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BSc (Hons)

Ophthalmic Dispensing

Attendance

Campus

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Duration

2 Years

Start

September 2023

UCAS Code

B590

Delivery

Campus Taught

Our BSc Ophthalmic Dispensing is a unique, two-year fast-track programme for those in the industry who want to gain qualifications while working.

The programme blends online delivery with week-long, on-campus blocks, embedding learning with clinical and practical skills. You can see how the knowledge from the programme can be applied in the real world within your workplace.

On successful completion of this programme, you may have the opportunity to transfer onto the Optometry programme if you meet the requirements to a satisfactory standard.

This course is being updated in line with the General Optical Council's new learning outcomes.

Please note this course is only available to UK students.

Why study with us

A fast-track format means you start your pre-registration in your last year and you could be a registered dispensing optician within two years of starting the course.
You’ll have access to our brand new purpose-built vision sciences facilities including specialist dispensing and refraction labs.
You will have the opportunity to learn within our on campus Eye Health Clinic, equivalent to a high street practice and open to members of the public.

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What you’ll do

You’ll be taught by experienced practitioners and visiting clinicians who help supervise and facilitate specific aspects of the programme.
Gain experience with volunteer patients, from visual impairment charities, who are part of the programme too.
You’ll be able to visit large scale glazing labs and you'll have access to specialist labs such as the Dispensing and Optometry Pre-Clinical space.

Module overview

You'll study the core modules below across two years. OP1001: Year 1 (semester one and two). OP2001: Year 1 (semester three) and Year 2 (semester one). OP3001: Year 2 (semester two and three).

Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of our published course information. However, our programmes are subject to ongoing review and development. Changing circumstances may cause alteration to, or the cancellation of, courses. Changes may be necessary to comply with the requirements of accrediting bodies or revisions to subject benchmarks statements. As well as to keep courses updated and contemporary, or as a result of student feedback. We reserve the right to make variations if we consider such action to be necessary or in the best interests of students.

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Academic expertise

Accreditations

This course is accredited by the General Optical Council. They are the regulator for optical professions in the UK and set standards for optical education and training, performance and conduct. You will need to be registered them throughout the duration of your studies.

Future careers

As a registered dispensing optician, with a BSc in Ophthalmic Dispensing, you could start your own business, work in a primary care or hospital setting or high street optical practice.

Fees and funding

2022/23

Full-time£11100 per year

2023/24

Full-time£11,100 per year

Scholarships and bursaries

We have a wide range of scholarships, bursaries and funds available to help support you whilst studying with us.

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As a blended learning programme, lectures will be delivered online (via the virtual learning environment) with formative questions to support learning at the end of each lecture. A variety of multimedia formats are used to deliver the learning including: audio recordings, hand-outs, videos, online collaborations such as team working, discussions and webinars.

Campus block attendance pattern; one week (Mon-Fri) once every two months, so in a semester, it would be two on campus blocks. Blocks will run across the whole year including the summer semester.

A range of assessment formats are used throughout the programme and include practical assessments such as Objective Structured Clinical Exams (OCSEs), closed book written exams comprised of MCQs, short-answer questions and calculations, presentations, case records/portfolio and written assignments.

During the residential block sessions, industry colleagues will come in to deliver specific lectures on topics like specialist contact lenses and business enterprise.

The Vision Sciences team works with the Association of British Dispensing Opticians (ABDO) to provide a route to registration as a Dispensing Optician.

The Vision Sciences academic staff members are all registered optometrists and dispensing opticians so you’ll benefit from their great clinical experience and your teaching and learning will be up to date.

Visiting clinicians supervise and facilitate specific aspects of the programme.