ODS-7100 Environmental Optometry and Sports Vision
The online portion of this Environmental Optometry course concentrates on the study, management, and control of natural and human factors in the environment that can affect the health and visual status of patients. The second portion of the course will concentrate on the study, management and treatment of Sports Vision issues. Because of specific risk factors in the occupational, recreational, sports and home environments, optometric practitioners should be well versed concerning visual demands and potential sources of hazard in their patients’ environments and avocations. This course will briefly introduce environmental optometry and sports vision concepts that apply to optometric practice.