatments applicable to different population groups

 

Skills/Competences

  • CB7 : Know how to apply acquired knowledge and problem-solving abilities in new or little-known environments within broader (or multidisciplinary) contexts related to their field of study.
  • CB8 : Be able to integrate knowledge and face the complexity of forming judgments from information that, being incomplete or limited, includes reflections on the social and ethical responsibilities linked to the application of their knowledge and judgments.
  • CE13 : Identify current ocular surgery techniques to perform ocular tests included in pre and post-operative examinations.
  • CG5 : Acquire the capacity for information and resource management, reasoning, drawing conclusions, and scientific and technical autonomy
  • CT1 : Adopt the principle of respect for human rights and fundamental rights, respect for gender equality and non-discrimination based on any personal or social condition or circumstance, and respect for the principles of universal accessibility and design for all people

 

 

 

Learning outcomes (Training objectives)

 

1. Organise data in the preparation of medical records, in particular for cases of greater diagnostic complexity.
2. Understand the complete clinical diagnostic process: anamnesis, advanced eye health examination, differential diagnosis.
3. Know the most specific diagnostic techniques for the different population groups.
4. Differentiate the different functional and/or pathological conditions in primary eye health care in order to direct the appropriate treatment or referral for each case.
5. Analyse the control of myopia as a method of tertiary prevention.

1. Organise data in the preparation of medical records, in particular for cases of greater diagnostic complexity.

2. Understand the complete clinical diagnostic process: anamnesis, advanced eye health examination, differential diagnosis.

3. Know the most specific diagnostic techniques for the different population groups.

4. Differentiate the different functional and/or pathological conditions in primary eye health care in order to direct the appropriate treatment or referral for each case.

5. Analyse the control of myopia as a method of tertiary prevention.

 

 

 

Specific objectives stated by the academic staff for academic year 2025-26

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General

Code: 37926
Lecturer responsible:
Cabezos Juan, María Inmaculada
Credits ECTS: 4,50
Theoretical credits: 0,52
Practical credits: 1,28
Distance-base hours: 2,70

Departments involved

  • Dept: Optics, Pharmacology and Anatomy
    Area: Optics
    Theoretical credits: 0,52
    Practical credits: 1,28
    This Dept. is responsible for the course.
    This Dept. is responsible for the final mark record.

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