OPT-7408 Public Hlth Opt & Research Methods
Public health professionals care for populations while individual health care providers, including primary care optometrists, care for individual patients. Primary care optometrists also practice within the population based public health community. This course introduces the student to the frequency and distribution of common systemic, eye, and vision conditions as well as public health law and some controversies in eye care. The student will also learn skills to evaluate observational studies, experimental studies, basic biostatistics, and principles of screening.