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This course will extend your knowledge and interest in contact lenses by developing your theoretical and practical understanding of the design of rigid and soft spherical and toric lenses, contact lens fitting principles, and the clinical assessment and optimisation of contact lens fittings. It builds on the Bachelor of Vision Science, and OPTM6400 Optometric Preclinical Practice, and will extend primary care consulting room technical skills into the optometric specialty of contact lenses.  There will be a strong emphasis on the acquisition of specific contact lens-related clinical skills, together with problem solving and clinical decision making in the fitting of both rigid and soft contact lenses.  Specific complications of contact lens wear will be discussed, along with strategies to manage and avoid adverse effects.  The course will include lectures, practical classes, assignments and self-directed learning.