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Report on

Trainers Training in Optical Dispensing (TTOD)

Background:

Globally, 285 million are estimated to be visually impaired and 39 million blind. Uncorrected

refractive errors at 43% is the primary cause of visual impairment. The number of visually

impaired in the South-east Asian region (India excluded) stands at 27.9 million and in India it

is 62.6 million. 1 The economic productivity loss dye to global burden of uncorrected

refractive error is estimated at US$ 121.4 billion. 2 Additionally, there are significant number

of people with near vision impairment- 49% to 83% among people of 35 years or older. Over

90% of those in need of near refractive correction in rural settings do not have the necessary

spectacles. 3

It is increasingly realised that the uncorrected refractive errors can hamper performance at

school, reduce employability and productivity, and generally impair quality of life. Yet the

correction of refractive errors with appropriate spectacles is among the most cost-effective

interventions in eye health care. It is obvious that there are significant numbers of people

who do not receive appropriate correction and in many the correction may not be the

appropriate. Appropriate refraction and dispensing of spectacles is a special skilled activity

performed by both ophthalmologists invariably though it is increasingly realised that this

could be done by trained optometrists (or ophthalmic technicians, such as ophthalmic

assistants, vision technician and refraction nurses) with equal ease and competence. This is

necessary in view of ophthalmologist man-power constraints in many countries. It is also will

also release the ophthalmologists in more important eye care. Many semi urban and rural

optical outlets also do refraction where the spectacles are delivered according to the

prescription. Unfortunately they do not employ the right personnel for this skilled work.

1 Pascolini D, Mariotti SP. Global estimates of visual impairment: 2010. Br J Ophthalmol

2012;96:614-18.

2 Smith TST, Frick KD, Holden BA, Fricke TR, Naidoo KS. Potential lost productivity resulting from the

global burden of uncorrected refractive error. Bull World Health Organ 2009;87:431– 37

3 He M, Abdou A, Naidoo KS, Sapkota YD, Thulasiraj RD, Varma R, Zhao J, Ellwein LB. Prevalence

and correction of near vision impairment at seven sites in China, India, Nepal, Niger, South Africa,

and the United States. Am J Ophthalmol 2012; 154: 107-16.

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With the support from WHO- SEAR the IAPB SEA arrange to conduct the, Trainer Training in Optical

Dispensing course at L V Prasad Eye Institute, Bausch and Lomb School of optometry in GPR

Campus, Kismaptpur, Hyderabad. This is 10 days course for Optometrist or Ophthalmic assistants or

Optical Dispensing personal from India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.

Objective:

To train the Optometrist Trainers in Scientific Optical Dispensing from countries of the

SEA regions .Once they completes the training , in return they will continue with similar training

programme to improve the spectacle dispensing skills of Optical dispensing personal in their

respective countries.

At the end of the training program it is expected that the trainee will understand all

aspects of optical dispensing and will be empowered to train people in his/her

country/ region.

Participants:

A total of 24 candidates were trained in the course 7 from India, 7 from Nepal, 6 from Sri Lanka and

4 from Bangladesh.

Group-1 had 9 candidates 4 from Nepal and 5 from India.

Sr.No Name Designation Hospital Location County

1 Mr. Nirajan Kumar Sah Optometrist Sagarmatha Chaudhary Eye Hospital

Lahan Nepal

2 Mr. Manoj Upadhyay Ophthalmic Officer

Kedia Eye Hospital Birgunj Nepal

3 Mr. Opendra Chand Ophthalmic Assistant

Bahadurgunj Eye Hospital Bahadurgunj

Nepal

4 Mr Shiv Kumar Yadav Ophthalmic Assistant

Guar Eye Hospital Guar Nepal

5 Mr. Sidhartha ananta Ophthalmic Technician

L V Prasad Eye Institute Rajganpur India

6 Mahadev Shegunashi Optometrist H V Desai Eye Hospital Pune India

7 Akshay Soawane Optometrist H V Desai Eye Hospital Pune India

8 Anjaneyulu MSR Optometrist L V Prasad Eye Institute Hyderabad India

9 Nityananda Pramanik Optometrist Netra Niramay Niketan West Bengal India

Group 1 : Names from left to right. Top row: Mr.Anjaneyulu, Mr.Niranjan Kumar, Mr.Akshay Kumar and Mr.Opendra

Chand. Bottom row: Mr. Manoj, Mr. Srikanth M, Mr.Shiv Kumar,Mr. Vijay Kumar, Mr. Sandeep Reddy, Mr.Mahadev, Mr.Nityanada and Mr.Sidhartha.

