Bachelor's degree in Orthoptics
- Tunis, Tunisia
- Sousse, Tunisia
Bachelor's degree
DURATION
3 years
LANGUAGES
French
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Key Summary
About: The orthoptist specializes in visual balance and binocular vision disorders. Working from childhood to older age, they provide visual rehabilitation for low vision and treat oculomotor imbalances and neurosensory deficits using rehabilitation techniques based on ocular gymnastics. Orthoptists also take part in exploration, assessment and screening, aiming to restore convergence, correct deficiencies and improve patients' visual comfort. Keywords: orthoptics, binocular vision, rehabilitation, ocular motility, low vision, screening, diagnosis.
Career Outcomes: Graduates can work in private practice as rehabilitation orthoptists, or be employed in hospitals or specialist clinics. Roles include vision screening, community low-vision services, pediatric orthoptics and multidisciplinary rehabilitation teams.
The orthoptist is a specialist in the balance of vision that provides, on medical prescriptions, visual rehabilitation in low vision and the treatment of binocular vision disorders such as oculomotor imbalances and neurosensory deficits.
By means of appropriate rehabilitation techniques based essentially on ocular gymnastics, the orthoptist whose function extends from the child to the elderly person, can remedy problems of convergence and deficiencies and render to his patients a good comfort. visual.
Orthoptists also participate in exploration and screening operations.
strengths
- UPSAT exclusivity: UPSAT is the only university in Tunisia that trains orthoptists.
- The best internships in Tunisia (HEDI Raïes Institute, Tunis Military Hospital , ophthalmology department of Cartagena Clinic, lazer center and ophthalmological exploration of Tunis, Ibn ZOHR ophthalmology clinic .
