CERTIFICAT DE CAPACITÉ D'ORTHOPTISTE

  • Target level of study

    BAC +3

  • Duration

    3 years

  • Training structure

    Faculty of Medicine

Presentation

Objectives

Orthoptics involves the exploration, re-education and rehabilitation of vision, with the possible use of devices, to treat functional vision anomalies
. Orthoptics is concerned with all impairments of functional vision at the motor, sensory and functional levels.
The orthoptic examination is the basis for assessing visual abilities in relation to the complaints described, the pathology, the patient's age and his or her specific needs in relation
to his or her activities.

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Organization

Knowledge control

Knowledge control procedures

In each Teaching Unit (UE), skills and knowledge may vary. This may involve a final exam, and/or continuous assessment and/or validation of attendance at certain courses. The assessment methods chosen for each UE are published definitively no later than one month after the start of the academic year.

There are two examination sessions per year:

  • A first session at the end of each semester.
  • A second session at the beginning of July, during which each student will sit for the UEs not validated during the first session.

The validation of a UE is pronounced by the jury after deliberation when the student has obtained a mark equal to or higher than 10/20.

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Program

Courses are organized in semesters, with each semester corresponding to a volume of 30 ECTS (European credits), i.e. 60 ECTS per year.

Lessons are given in the form of :

  • Lectures (either face-to-face or via digital media),
  • Tutorials (directed teaching).

During the 3 years of training, internships are organized in hospitals, private facilities and private practices.

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Admission

Access conditions

Since 2020, access to orthoptic studies has been via the PARCOURSUP platform .

Access to this training program is subject to selection on the basis of an application file, according to the expectations specified on the platform, followed by an oral interview for those selected. Applicants must have a baccalaureate, a DAEU, a French or foreign diploma exempting them from the baccalaureate, or a qualification or experience deemed sufficient in accordance with article L613-5 of the French Education Code.

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How to register

Details of the procedure and timetable are available on Parcoursup.

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And then

Further studies