Group-2 had 3 participants from Nepal, 3 from Sri Lanka and 2 from South India.

Sr.No Name Designation Hospital Location Country

1 Mr. Shailesh Poudyal Optometrist Kedia Eye Hospital Birganj Nepal

2 Mr. Ramesh Chandra Giri Optometrist Lumbini Eye Hospital Birganj Nepal

3 Mr.Rinkal Suwal Optometrist Bahadurgunj Eye Hospital Biratnagar Nepal

4 Mrs.Nayana Juvandara Optometrist School of Ophthalmic Technology Colombo Sri Lanka

5 Mr.Eranga Kumara Yatawara Optometrist Kandy Eye Hospital Kandy Sri Lanka

6 Mr. J.M.N.K. Jayasingha Optometrist The national Eye Hospital Colombo Sri Lanka

7 Mrs.S E Nambimagesh Optician Aravind Eye Hospital Madurai India

8 Mrs.P Latha, Optician Aravind Eye Hospital Madurai India

Group 2 : Names from left to right. Top row: Mr. Ernaga, Mr.Shilesh, Mr.Srikanth M, Mr. Kiran CH and Mr.Jayasingha Bottom row: Mr. Sandeep Reddy, Mrs. Nayan J, Mr. Rinkal Suwal, Mrs.Nambiganesh, Mrs. Latha, Mr.Vijay Kumar and Mr. Ramesh Chandra.

Group-3 had 3 participants from Sri Lanka and 4 from Bangladesh.

Sr.No Name Designation Hospital Location Country

1 Mr. Rathnayaka Arachchige Chamin Kuamara

Optometrist National Eye Hospital Colombo Srilanka

2 Mrs. Sasreeika Kosalie Wijeyawickrama

Optometrist National Eye Hospital Colombo Srilanka

3 Mr. K M S K Balasooriya Optometrist National Eye Hospital Colombo Srilanka

4 Mr. Mohammad Shah Jahan Miah

Optometrist Ispahani Islamia Eye Institute and Hospital

Dhaka Bangladesh

5 Mr.Mohammad Emdadul Hoque

Optometrist Chittagong Eye Infirmary

Chittangong Bangladesh

6 Mr.Mohamme Borahanuddin

Optometrist Dr.K.Zaman BNSB Eye Hospital

Mymensingh Bangladesh

7 Mr. MD Farook Hussain Optometrist Deep Eye Care Foundation

Rangpur Bangladesh

Group 3 : From left to right : Mr.Mohamme Borahanuddin,Mr. Chamin Kuamara, Mr.K M S K Balasooriya, Mrs. Sasreeika Kosalie, Mr. Mohammad Shah Jahan Miah, Mr.Mohammad Emdadul Hoque, Mr.Vijay Kumar, Mr.Sandeep Reddy, Mr.Srikanth M and Mr. MD Farook Hussain

Training Description:

TTOD is a 6 Hours course for 10 days. Daily 3 hours of morning class room theory followed by 3

hours of Hand on session. All the major aspects of spectacle dispensing were covered in the course

like Types of Lenses, Lens materials, lens designs, Frame types, measurements, frames selection,

frame adjustment, edging lens, fitting lenses and sales skills. The course was conducted in 3 groups

with maximum 9 candidates per group. Pre and post training test was conducted to evaluate the

improvement in the knowledge of the participants.

Trainers were in house faculty Mr.P Sandeep Reddy , Mr. Srikanth M, Mr. Vijay Kumar Y, Mr. CH

Kiran, and Mr. Uday Kumar for training in Optical Dispensing aspects and Mr. Chaitanya N and

Ms.Snigdha for sales and soft skills training.

There was a 37% increase in the knowledge based on the pre and post training evaluation

with an improvement from average 40% pre training evaluation to 76% post training

evaluation.

