Ophthalmic Pharmacology: Course Outline (BSOP613)

The Course will extend the range of clinical and academic material presented in first- and second-year Clinical Optometry Courses by providing the basic and pharmacology and pharmaceutics for the application of diagnostic and over-the-counter ophthalmic drugs in general clinical optometric practice. The material will provide a basis for understanding the therapeutic use of drugs in the treatment of external eye pathology and glaucoma. Relevant aspects of the law governing the sale and supply of ophthalmic drugs will be included together with aspects of ocular adverse reactions to systemic and ophthalmic medication. The Course will provide the clinical science principles of drug formulation and delivery and the relevance of these to the use of diagnostic drugs in final year clinical work. The Course will complement concurrent final year Courses that incorporate aspects of the treatment of external eye pathology and the treatment of glaucoma.