Economy and Swedish law in optometry 2, 3.5 credits
Ekonomi och juridik för optiker 2, 3.5 hp- Course code
- 1OP029
- Course name
- Economy and Swedish law in optometry 2
- Credits
- 3.5 credits
- Form of Education
- Higher Education, study regulation 2007
- Main field of study
- Not applicable
- Level
- GX - First cycle
- Grading scale
- Fail (U) or pass (G)
- Department
- Department of Clinical Neuroscience
- Decided by
- Programnämden för optikerprogrammet
- Decision date
- 2009-10-16
- Revised by
- Programnämnd 8
- Last revision
- 2011-12-05
- Course syllabus valid from
- Spring 2012
Specific entry requirements
Passed results of at least 55 higher education credits from The Opometry programme's semester 1 and 2 and at least 45 higher education credits from semester 3 and 4.
Objectives
After the course, the student should be able to: - make economical calculations related to business aspects of running and how to run an optometric clinic. - show knowledge of laws and rules as regulate the commercial part of optometric activities.
Content
The course is given as a distance education via the platform PingPong. The students work with exercises and laboratory sessions and written assignments at distance. The economics part contains: Companies and its other countries, Interested parties, aims and Economical concepts and relationship, Marketing, Funding and funding. The law part contains: Product liability, Sale of goods act, Label regulations, Marketing act, and Labour legislation.
Teaching methods
The courses include study materials, exercises and laboratory sessions via the distance education platform PingPong.
Examination
The examination consists of passed written assignments that are handed in via PingPong. The grades Fail/Pass (UG) are used.
Other directives
Course evaluation will be carried out in accordance with the guidelines established by the Board of Education.