RPC Rounds for Optometrists: B.Optom Curriculum, Study Guide and Practical Pearls
Last updated: November 2026
RPC Rounds for Optometrists is a free study guide for B.Optom and diploma optometry students, following the subjects of the four-year B.Optom course used across Indian universities. Each topic page explains the essentials, adds a practical pearl from the clinic, lists where students slip, and ends with flip cards and a quick quiz. Tick topics off as you revise; progress is saved on your device.
New: four free 50-question mock tests with explanations: B.Optom, NBEO-style (USA), OCANZ-style (Australia and NZ) and Gulf licensing. Also 30 practical and viva stations, a printable case record, working abroad and registration in India.
Optics: geometric, physical and visual
Ocular anatomy, physiology and basic sciences
Optometric instruments and clinical examination
Clinical refraction
Ophthalmic lenses and dispensing optics
Contact lenses
Binocular vision and orthoptics
Low vision and visual rehabilitation
Ocular disease for optometrists
Ocular pharmacology and systemic conditions
Paediatric and geriatric optometry
Occupational, community optometry and law
Semester map (typical B.Optom course)
| Semester | Main optometry subjects | Start here |
|---|---|---|
| 1–2 | Anatomy, physiology, basic optics | Ocular anatomy, physiology and basic sciences, Optics |
| 3 | Visual optics, instruments | Optics, Optometric instruments and clinical examination |
| 4 | Clinical refraction, ophthalmic lenses and dispensing, anterior segment disease | Clinical refraction, Ophthalmic lenses and dispensing optics |
| 5 | Contact lenses I, binocular vision, ocular disease II, low vision basics | Contact lenses, Binocular vision and orthoptics |
| 6 | Systemic disease and the eye, law and occupational optometry, orthoptics, contact lenses II, low vision aids | Ocular pharmacology and systemic conditions, Occupational, community optometry and law |
| 7 | Speciality clinics: paediatric, geriatric, low vision, contact lens, binocular vision | Paediatric and geriatric optometry, Low vision and visual rehabilitation |
| 8 | Comprehensive clinical optometry, project | Ocular disease for optometrists, Occupational, community optometry and law |
Course structures vary between universities and change with the NCAHP curriculum; use your own university syllabus to order your revision.
How to study with these pages
- Learn, then test: read a topic, do its flip cards the same day and the quiz a few days later; add hard cards to the flashcard review.
- Practise on real people: every practical pearl is something to try in your clinical posting: neutralise ten pairs of glasses on the lensometer, refract classmates, grade every contact lens patient you see.
- Exams: use the B.Optom mock test; for higher studies and residency-level depth, see the ophthalmology revision checklist and other mock tests.
- Careers: clinical optometry, contact lenses and low vision, binocular vision clinics, optical retail and dispensing, community eye health, research and industry, and teaching. Registration with the national and state councils under the NCAHP Act is becoming the requirement to practise; see community optometry and law.
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