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.
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
Lahan
Nepal
2 Mr. Manoj Upadhyay
Birgunj
Nepal
Bahadurgunj Eye Hospital
Nepal
Guar Eye Hospital
Bahadurgun
j
Guar
L V Prasad Eye Institute
Rajganpur
India
6 Mahadev Shegunashi
Ophthalmic
Officer
Ophthalmic
Assistant
Ophthalmic
Assistant
Ophthalmic
Technician
Optometrist
Sagarmatha Chaudhary Eye
Hospital
Kedia Eye Hospital
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
3 Mr. Opendra Chand
4 Mr Shiv Kumar Yadav
5 Mr. Sidhartha ananta
Nepal
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
1 Mr. Shailesh Poudyal
2 Mr. Ramesh Chandra Giri
3 Mr.Rinkal Suwal
Designation Hospital
Optometrist Kedia Eye Hospital
Location
Birganj
Country
Nepal
Optometrist Lumbini Eye Hospital
Birganj
Nepal
Optometrist Bahadurgunj Eye Hospital
Biratnagar Nepal
4 Mrs.Nayana Juvandara
Optometrist School of Ophthalmic Technology Colombo
5 Mr.Eranga Kumara Yatawara Optometrist Kandy Eye Hospital
Kandy
Sri Lanka
6 Mr. J.M.N.K. Jayasingha
Sri Lanka
Colombo
Sri Lanka
7 Mrs.S E Nambimagesh
Optometrist The national Eye Hospital
Optician
Aravind Eye Hospital
Madurai
India
8 Mrs.P Latha,
Optician
Madurai
India
Aravind Eye Hospital
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
1 Mr. Rathnayaka Arachchige
Chamin Kuamara
2 Mrs. Sasreeika Kosalie
Wijeyawickrama
3 Mr. K M S K Balasooriya
4 Mr. Mohammad Shah
Jahan Miah
5 Mr.Mohammad Emdadul
Hoque
6 Mr.Mohamme
Borahanuddin
7 Mr. MD Farook Hussain
Designation
Hospital
Location
Country
Optometrist
National Eye Hospital
Colombo
Srilanka
Optometrist
National Eye Hospital
Colombo
Srilanka
Optometrist
Optometrist
National Eye Hospital
Ispahani Islamia Eye
Institute and Hospital
Chittagong Eye
Infirmary
Dr.K.Zaman BNSB Eye
Hospital
Deep Eye Care
Foundation
Colombo
Dhaka
Srilanka
Bangladesh
Chittangong
Bangladesh
Optometrist
Optometrist
Optometrist
Mymensingh Bangladesh
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
09:00 To 09:15
09:15 To 09:45
10:00 To 11:00
11:00 To 11:15
11:15 To 12:45
12:45 To 13:45
14:00 To 15:00
15:00 To 16:00
16:00 To 17:30
Topic
Trainer
Sandeep Reddy
Vijay
Vijay Kumar
Introduction
GPR Campus Tour
Refractive Errors
Tea Break
Refraction Techniques
Srikanth M
Lunch Break
Travel To LVPEI-KAR Campus
KAR Campus Tour
Optical Operation Process
Sandeep Reddy
Sandeep Reddy
Day 2
03-11-2015
09:00 To 10:00
10:00 To 11:00
11:00 To 11:15
11:15 To 12:30
12:30 To 13:30
13:30 To 14:30
14:30 To 17:30
04-11-2015
09:00 To 10:00
10:00 To 11:00
11:00 To 11:15
11:15 To 12:30
12:30 To 13:30
13:30 To 14:30
14:30 To 17:30
05-11-2015
09:00 To 10:00
10:00 To 11:00
11:00 To 11:15
11:15 To 12:30
12:30 To 13:30
13:30 To 14:30
14:30 To 17:30
Topic
Trainer
Sandeep Reddy
Srikanth M
Lens Powers
Lens Types & Material
Tea Break
Lens Tints
Sandeep Reddy
Lunch Break
Travel To LVPEI-KAR Campus
Hands On : IPD Measurement and Markings
Sandeep Reddy & Srikanth
Day 3
Topic
Trainer
Lens Coatings
Sandeep Reddy
Lens Measurement
Srikanth M
Tea Break
UV Protection
CH Kiran
Lunch Break
Travel To LVPEI-KAR Campus
Hands On : Lens Measurement
Vijay Kumar & Sandeep Reddy
Day 4
Topic
Trainer
Spectacle Frames History & Types
Vijay Kumar
Frame Material
Srikanth M
Tea Break
Frame Measurements
Sandeep Reddy
Lunch Break
Travel To LVPEI-KAR Campus
Hands On : IPD Measurement and Markings
Sandeep Reddy & Srikanth
Day 5
06-11-2015
09:00 To 10:00
10:00 To 11:00
11:00 To 11:15
