Clinical Optometry MSc
The MSc in Clinical Optometry prepares students to provide enhanced clinical care to patients with an emphasis on the co-management of patients and the expansion of the optometrist’s role in ocular therapeutics. Duration
Full-time: up to two years. Part-time: up to five years. Postgraduate Diploma: up to four years. Postgraduate Certificate: up to two years. Start dates in January and September. Modules normally run over two to three days with an examination approximately six weeks later. Entry requirements
Applicants should be UK-registered optometrists, eligible to practise in the UK and registered with the GOC. Applicants should hold an upper second class honours degree with at least one year’s relevant clinical experience. Overseas optometrists are considered if the undergraduate syllabus studied and clinical responsibilities are similar to those of a UK optometrist. English language requirements
IELTS: 7.0 overall with a minimum of 6.5 in each category.
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Students acquire cutting-edge skills from leading UK experts. City has a thriving research community that is undertaking pioneering research in vision sciences. The University also enjoys strong links with Moorfields Eye Hospital and the Institute of Ophthalmology. The course is for optometrists wishing to extend their professional development and scope of practice.
Course content City is currently the only university to offer the full suite of College of Optometrists’ accredited modules. These are: • Contact lens practice (30 PG credits) • Medical retina (15 PG credits) • Low vision (15 PG credits) • Glaucoma (15 PG credits). In addition, students are able to extend their scope of practice to the highest level with completion of the General Optical Council (GOC) accredited prescribing modules. These are: • Principles of therapeutics • Principles of prescribing • Independent prescribing • Learning in practice via Accreditation of Prior Experiential Learning (part of the Independent Prescribing College of Optometrists’ Common Final Assessment). Other 15 PG credit elective modules include: • Binocular vision • Paediatric optometry • Refractive surgery • Critical thinking for ophthalmic pratice.
MSc Advanced Practice in Health and Social Care (Clinical Optometry)
Modules are mainly delivered via face-to-face sessions; the first day of most modules is delivered by distance learning. Core modules include: • Introduction to research methods and applied data analysis - online (30 credits) • Dissertation (60 credits). Students must gain 60 credits for a Postgraduate Certificate and 120 credits for a Postgraduate Diploma. The addition of a module in research methods and applied data analysis and a dissertation lead to an MSc.
Accreditation This course is accredited for the General Optical Council’s (GOC) Continuing Education and Training points. The course includes the College of Optometrists’ Professional Certificates in Medical Retina, Glaucoma and Low Vision, in addition to the Professional Higher Certificate in Contact Lens Practice. The prescribing modules are also accredited by the GOC.
Career opportunities Graduates can provide enhanced clinical care to patients, particularly in the field of ocular therapeutics. Students can choose to become an additional supply optometrist or an independent prescriber, extending their scope of practice to the highest possible level.
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School of Health Sciences Masters courses: Optometry
Masters courses: Optometry