Training Course

The University of Bologna is offering a 1st Level Master course in “Rehabilitation of the Visually Impaired Patient” for professionals working in Low Vision Centres. Generous of its experience, structure and technology, Cavazza will make available its labs for some of the classes and training.

Federico Bartolomei

Law number 284 of 1997 has defined the scope and modalities of intervention in the State and the Regions towards the issue of visual impairment, as well as rehabilitation strategies, in order to provide maximum independance for persons who have a visual disability. This law proposes two new elements: on one hand, it requires the creation and development of centres specialized in visual rehabilitation, and on the other hand, it defines the contribution of various specialists  in multidisciplinary working groups.
The Master's degree in low vision is created with the intention of developing common knowledge of culture and language shared by professionals working in Low Vision Centres. It will deepen and integrate previous training in order to provide consistency, and optimize the entire delicate process of visual rehabilitation in which they will be involved.
The course curriculum will include a training period at the Institute for the blind Francesco Cavazza, which will provide experience and knowledge from more than a hundred years of activity relating to persons who are blind or visually impaired.
The Master's degree, under the direction of  Prof. Renato Alberto Meduri, is co-financed by the European Social Funds, consequently participation to the course is completely free of charge. At the end of the course, the University of Bologna will confer the title of 1st Level Master, as well as a certification from the Region of Emilia Romagna.