
Learn to communicate with diverse populations and unhappy patients, address wait times with empathy, and perform ophthalmic visual acuity testing and basic emergency eye care.
Learn how to triage chemical eye injuries, distinguish emergencies from urgent and routine care, and guide patients with immediate rinsing, documentation, front-desk professionalism, and accident reporting.
Explore the vitreous jelly behind the lens and how the retina and optic nerve collect light and transmit impulses to the brain. Note floaters and retinal tears.
Explore ocular anatomy from the orbit and sclera to the cornea and tear film, and learn how extraocular muscles, eyelids, and the lacrimal system protect and lubricate the eye.
Examine ocular anatomy from conjunctiva to sclera, iris, and ciliary body; cover anterior and posterior chambers, drainage angle, glaucoma, the uvea, and the visual pathway.
Learn how cranial nerves move the eyes with lr6 so4 all others three, and review iii, iv, v, vi, vii, plus macula cones and peripheral rods for color vision.
Learn to take a patient history, document the chief complaint, onset, laterality, signs versus symptoms, and ocular, medical, family, and social histories to support differential diagnosis.
Old visual machines (Goldmann Perimetry) would make you look down a telescope and mark the spots with a light a person would manually have to show the patient
taken from http://www.hs-fe.com/haag-streit-diagnostics/perimetry
Learn how tonometry measures intraocular pressure (IOP) using applanation and non-contact methods, and how aqueous humor flows from the ciliary body through the anterior chamber to the trabecular meshwork.
Explore keratometry and the corneal surface, compare manual and automated keratometers, and interpret KS values, K1 and K2, axis, and astigmatism from topography.
Explore visual acuity concepts with Snellen charts, 20/20 and other ratios, optotype basics, and stereoacuity tests; learn to interpret test distance, denominator, and pinhole effects.
Explore ocular photography fundamentals, including corneal topography, tomography concepts, axis interpretation, and plus/minus cylinder. Review slit lamp, fundus, and external photography techniques with notes on diffusion and dilation.
Self-paced 4 month fully digital course. No more in person learning that takes away from daily living activities. On-the-go digital flash cards, video courses, filmed pretests with discussed solutions, downloadable refractions, day-of test reference sheet, and calendar of success all taught by an optometrist. We know you can crush the COA exam- Eye Doc Amy is here to guide you every step of the way!
Course topics:
1. Difference between COA, COT, COMT
2. Why become COA: benefits
3. Ocular Anatomy
4. Visual Fields
5. Pupil Testing
6. Tonometry: What is Intraocular Pressure?
7. Keratometry
8. Refractive Error: Myopia, Hyperopia, Astigmatism, and Presbyopia
9. Contact Lenses and Spectacle Adjustments
10. Lensometry
11. Transposition
12. Spherical Equivalent
13. Manifest Refractions: Duochrome refraction, Fogging refraction, Binocular Balance Refraction
14. Ocular Motility and Motility Anomalies
15. Ocular Photography and Supplemental Testing
16. Surgical Instruments
17. Aseptic Technique
18. Minor Procedures: Refractive Lasers, Glaucoma, Corneal Transplants, Retinal Procedures, Skin procedures
19. Microbiology and Pharmacology: Types of Ophthalmic medications, color tops, components of writing an RX
20. Ocular Disease and Systemic Disease with Ocular Complications: Conjunctival Disease, Lid Disease, Corneal Disease, Crystalline Lens Disease, Uvea/ Vitreous/ Retinal Disease, Optic Nerve Disease
21. Legal/ ethics and equipment repair