11:15 To 12:30
12:30 To 13:30
13:30 To 14:30
14:30 To 17:30
07-11-2015
09:00 To 11:00
11:00 To 11:15
11:15 To 12:30
12:30 To 13:30
13:30 To 14:30
14:30 To 17:30
08-11-2015
09:30 To 11:30
12:30 To 13:30
13:30 To 16:30
Topic
Frame Selection
Paediatric Dispensing
Trainer
Srikanth M
Uday Kumar
Tea Break
Market Availability
Sandeep Reddy
Lunch Break
Travel To LVPEI-KAR Campus
Hands On : PALS Marking
Sandeep Reddy & Srikanth
Day 6
Topic
Trainer
Edging Process and Techniques
Ghanshyam Singh
Tea Break
Fitting Process
Sandeep Reddy
Lunch Break
Travel To LVPEI-KAR Campus
Hands On : Edging and Fitting
Sandeep Reddy
Day 7
Topic
Trainer
LVAAP
Essilor
Lunch Break
LVAAP
Day 8
09-11-2015
09:00 To 10:30
10:30 To 11:00
11:00 To 12:30
12:30 To 13:30
13:30 To 14:30
14:30 To 17:30
Topic
Sales Skills-1
Trainer
Chaitanya
Tea Break
Sales Skills-2
Snigdha
Lunch Break
Travel To LVPEI-KAR Campus
Hands On : Sales Skills
Sandeep Reddy
Program Schedule : GROUP 2
Day 1
16-11-2015
09:00 To 09:15
09:15 To 09:45
10:00 To 11:00
11:00 To 11:15
11:15 To 12:45
12:45 To 13:45
14:00 To 15:00
15:00 To 16:00
16:00 To 17:30
Topic
Trainer
Sandeep Reddy
Vijay
Vijay Kumar
Introduction
GPR Campus Tour
Refractive Errors
Tea Break
Refraction Techniques
Srikanth M
Lunch Break
Travel To LVPEI-KAR Campus
KAR Campus Tour
Optical Operation Process
Sandeep Reddy
Sandeep Reddy
Day 2
17-11-2015
09:00 To 10:00
10:00 To 11:00
11:00 To 11:15
11:15 To 12:30
12:30 To 13:30
13:30 To 14:30
14:30 To 17:30
18-11-2015
09:00 To 10:00
10:00 To 11:00
11:00 To 11:15
11:15 To 12:30
12:30 To 13:30
13:30 To 14:30
14:30 To 17:30
19-11-2015
09:00 To 10:00
10:00 To 11:00
11:00 To 11:15
11:00 To 12:30
12:30 To 13:30
13:30 To 14:30
14:30 To 17:30
20-11-2015
09:00 To 10:00
10:00 To 11:00
11:00 To 11:15
11:15 To 12:30
12:30 To 13:30
13:30 To 14:30
14:30 To 17:30
21-11-2015
09:00 To 11:00
11:00 To 11:15
11:15 To 12:30
12:30 To 13:30
13:30 To 14:30
14:30 To 17:30
Topic
Trainer
Sandeep Reddy
Srikanth M
Lens Powers
Lens Types
Tea Break
Lens Materails
Sandeep Reddy
Lunch Break
Travel To LVPEI-KAR Campus
Hands On : IPD Measurement and Markings
Sandeep Reddy & Srikanth
Day 3
Topic
Trainer
Lens Tints
Sandeep Reddy
UV Protection
CH Kiran
Tea Break
Lens Measurement
Srikanth M
Lunch Break
Travel To LVPEI-KAR Campus
Hands On : Lens Measurement
Vijay Kumar and Sandeep Reddy
Day 4
Topic
Trainer
Spectacle Frames History & Types
Vijay Kumar
Frame Material
Srikanth M
Tea Break
Frame Measurements
Sandeep Reddy
Lunch Break
Travel To LVPEI-KAR Campus
Hands On : IPD Measurement and Markings
Sandeep Reddy & Srikanth
Day 5
Topic
Trainer
Frame Selection
Srikanth M
Lens Coatings
Sandeep Reddy
Tea Break
Paediatric Dispensing
Uday Kumar
Lunch Break
Travel To LVPEI-KAR Campus
Hands On : Frame Measurements
Sandeep Reddy & Srikanth
Day 6
Topic
Trainer
Edging Process and Techniques
Ghanshyam Singh
Tea Break
Fitting Process
Sandeep Reddy
Lunch Break
Travel To LVPEI-KAR Campus
Hands On : Edging and Fitting
Sandeep Reddy
Day 7
23-11-2015
09:00 To 11:00
11:00 To 11:15
11:15 To 12:30
12:30 To 13:30
13:30 To 14:30
14:30 To 17:30
24-11-2015
09:00 To 10:30
10:30 To 11:00
11:00 To 12:30
12:30 To 13:30
13:30 To 14:30
14:30 To 17:30
25-11-2015
09:30 To 11:30
12:30 To 13:30
13:30 To 16:30
Topic
Quality Check
Trainer
Sandeep Reddy
Tea Break
Customised Dispensing
Sandeep Reddy
Lunch Break
Travel To LVPEI-KAR Campus
Hands On : Edging and Fitting
Sandeep Reddy
Day 8
Topic
Trainer
PALS
