Specialist Certificate in the Management of Contact Lens Patients

This Specialist Certificate is a part-time course for established optometrists seeking to continue their professional development and extend their capabilities in contact lens practice.

Offered by the Department of Optometry & Vision Sciences in the School of Health Sciences, this is an entirely online course covering key areas in contact lens management, including clinical grading scales, advanced contact lens fitting techniques, issues of microbiology and infection, and the impact of new materials, lens designs and solutions.

This Specialist Certificate allows optometrists to advance their clinical capabilities in the day-to-day management of eye disease.

You will cover contemporary evidence-based information regarding common in-practice contact lens issues including:

• Use of clinical grading scales
• Contact lens discomfort
• Microbiology and infection associated with contact lens wear
• The impact of new materials, lens designs and solutions
• Advanced contact lens fitting techniques such as: toric rigid lens fitting, contact lenses for keratoconus, orthokeratology and the fitting of contact lenses after corneal refractive surgery and keratoplasty.

Through engagement with a wide range of recent literature in health sciences, you will develop a deeper, evidence-based understanding of contact lens issues, and transferrable skills that can assist with education in other eye diseases.