Program Schedule:

Trainers' Training in Optical Dispensing

Program Schedule : GROUP 1

Day 1

02-11-2015 Topic Trainer

09:00 To 09:15 Introduction Sandeep Reddy

09:15 To 09:45 GPR Campus Tour Vijay

10:00 To 11:00 Refractive Errors Vijay Kumar

11:00 To 11:15 Tea Break

11:15 To 12:45 Refraction Techniques Srikanth M

12:45 To 13:45 Lunch Break

14:00 To 15:00 Travel To LVPEI-KAR Campus

15:00 To 16:00 KAR Campus Tour Sandeep Reddy

16:00 To 17:30 Optical Operation Process Sandeep Reddy

Day 2


09:00 To 10:00 Lens Powers Sandeep Reddy

10:00 To 11:00 Lens Types & Material Srikanth M


11:15 To 12:30 Lens Tints Sandeep Reddy



14:30 To 17:30 Hands On : IPD Measurement and Markings Sandeep Reddy & Srikanth

Day 3


09:00 To 10:00 Lens Coatings Sandeep Reddy

10:00 To 11:00 Lens Measurement Srikanth M


11:15 To 12:30 UV Protection CH Kiran



14:30 To 17:30 Hands On : Lens Measurement Vijay Kumar & Sandeep Reddy

Day 4


09:00 To 10:00 Spectacle Frames History & Types Vijay Kumar

10:00 To 11:00 Frame Material Srikanth M


11:15 To 12:30 Frame Measurements Sandeep Reddy




Day 5


09:00 To 10:00 Frame Selection Srikanth M

10:00 To 11:00 Paediatric Dispensing Uday Kumar


11:15 To 12:30 Market Availability Sandeep Reddy



14:30 To 17:30 Hands On : PALS Marking Sandeep Reddy & Srikanth

Day 6


09:00 To 11:00 Edging Process and Techniques Ghanshyam Singh


11:15 To 12:30 Fitting Process Sandeep Reddy



14:30 To 17:30 Hands On : Edging and Fitting Sandeep Reddy

Day 7


09:30 To 11:30 LVAAP

Essilor 12:30 To 13:30 Lunch Break

13:30 To 16:30 LVAAP

Day 8


09:00 To 10:30 Sales Skills-1 Chaitanya


11:00 To 12:30 Sales Skills-2 Snigdha



14:30 To 17:30 Hands On : Sales Skills Sandeep Reddy


Day 1



09:15 To 09:45 GPR Campus Tour Vijay








Day 2



10:00 To 11:00 Lens Types Srikanth M


11:15 To 12:30 Lens Materails Sandeep Reddy




Day 3








14:30 To 17:30 Hands On : Lens Measurement Vijay Kumar and Sandeep Reddy

Day 4









Day 5








14:30 To 17:30 Hands On : Frame Measurements Sandeep Reddy & Srikanth

Day 6








Day 7


09:00 To 11:00 Quality Check Sandeep Reddy


11:15 To 12:30 Customised Dispensing Sandeep Reddy




Day 8


09:00 To 10:30 PALS Uday Kumar


11:00 To 12:30 Available in Market Sandeep Reddy



14:30 To 17:30 Hands On : Progressive Marking Sandeep Reddy & Srikanth

Day 9


09:30 To 11:30 LVAAP


13:30 To 16:30 LVAAP

Day 10









Day 1



09:15 To 09:45 GPR Campus Tour Vijay Kumar








Day 2



10:00 To 11:00 Lens Types Srikanth M


11:15 To 12:30 Lens Materials Sandeep Reddy




Day 3








14:30 To 17:30 Hands On : Lens Measurement Vijay Kumar and Sandeep Reddy

Day 4









Day 5








14:30 To 17:30 Hands On : Frame Measurements Sandeep Reddy & Srikanth

Day 6








Day 7


09:00 To 11:00 Quality Check Sandeep Reddy


11:15 To 12:30 Customised Dispensing Srikanth M




Day 8


09:00 To 10:30 PALS Srikanth M


11:00 To 12:30 Available in Market Sandeep Reddy



14:30 To 17:30 Hands On : Progressive Marking Sandeep Reddy & Srikanth

Day 9


09:30 To 11:30 LVAAP


13:30 To 16:30 LVAAP

Day 10








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