CASA AVIATION OPTOMETRY REFRESHER COURSE 2026 (for non-members) - INVITE ONLY
Available from: 11/05/2026 (AEST)
Where to publish: OA Institute of Excellence - Launch Course Below
Provider: OA National Provider
Contact: Optometry Australia, [E] cpd@optometry.org.au, [P] 96688550
Activity Outline
As part of your initial signed CO application, Section 4.1 specifies that: “You agree to undertake a course specifically identified as being for the purposes of undertaking work as a CO a minimum of once every four years”. A refresher course is intended to bring existing COs up to speed with changes in exam procedures and upkeep competency in aviation eye exams.
Learning Objectives
- Summarise what battery of tests, facilities and equipment are required in an aviation eye exam and what optometrist’s role is when results differ from the norm.
- To understand how to use the MRS (medical reporting system) to report and record eye exam results.
- To understand the optometrist’s overall responsibilities and obligations during an aviation eye exam in regards to reporting and recording.
- To identify some common ethical and clinical issues that an optometrist may encounter when providing an aviation eye exam.
- To describe how physiological issues such as hypoxia and fatigue affect vision and pilot performance in the air.
- To describe how cockpit conditions such as vibrations, glare, day/night lighting and visual illusions affect visual acuity.
- To describe other issues that may affect visual performance in the air, such as empty field myopia, relative size and spatial disorientation
- Be able problem solve tricky clinical situations where eye exam results may differ from the norm.
- Be able to problem solve tricky ethical situations during an aviation eye exam
- To explore ophthalmic changes when humans are in microgravity situations and to be introduced to the idea of civilian space flight and ophthalmic consequences.
- Be able problem solve tricky clinical situations where eye exam results may differ from the norm.
- Be able to problem solve tricky ethical situations during an aviation eye exam
- Be able to address how these tricky clinical and ethical situations translate to reporting and recording for CASA.
- Be able to describe a pilot’s general visual environment, tasks and visual demands.
- Be able to discuss which optical appliances / cor rection are suitable for pilots (spectacles, contact lenses, refractive surgery)
- To review contrast sensitivity, colour vision, visual field and binocularity requirements for pilots.
Max CPD hours awarded: 5.25
Session Information
| Name |
|---|
| CASA Aviation Optometry Refresher Course 2026 |
| Clinical? |
| Yes |
| Interactive? |
| No |
| Therapeutic? |
| No |
| Duration of CPD Session/Module |
| 4 |
| Duration of CPD Session/Module inclusive of Assessment Component |
| 5.25 |