Astigmatism

Course Overview

This section has been awarded 1 group A continuing education credit by
JCAHPO.  It is intended for beginning
and intermediate levels.  This course covers basic to intermediate level
information regarding astigmatism and is presented online thru
Eye-Courses.com. 

After completing this section, the student
should be able to do the following:

•  
  Define
  corneal astigmatism
•  
  Define
  lenticular astigmatism
•  
  Differentiate
  between regular and irregular astigmatism
•  
  Identify
  with the rule astigmatism refractive errors
•  
  Identify
  against the rule astigmatism refractive errors
•  
  Define
  simple myopic astigmatism
•  
  Define
  simple hyperopic astigmatism
•  
  Define
  compound myopic astigmatism
•  
  Define
  compound hyperopic astigmatism
•  
  Define
  mixed astigmatism
•  
  List
  symptoms of astigmatism
•  
  Identify
  causes of astigmatism
•  
  Describe
  how the following instruments aide in detecting astigmatism:  keratoscope, keratometer, corneal
  topographer, retinoscopy, Refractometry
•  
  Identify
  with the rule astigmatism on corneal topography imaging
•  
  Identify
  against the rule astigmatism on corneal topography imaging
•  
  Describe
  what a Placido disk is and how it is used to detect and measure astigmatism
•  
  List
  treatments for corneal astigmatism
•  
  List
  treatments for lenticular astigmatism
•  
  Identify
  possible complications of untreated astigmatism

This
course should take approximately 1 hour to complete

This course is not sponsored by
JCAHPO; only reviewed for compliance with JCAHPO standards and criteria and
awarded continuing education credit accordingly; therefore, JCAHPO cannot
predict the effectiveness of the program or assure its quality in substance and
presentation