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This course has been awarded 1 JCAHPO credit hour. It is intended for beginning and intermediate levels. The student should be able to demonstrate the following concepts:
  • Define Eso, exo, hyper and hypo as they relate to eye movement
  • Define phoria and topia
  • List the 6 extraocular muscles
  • List 3 methods of measuring motility
  • Describe the steps involved in performing cover/uncover and cross cover test
  • Identify a phoria versus a tropia
  • Identify Hirschberg measurements of 30, 60, and 90 diopters from a photo
  • Describe which way each of the 4 rectus muscles will move the eye

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

"Excellent photos/ examples of deviations good clear explanations well presented well organized." P. C., COA

"This course was put in a way that was so easy to follow and it made everything clear. I would recommend this to anyone." M.P., COA

"I thought it was very informative to have the diagrams of eye misalignments. Thank you" L.W., COT

This course should take approximately one hour to complete.

Upon completion of this section the student will take a post-test that will test his/her knowledge of the items mentioned above. You must correctly answer at least 12 of the 15 questions on the open book post test to earn credit. If you do not successfully pass the post test the first time you may try again at no expense to you.

Successful completion of the post-test is required to receive JCAHPO credit.