SIGNIFICANCE OF OPHTHALMIC OPTICS IN OPTICIANRY EDUCATION AT TURKEY

Yıl 2017, Cilt: 1 Sayı: 1, 7 - 14, 01.04.2017

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Öz

The Opticianry program in Vocational school leads to Optician degree and is usually a post-high school of
study of two years duration in Turkey. Historically Opticianry developed out of Physics and/or applied
optics programs. Optics, more specifically, ophthalmic optics and it’s applications to the human eye plays
a significant role in the education of an opticianry. In addition, opticians are educated in physical,
geometric and visual optics. The ophthalmic optics continues to play a major role in the training and
career of an opticianry, especially with the advent of new technologies in treating low vision,
measurement and correction of aberrations of the eye, understanding of ophthalmic lenses (spectacle
lenses) and how they are designed the correct vision etc. In order to provide this understanding, the
essential fundamentals of physical, geometrical, and visual optics are presented as they relate to the eye
and vision. In Turkey, opticians are involved in the actual process of making eyeglasses, contacts, and
lenses for other purposes. They produce the lenses from scratch to finish according to specifications or
prescriptions. Therefore, Opthalmic Optics in Opticianry education is considerable important science for
opticians

Anahtar Kelimeler

Opticianry, optic science, human eye, lenses.