Optical Sciences - Ophthalmic Assistant (Distance)

Overview

The non-credit, introductory Ophthalmic Assistant course is intended for those who want to work as ophthalmic assistants in a private ophthalmologist or optometrist's office, clinic or hospital.

In this computer-based course, students access course material using the e-learning system Moodle. 

Students must complete 8 Learning Outcome Guides (LOGs). At the end of each LOG there is a post-assessment, which students submit online. These post-assessments measure students' understanding of key terms, topics and learning objectives.

Student learning is also measured through scheduled, printed mid-term and final exams administered to students living within 175 kilometres of NAIT's main campus in Edmonton, Alberta. Students living further away write their examinations in a supervised setting closer to home.