Dalhousie
      University
     
    

    
     
      MSc
      Clinical
      Vision
      Science
     
     
      with
      concurrent
      Graduate
     
     
      Diploma
      in
      Orthoptics
      and
     
     
      Ophthalmic
      Medical
     
     
      Technology
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
        
     
    
   
   
    
     
      A
     
     
      IWK
      Health
      Centre
     
    
   
   
    
     
      This
      professional
      three-year
      graduate
      program
      offered
      by
      Dalhousie
     
     
      University
      in
      partnership
      with
      the
      [WK
      Health
      Centre's
      School
      of
     
     
      Orthoptics/Ophthalmic
      Medical
      Technology
      provides
      students
      with
      unparalleled
     
     
      research
      opportunities
      in
      the
      vision
      sciences
      along
      with
      extensive
      clinical
      practice
      to
     
     
      prepare
      them
      for
      the
      profession
      of
      orthoptics/ophthalmic
      medical
      technology.
     
    

    
     
      Orthoptists/ophthalmic
      medical
      technologists
      are
      allied
      health
      professionals
     
     
      who
      perform
      a
      wide
      range
      of
      diagnostic
      and
      highly
      technical
      procedures
      and,
      in
      con-
     
     
      sultation
      with
      an
      ophthalmologist,
      plan,
      implement
      and
      monitor
      treatment
      of
      a
      wide
     
     
      variety
      of
      ocular
      disorders,
      including
      disorders
      of
      binocular
      vision
      and
      ocular
      motility.
     
    

    
     
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      They
      are
      engaged
      in
      a
      wide
      range
      of
      activities
      including
      research
      into
      ocular
      motility,
     
     
      education
      of
      other
      eye
      care
      professionals,
      patient
      education
      and
      vision
      screening.
     
    

    
     
      The
      program
      involves
      7.5
      class
      credits,
      two
      extended
      practica
      and
      a
      thesis
      in
     
     
      an
      area
      of
      vision
      research.
      Students
      are
      permitted
      to
      exit
      the
      program
      after
      two
      years
     
     
      (prior
      to
      completing
      a
      Master's
      thesis)
      with
      a
      Graduate
      Diploma
      in
      Orthoptics
      and
     
     
      Ophthalmic
      Medical
      Technology.
     
    

    
     
      Applications
      for
      the
      MSc
      (Clinic
      Vision
      Science)
      program
      beginning
      in
     
     
      September
      2003
      are
      now
      being
      accepted.
      Applicants
      must
      hold
      a
      four-year
      bachelor's
     
     
      degree
      with
      a
      minimum
      B
      average
      (GPA
      3.0),
      with
      a
      least
      one
      undergraduate
      class
      in
     
     
      human
      anatomy
      and/or
      physiology,
      and
      a
      class
      in
      experimental
      psychology
      with
      a
      lab-
     
     
      oratory
      component.
      Exceptional
      students
      may
      be
      accepted
      without
      these
      prerequisites
     
     
      on
      the
      condition
      that
      they
      are
      fulfilled
      either
      prior
      to
      or
      concurrent
      with
      the
      program.
     
     
      Work/volunteer
      experience
      in
      the
      health
      care
      field
      is
      considered
      an
      asset.
     
    

    
     
      Students
      whose
      native
      language
      is
      not
      English
      must
      demonstrate
      the
      ability
     
     
      to
      participate
      in
      a
      graduate
      program
      conducted
      in
      English
      prior
      to
      acceptance
      into
      the
     
     
      program.
      The
      minimum
      acceptable
      score
      on
      the
      TOEFL
      test
      is
      580
      for
      the
      written
     
     
      test
      and
      237
      for
      the
      computer
      test.
     
    

    
     
      Financial
      assistance
      may
      be
      available
      to
      qualified
      students.
     
    
   
   
    
     
        
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
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      Deadline
      for
      applications
      is
      March
      1,
      2002.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Further
      information
      is
      available
      from
      our
      website
      www.dal.ca/cvs
      or
      by
      contact-
     
     
      ing
     
     
      School
      of
      Orthoptics/Ophthalmic
      Medical
      Technology
     
     
      IWK
      Health
      Centre
     
     
      5850/5980
      University
      Avenue
     
     
      PO
      Box
      3070
     
     
      Halifax,
      NS
      _B3J
      3G9
     
     
      orthoptics@iwk.nshealth.ca
     
     
      (902)
      470-8959
     
    
   
   
    
     
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