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This course is intended to train beginning and intermediate level technicians and front office staff in the steps necessary to complete a basic ophthalmic work up. This course will give a basic foundation to what the patient work up is like, what testing is done during a patient work up, and what different testing terminology means. This allows all ophthalmic staff to gain a solid foundation for what testing is needed for an ophthalmic exam. The course cost is $18.00. The student will learn the following concepts from this course:
  • List the steps included in complete history taking including important points to touch on when taking background history on patients.
  • Be able to document a history
  • Describe how to elicit and document a complete chief complaint
  • List the steps to follow to perform a full work up on a patient
  • Describe how to evaluate pupils including how to document an APD
  • Describe how to perform and document confrontational visual fields
  • Describe how to perform and document version testing
  • List the steps for checking intraocular pressure by applanation
  • Identify the most commonly used dilation drops

Here is what some ophthalmic personnel who took this course had to say:

"Very good information for someone just starting in our field." K.H., COT

"Very clear and concise!" J.A., COT

"Great review." F.L., COA

"I thought this was very nice -well done ." K.M., COA

"the online class was good information, was able to learn some new things today " D.D., COA

"please make up more tests like this as it is hard to get to lectures that have ce's thank you" J.B., COT

This course offers a post test allowing for review of the material and assesment of staff who are using this material for training purposes.

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