ECTS credits ECTS credits: 3
ECTS Hours Rules/Memories Hours of tutorials: 2 Expository Class: 4 Interactive Classroom: 9 EEES Clinics: 8 Total: 23
Use languages Spanish, Galician
Type: Ordinary subject Master’s Degree RD 1393/2007 - 822/2021
Departments: Applied Physics, External department linked to the degrees
Areas: Optometry, Área externa M.U en Optometría
Center Faculty of Optics and Optometry
Call: First Semester
Teaching: With teaching
Enrolment: Enrollable | 1st year (Yes)
- Learn the diagnostic tests to distinguish a normal ocular surface from one altered by the use of different types of contact lenses.
- Evaluate the relationship between signs, symptoms, and visual quality with ocular discomfort associated with contact lens wear.
- Implement the necessary changes in contact lens fitting to prevent or minimize ocular and visual discomfort in contact lens users.
- Development of the following concepts: 1) neurobiology of the ocular surface, 2) interaction of contact lenses with the tear film, and 3) interaction of contact lenses with ocular tissues.
- Development of evaluation tests for the ocular surface to detect alterations caused by the use of different types of contact lenses.
- Introduction to the concept of ocular discomfort due to prolonged contact lens wear.
- Introduction to research protocols in the field of contact lenses.
Books
Classification of Slit Lamp Findings. Wolfgang Sickenberger. 2022
Contactología aplicada. Raúl Martín Herranz. Ed ICM. 2005
Contact lens practice. Nathan Efron. Butterworth Heinemann Elsevier. 2010
Contact lens complications. Nathan Efron. Butterworth-Heinemann. Elsevier España, S.A. Madrid. 2005
Superficie ocular y lentes de contacto. JM González-Meijome, C villa Collar Ed. Fundación Salud Visual. Madrid, 2016
Anterior Segment Complications of Contact lens Wear. Joel A. Silbert. Churchill Livingstone Inc.NY. 1994
Anterior Eye Disease and Therapeutics A- Z. AS Bruce and MS Loughnan. Butterworth-Heinemann.2003
Websites of interst
www.bcla.org.uk/Public/Public/Member_Resources/CLEAR.aspx - Web de la British Contact Lens Association y el consenso global CLEAR
www.tearfilm.org - Web de la “Tear Film and Ocular Surface”
www.tearfilm.org/tfoscldreport-spanish/tfos-cld-report-index.htm - Web del “Taller Internacional del Disconfort por Lentes de Contacto”. 2013
Scientific journals of interest
www.journals.elsevier.com/contact-lens-and-anterior-eye - Web de la revista Contact Lens and Anterior Eye.
www.journals.lww.com/claojournal/Pages/default.aspx - Web de la revista Eye and Contact Lens.
www.optometry.co.uk - Web de la revista Optometry Today.
- Knowledge
Con02. Demonstrate mastery of the principles, methodologies, and new technologies in optometry.
Con03. Demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to enter specialized professional practice.
Con04. Understand the specific clinical action criteria in the various areas of visual care: pediatric optometry, geriatric optometry, vision therapy, low vision, ocular surface, and contact lenses.
Con06. Deepen the study of the basic sciences of vision as a tool for knowledge and support in professional and research specialization.
- Skills and Abilities
H/D02. Ability to work collaboratively with other professionals as a member of a multidisciplinary team with a high degree of effectiveness.
H/D05. Acquire skills in the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT).
H/D06. Use various oral and written communication techniques, including presentations, panels, etc., to convey knowledge, proposals, and viewpoints.
H/D07. Acquire the necessary skills to join specialized professional practice in optometry.
H/D11. Ability to collaborate with peers during the patient's visual assessment.
H/D15. Ability to understand all aspects related to the ocular surface and the use of contact lenses.
H/D16. Ability to appropriately and safely apply contact lens fitting protocols.
H/D17. Ability to select suitable candidates for wearing specialty contact lenses.
- Competencies
Comp02. Ability to make decisions based on scientific, technical, and clinical information.
