King's College London
- Start Date: 02 Jan, 2023
- 3 weeks
- Study Content: Videos
Explore all aspects of the orthoptic profession – from the conditions an orthoptist investigates to the exciting career prospects.
Course Fee: Free
Certificate Cost: See Fees and Eligibility
Course Description
This course is made available through the eLearnAfrica and FutureLearn partnership.
Start your career as an orthoptist
Orthoptics is an allied health profession in demand worldwide, particularly in the NHS. It is considered a specialist subject, which means students in the UK are eligible for funding throughout their studies.
This three-week course will provide you with accessible knowledge and a comprehensive introduction to orthoptics.
With this understanding, you’ll be able to develop in your career as an orthoptist as you discover what the profession entails, the opportunities available, and the routes into this exciting professional world.
Understand the basics of eye anatomy and binocular vision
An orthoptist has a varied role and treats many fascinating conditions.
On the course, you’ll unpack these conditions, such as binocular vision, and learn the basics of eye anatomy to help develop your clinical skills.
Become inspired by the progressive careers of orthoptists
You’ll delve into the impressive extended roles and progressive careers of orthoptists.
Exploring the NHS bands and salaries, the continuing professional development available, and listening to what patients think, you’ll gain a large-scale picture of orthoptics to understand how you can develop within the role.
Develop crucial clinical skills alongside King’s College London
Throughout the course, you’ll be guided by the specialists at King’s College London and King’s College Hospital Optical Services.
With their expertise, you’ll finish the course with the clinical skills and knowledge to begin an exciting career in orthoptics.
This course is designed for anyone interested in orthoptics and expanding their knowledge of different allied health professions.
You may be a prospective or current student, or a current orthoptist wanting to learn from other departments and organisations.
You may also be a member of the eye department and you’re interested in learning more about what orthoptists do.
Certificate cost may vary. You will be redirected to the host page for cost and payment options.
King's College London
King’s College London is one of the world’s leading research and teaching universities based in the heart of London.
King’s is dedicated to the advancement of knowledge, learning and understanding in the service of society. King’s is ranked in the top 20 universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2013), The Sunday Times ‘University of the Year 2010/11’ and the fourth oldest in England. A research-led university based in the heart of London, King’s has more than 25,000 students (of whom more than 10,000 are graduate students) from 145 countries, and some 6,500 employees.
King’s is in the second phase of a £1 billion redevelopment programme which is transforming its estate. King’s has an outstanding reputation for providing world-class teaching and cutting-edge research. In the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) for British universities, 23 departments were ranked in the top quartile of British universities. 60 per cent of our research is classed by the RAE as world-leading or of internationally-excellent standard. The College is in the top seven UK universities for research earnings and has an overall annual income of nearly £155 million (2011-12).
Over the past 180 years King’s has made an extraordinary contribution to modern life, particularly in the areas of humanities, law, the sciences (including a wide range of health areas such as psychiatry, medicine, nursing and dentistry) and social sciences including international affairs. We have played a major role in many of the advances that have shaped modern life, such as the discovery of the structure of DNA and research that led to the development of radio, television, mobile phones and radar. We are the largest centre for the education of healthcare professionals in Europe; no university has more Medical Research Council Centres.
King’s Health Partners brings together a world-leading research-led university (King’s College London) and three of London’s most successful NHS Foundation Trusts (Guy’s and St Thomas’, King’s College Hospital and South London and Maudsley).
This institution is available on eLearnAfrica through partnership with FutureLearn.
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