Practice scope and job confidence of two-year trained optometry technicians in Eritrea

BMC Medical Education

Table 1 Professional courses offered in third and fourth semesters (total credit hours = 74)^a

Third semester Courses	Credit hours	Fourth semester courses	Credit hours
Ophthalmic Optics I	4	Ophthalmic Optics II	4
Physical and Geometrical Optics	4	Introduction to low vision	3
Dispensing Optics I	3	Dispensing Optics II	4
Ocular Anatomy and Physiology	2	Basic Ocular Disease	2
Physiological Optics	2	Public Health and Community Optometry	2
Clinical Optometry Procedure	4	Clinical Hospital Practice	3^b

^aOne introduction to optometry course (3 credit hours) is also offered in second semester
^b3 clinical credit hours is equivalent to 12 h per week of hospital placement

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