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Written Contact Lens Review
Continuing Education Credits:
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Teaching Methods:
- Lecture
- Demonstration
- Slides / Video
- Comprehensive Manual
- Self Assessment Practice Tests and Quizzes
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Review Description:
This review is geared for the Washington State Licensed Dispensing Optician Examination, The National Contact Lens Registry Examination (NCLE) and portions of the JCAHPO Certification Examination. This course concentrates exclusively on examination preparation and testing. It is for candidates who already have a basic knowledge of the subject areas and are now prepared to take the examination within the next 6 to 12 months.
Examination Topics Covered:
- Contact lens instrumentation and uses.
- Lens types.
- Fluorescein patterns.
- Contact lens fitting problems.
- Ocular anatomy and physiology related to contact lenses.
- Special contact lens fittings: keratoconus, keratoplasty, torics, transplants, therapeutic.
- Contact lens presbyopic options.
- How to transfer spectacle data to contact lens data.
- Principles of modification and verification.
- Important test taking techniques.
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