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There is a growing demand across our region and beyond for optometrists - highly skilled healthcare professionals, trained to examine the eyes to detect defects in vision, signs of injury, ocular diseases, and abnormalities - who are qualified to independently prescribe. Join our innovative, interactive, integrated MOptom Optometry and Independent Prescribing* programme, and develop the knowledge and skills you need to confidently pursue a career in this vital field and register as an optometrist with the General Optical Council.
Our progressive course follows a patient- an...
There is a growing demand across our region and beyond for optometrists - highly skilled healthcare professionals, trained to examine the eyes to detect defects in vision, signs of injury, ocular diseases, and abnormalities - who are qualified to independently prescribe. Join our innovative, interactive, integrated MOptom Optometry and Independent Prescribing* programme, and develop the knowledge and skills you need to confidently pursue a career in this vital field and register as an optometrist with the General Optical Council.<br/><br/>Our progressive course follows a patient- and team-based approach to your learning and teaching, grounding you in foundational skills and building on them throughout each level. Through this method, you will gain in-depth theoretical knowledge and practical experience, and develop key skills including critical thinking, problem solving, patient management, and independent prescribing, as you learn how to make clinical management decisions to provide exactly the right care and treatment plan for your patients.<br/><br/>Practical teaching within clinical workshops is delivered in modern, purpose-built facilities in Inverness. Along with training in our clinical skills suite, in years 1-4 you will also undertake a total of 19 weeks of placements in community practice and hospital eye clinics, giving you unique and immediate access to the situations and emergencies dealt with by optometrists daily, experience that goes above and beyond anything that can be replicated in a university setting.<br/><br/>In year 5, you will spend your entire year in the field, with two paid 6-month placements in different types of practices. During this period, you will cover the practical elements required for independent prescribing and, on successful completion of all modules and assessments, you will be eligible for the GOC register as an optometrist, with the specialist qualification of Independent Prescribing.
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Full-time
Duration
5 Years
Start Date
09/2025
Campus
UHI House
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Course Code
B511
Institution Code
H49
Points of Entry
Year 1
Scottish HigherA,B,B,B Must include 2 science subjects out of the following - physics, biology or human biology, chemistry, mathematics GCSE/National 4/National 5For those without mathematics or physics at A level, then GCSE mathematics at a minimum of grade B/6 is required For those without English at A level, then GCSE English Language at minimum grade B/6 is required For those without mathematics or physics at Scottish HNCPass A science-based HNC such as HNC Applied Sciences with grade B or above in the graded unit A levelB,B,B Must include 2 science subjects out of the following - physics, biology or human biology, chemistry, mathematics |
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