Description

The latest advances in the area of optical technologies and clinical optometry compiled in a highly efficient postgraduate certificate that will optimize your effort with the best results”

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Continuous training in the latest optometric technologies and treatments is essential in professional updating, preparing to take on jobs that are increasingly integrated into the healthcare system, both public and private.

The postgraduate certificate in Low Vision and Geriatric Optometry covers the main fields of optometrist action, always highly updated and with a first level teaching staff. The study plan has been designed from the perspective and experience of experts highly specialized in their modules, and immersed in the clinical world, which has led us to know the current and future training challenges.

This program will present the latest advances in the knowledge and examination of low vision, new classifications and treatments, as well as the initial approach to these patients and to the follow-up process.

This training has been clearly and robustly directed to the clinical field, preparing students to develop in this field with extensive theoretical and practical knowledge in optometry.

Students will follow modules, each of them structured in 10 topics. Each topic consists of a theoretical introduction, explanations by the professor, activities, etc., in such a way that learning becomes an enjoyable journey to high-level knowledge in Optical Instrumentation and Clinical Optometry.

In conclusion, this postgraduate certificate provides professionals with the theoretical and clinical knowledge necessary to address any of the specialties within Optics and Optometry, as well as opening the door to clinical research.

Increase your decision-making confidence by updating your knowledge through this postgraduate certificate”

This postgraduate certificate in Low Vision and Geriatric Optometry is the most complete and up-to-date scientific program on the market. The most important features of the program include: 

  • More than 100 clinical cases presented by experts in the different specialties
  • The graphic, schematic, and eminently practical contents with which they are created provide scientific and practical information on the disciplines that are essential for professional practice
  • The latest developments in Low Vision and Geriatric Optometry
  • The presentation of hands-on workshops on procedures, diagnostic and therapeutic techniques
  • An algorithm-based interactive learning system for decision-making in the clinical situations presented throughout the course
  • Theoretical lessons, questions to the expert, debate forums on controversial topics, and individual reflection assignments
  • Content that is accessible from any fixed or portable device with an Internet connection

This postgraduate certificate is the best investment you can make in selecting a refresher program to update your knowledge of Low Vision and Geriatric Optometry”

Its teaching staff includes professionals belonging to the field of nutrition, who contribute their work experience to this training, as well as renowned specialists from reference societies and prestigious universities. 

The multimedia content, developed with the latest educational technology, will provide the professional with situated and contextual learning, i.e., a simulated environment that will provide immersive training programmed to train in real situations. 

This program is designed around Problem Based Learning, whereby the professional must try to solve the different professional practice situations that arise during the academic year. The professional will be assisted by an innovative, interactive video system created by renowned and experienced experts in Low Vision and Geriatric Optometry.  

All the necessary methodology for non-specialist medical professionals in the field of clinical optometry, in a specific and concrete postgraduate certificate"

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We have the best didactic material, an innovative methodology and a 100% online training, which will facilitate your study"

Objectives

This postgraduate certificate is designed to effectively update physician knowledge, in order to provide quality care based on the latest scientific evidence that guarantees patient safety.

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If you are looking for success in your profession, we can help you achieve it. We offer you the most complete training on Optical Technologies and Clinical Optometry"

General Objectives

  • Learn the most advanced examination and treatment techniques for low vision, updating new concepts and techniques to apply directly in professional clinical practice

Specific Objectives

  • In-depth knowledge of the types of conditions that cause mild, medium and severe visual impairment
  • In-depth knowledge of the visual alterations that occur in the different types of pathologies and non-ocular conditions that affect the visual system
  • Learn the visual examination protocol to be performed for the detection and follow-up of the patient with low vision Know TR techniques applied to patients
  • Present the latest advances in low vision aids, examination techniques, and patient and family support
  • In-depth knowledge of the new protocols for examination, treatment and action in a multidisciplinary manner
  • Broaden professional projection, being able to evaluate, diagnose and treat patients with low vision, who are currently neglected to a great extent by optometrists, since it is still a "young" discipline, unknown to society and a great part of eye care professionals.
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Take the step and join one of the largest online universities in the world” 

Postgraduate Certificate on Low Vision and Geriatric Optometry

Visual impairment is not a new issue, although perhaps the dimension of the problem is a little known topic. According to the WHO, in a report issued in 2021, about one third of the world's population (about 2.2 billion people) suffer from some vision deficit. Of this figure, about one thousand cases (according to WHO estimates) could either have been avoided or have not yet been treated. A large part of the total number of people affected are older adults. The Postgraduate Certificate in Low Vision and Geriatric Optometry offered by TECH Technological University is an academic proposal of the highest curricular value to face this problem. It is well known that the aging process involves changes in physiological systems that alter locomotor, sensory and neuronal processing functions, which is why organs such as sight are affected. More and more people are required to deal with this aspect and the online Postgraduate Certificate we have designed guarantees you the ideal knowledge to develop with full confidence in this area so requested in the ophthalmologic world.

Become an expert on geriatric optometry

Advances in the field of eye health demand a continuous updating of the intervention processes by the graduate. The obstacle in this matter is that the academic programs offered for this purpose are generally extensive, face-to-face and with fixed schedules that leave aside any other activity that is planned to be performed. Here at TECH we offer you the possibility of training in one of the most popular areas in the visual health sector in a brief, 100% online way and with total time flexibility that allows you to carry out other activities. We also have a teaching team with remarkable experience in ophthalmology that will accompany you through ten topics, each one of them broken down in a relevant way. You will learn about the conditions that cause low vision, ocular pathologies, the correct anamnesis in geriatric patients, notions about light in relation to sight, the optometric examination and training in geriatric patients, among many other useful topics. We encourage you to study with us and expand your vision towards new horizons of excellence and high-level professional development.