Soft Toric CTL Fitting
Course Overview
This
course is intended for beginning
and intermediate levels, and is recommended for anyone
interested in learning to fit contact lenses or those taking
the contact lens fitting certification test. It is recommended
that you take the slit lamp course or have experience using
the slit lamp prior to taking this course. Ability to use the
slit lamp is necessary to properly evaluate the fit of contact lenses.
The student should be able to demonstrate the following
concepts:
- List the different soft toric contact lens materials
- Describe different ways of making soft toric lenses
- Describe how to choose a starting lens
- Describe what types of prescriptions would warrant a soft toric lens
- Describe how to evaluate the fit of the lens
- List the steps in using the LARS rule
- List the steps necessary to clean and care for soft toric contact lenses
- Describe how to insert and remove soft toric contact lenses
Here is what some ophthalmic personnel who took this course had to say:
“Great Review. Thanks!” S.Y., COT
“I
teach a contact lenses class and printed this to distribute to the
students for a homework assignment. They all loved it. It was so helpful
and concise for them. Thank You.” L.M., COT
“I dont work with CL very often due to the set up of our office and this was a great refresher.” E.G., COT
“Good coverage of subject matter.” M.B.F., COT
This course should take approximately one hour to complete.
You
must correctly answer at least 15 of the 20 questions on the open book
post test. If you do not successfully pass the post test
the first time you may try again at no expense to you.