Comp03. Capacity for critical reflection from different knowledge perspectives.
Comp05. Apply appropriate methodology and procedures in scientific research within Vision Sciences.
Comp06. Ability to communicate research findings to specialized, academic, and general audiences.
Comp07. Apply screening concepts in primary visual and ocular care.
Comp08. Develop critical thinking, self-assessment, and decision-making skills.
Comp09. Demonstrate the ability to address complex challenges effectively and adaptably in multidisciplinary environments.
- Theoretical teaching (Online – Asynchronous) (4h): virtual teaching in which the theoretical content, clinical cases, and/or general examples will be made available to students in various presentation formats, possibly accompanied by explanatory audio and/or video in an online environment.
- Interactive seminar (On-site) (2h): mandatory face-to-face sessions (100%) where the various activities to be undertaken in the subject will be explained. This includes the explanation of exercises to be completed in both the “Interactive seminar (Online – Asynchronous)” and “Interactive clinical sessions.”
- Interactive seminar (Online – Asynchronous) (7h): activities proposed by the teaching staff to be submitted through the Virtual Campus (Moodle). These include the preparation of assignments related to the ocular surface and contact lenses, report writing, critical readings, handling of article compendiums, database searches, etc. A timeline outlining the tasks and deadlines will be provided from the beginning of the course. Project-based learning, design thinking, and research-based methodologies will be employed.
- Interactive clinical teaching (8h): mandatory clinical practices (100%) conducted at the Optometry Service. Clinical sessions will take place in small groups and will cover topics related to the ocular surface and contact lenses. Students will be required to submit a clinical report with the results of the various activities performed.
- Small group tutoring (Online – Asynchronous) (2h): personalized or small-group tutoring sessions. These can take place online via Microsoft Teams or asynchronously through the “Q&A Forum” on the subject's Virtual Campus (Moodle).
1. Assessment of “Theoretical teaching (Online – Asynchronous)” and “Interactive seminar (Online – Asynchronous)” will be based on continuous assessment combined with a final exam.
1.1 Continuous assessment will consist of solving problems/exercises associated with each section of the theoretical content. All materials will be available through the USC Virtual Campus (Moodle), and submissions must be made via the same platform. This component will account for 50% of the final grade (5 points).
1.2 The final assessment of the theoretical and seminar content will consist of a final in-person exam, which may include essay questions, short answers, multiple choice, or clinical problem-solving. This will represent 40% of the final grade (4 points).
2. Assessment of “Interactive clinical teaching” will be based on the evaluation of skills and competencies demonstrated during the clinical sessions, along with the submission of the clinical report for each session. This will account for 10% of the final grade (1 point).
Attendance to all clinical practices is mandatory (100%).
In cases of academic dishonesty or fraudulent completion of activities or assessments, the regulations outlined in the “Academic performance and grade review policy” will apply.
Total independent student work hours: 51, distributed as follows:
- Individual or group study: 25 hours
- Writing of exercises, conclusions, or other assignments: 14 hours
- Recommended readings, library research, or similar: 11 hours
To successfully pass the subject Ocular Surface and Contact Lenses, and to properly integrate the knowledge provided, students are strongly encouraged to approach assignments with genuine interest and academic integrity, and to adhere to the timelines outlined in the course schedule provided at the start.
Hugo Pena Verdeal
- Department
- Applied Physics
- Area
- Optometry
- hugo.pena.verdeal [at] usc.es
- Category
- PROFESOR/A PERMANENTE LABORAL
Jacobo García Queiruga
Coordinador/a- Department
- Applied Physics
- Area
- Optometry
- jacobogarcia.queiruga [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: Temporary supply professor to reduce teaching hours
| Thursday | |||
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| 18:00-20:00 | Grupo /CLI_EEES01 | Spanish | Optometry Laboratories |
| 01.14.2026 16:00-18:00 | Grupo /CLE_01 | Computer Room |
| 06.09.2026 16:00-18:00 | Grupo /CLE_01 | Computer Room |