Uday Kumar
Tea Break
Available in Market
Sandeep Reddy
Lunch Break
Travel To LVPEI-KAR Campus
Hands On : Progressive Marking
Sandeep Reddy & Srikanth
Day 9
Topic
Trainer
LVAAP
Essilor
Lunch Break
LVAAP
Day 10
26-11-2015
09:00 To 10:30
10:30 To 11:00
11:00 To 12:30
12:30 To 13:30
13:30 To 14:30
14:30 To 17:30
Topic
Sales Skills-1
Tea Break
Sales Skills-2
Trainer
Chaitanya
Snigdha
Lunch Break
Travel To LVPEI-KAR Campus
Hands On : Sales Skills
Sandeep Reddy
Program Schedule : GROUP 3
Day 1
01-12-2015
09:00 To 09:15
09:15 To 09:45
10:00 To 11:00
11:00 To 11:15
11:15 To 12:45
12:45 To 13:45
14:00 To 15:00
15:00 To 16:00
16:00 To 17:30
Topic
Trainer
Sandeep Reddy
Vijay Kumar
Vijay Kumar
Introduction
GPR Campus Tour
Refractive Errors
Tea Break
Refraction Techniques
Srikanth M
Lunch Break
Travel To LVPEI-KAR Campus
KAR Campus Tour
Optical Operation Process
Sandeep Reddy
Sandeep Reddy
Day 2
02-12-2015
09:00 To 10:00
10:00 To 11:00
11:00 To 11:15
11:15 To 12:30
12:30 To 13:30
13:30 To 14:30
14:30 To 17:30
03-12-2015
09:00 To 10:00
10:00 To 11:00
11:00 To 11:15
11:15 To 12:30
12:30 To 13:30
13:30 To 14:30
14:30 To 17:30
04-12-2015
09:00 To 10:00
10:00 To 11:00
11:00 To 11:15
11:00 To 12:30
12:30 To 13:30
13:30 To 14:30
14:30 To 17:30
05-12-2015
09:00 To 10:00
10:00 To 11:00
11:00 To 11:15
11:15 To 12:30
12:30 To 13:30
13:30 To 14:30
14:30 To 17:30
07-12-2015
09:00 To 11:00
11:00 To 11:15
11:15 To 12:30
12:30 To 13:30
13:30 To 14:30
14:30 To 17:30
Topic
Trainer
Sandeep Reddy
Srikanth M
Lens Powers
Lens Types
Tea Break
Lens Materials
Sandeep Reddy
Lunch Break
Travel To LVPEI-KAR Campus
Hands On : IPD Measurement and Markings
Sandeep Reddy & Srikanth
Day 3
Topic
Trainer
Lens Tints
Sandeep Reddy
UV Protection
CH Kiran
Tea Break
Lens Measurement
Srikanth M
Lunch Break
Travel To LVPEI-KAR Campus
Hands On : Lens Measurement
Vijay Kumar and Sandeep Reddy
Day 4
Topic
Trainer
Spectacle Frames History & Types
Vijay Kumar
Frame Material
Srikanth M
Tea Break
Frame Measurements
Sandeep Reddy
Lunch Break
Travel To LVPEI-KAR Campus
Hands On : IPD Measurement and Markings
Sandeep Reddy & Srikanth
Day 5
Topic
Trainer
Frame Selection
Srikanth M
Lens Coatings
Sandeep Reddy
Tea Break
Paediatric Dispensing
Uday Kumar
Lunch Break
Travel To LVPEI-KAR Campus
Hands On : Frame Measurements
Sandeep Reddy & Srikanth
Day 6
Topic
Trainer
Edging Process and Techniques
Ghanshyam Singh
Tea Break
Fitting Process
Sandeep Reddy
Lunch Break
Travel To LVPEI-KAR Campus
Hands On : Edging and Fitting
Sandeep Reddy
Day 7
08-12-2015
09:00 To 11:00
11:00 To 11:15
11:15 To 12:30
12:30 To 13:30
13:30 To 14:30
14:30 To 17:30
09-12-2015
09:00 To 10:30
10:30 To 11:00
11:00 To 12:30
12:30 To 13:30
13:30 To 14:30
14:30 To 17:30
10-12-2015
09:30 To 11:30
12:30 To 13:30
13:30 To 16:30
Topic
Quality Check
Trainer
Sandeep Reddy
Tea Break
Customised Dispensing
Srikanth M
Lunch Break
Travel To LVPEI-KAR Campus
Hands On : Edging and Fitting
Sandeep Reddy
Day 8
Topic
Trainer
PALS
Srikanth M
Tea Break
Available in Market
Sandeep Reddy
Lunch Break
Travel To LVPEI-KAR Campus
Hands On : Progressive Marking
Sandeep Reddy & Srikanth
Day 9
Topic
Trainer
LVAAP
Essilor
Lunch Break
LVAAP
Day 10
11-12-2015
09:00 To 10:30
10:30 To 11:00
11:00 To 12:30
12:30 To 13:30
13:30 To 14:30
14:30 To 17:30
Topic
Sales Skills-1
Tea Break
Sales Skills-2
Trainer
Chaitanya
Snigdha
Lunch Break
Travel To LVPEI-KAR Campus
Hands On : Sales Skills
Thank you
Sandeep Reddy