June 2012


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Optometry posters

The first class of students in the Optometry Programme of the Faculty of Science and Agriculture at St. Augustine participated in research poster presentations on a wide range of subjects recently, under the supervision of assistant lecturer, Sandra Wang-Harris.

The posters were on the following subjects:

• The Influence of Central Corneal Thickness and Race on Intraocular Pressure Readings using Goldmann Tonometry, Perkin’s Tonometry, Icare Tonometry and Non- Contact Tonometry
• Health and Safety Assessment of Company Office Workplace
• Prevalence of undetected Ammetropia in school aged children between the ages of 6 and 13 years in North Trinidad.
• The hereditary aspect of glaucoma and investigation of its prevalence in Trinidad.
• An Evaluation of the Validity of US Designed Visual Information Processing Tests on English Speaking Caribbean Children
• Optimal ergonomic design of standardized engineering workplaces.
• Visual Outcomes of Cataract Surgery at the Sangre Grande Hospital, Trinidad from September 2011 to April 2012
• Impact of Sports Vision training on Cricketers