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Sheffield, University of, BMedSci (Hons), Orthoptics

 United Kingdom

 

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Full-time n/a years: 3
The first year of the course provides much of the necessary scientific background required for an understanding of the normal eye, together with an introduction to optics (the behaviour of light) and orthoptics; the second and third year of the course develops upon this, but also considers ocular abnormalities and disease states; they will study professionally-related topics such as medical ethics and the organisation and structure of the National Health Service; the department is engaged in both clinical and non-clinical research and in your final year you will undertake a research project on a topic of your choice.

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The University of Sheffield has a fantastic reputation for research. It is part of the elite Russell Group of universities* and makes a significant contribution across many fields every year
The latest Research Excellence Framework (REF 2014) placed the University of Sheffield in the top 10 per cent of all UK universities. 86 per cent of the research submitted was rigorously judged as world leading or internationally excellent.

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