Abstract
Purpose : The aim of the study is to analyze the job of an optician to find out the connectivity with the subjects of the national licensing examination, and to provide the basic data needed for the test subjects proportion and the development of college curriculum.
Methods : A questionnaire consisting of 5 item duties areas and 18 item tasks was surveyed and analyzed for 872 opticians and 99 optician professors.
Results : From the analysis of the opticians’ job, knowledge and skills, which are necessary skills, were derived in the areas where both the importance and necessity of work were high, such as eyeglass preparation processing (39.1%), eye examination (27.5%), contact lenses (14.8%), and others (18.6%), compared with the primary job analysis of opticians in 2000. It was found that the job of opticians was moved to the field of optometrists.
Conclusion : Changes in the optician's job should be appropriately reflected in the national examination for opticians and the curriculum of universities.
Methods : A questionnaire consisting of 5 item duties areas and 18 item tasks was surveyed and analyzed for 872 opticians and 99 optician professors.
Results : From the analysis of the opticians’ job, knowledge and skills, which are necessary skills, were derived in the areas where both the importance and necessity of work were high, such as eyeglass preparation processing (39.1%), eye examination (27.5%), contact lenses (14.8%), and others (18.6%), compared with the primary job analysis of opticians in 2000. It was found that the job of opticians was moved to the field of optometrists.
Conclusion : Changes in the optician's job should be appropriately reflected in the national examination for opticians and the curriculum of universities.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 535-541 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | 대한시과학회지 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| State | Published - Dec 2021 |