You are accessing a expired course. Please contact support to switch the course. Beyond the basic dispensing skills that every NCLE certified optician already knows and uses daily, this course presents more uncommon ocular problems and how they can interfere with or contraindicate contact lens use. Advanced knowledge of conditions, examinations, and treatments is presented. … Continued
You are accessing a expired course. Please contact support to switch the course. Astigmatism is correctable through the use of eyeglasses, contact lenses or surgery. This course will examine the types of astigmatism a patient might have, and will suggest if a spherical or a toric contact lens would be required. The course looks at … Continued
You are accessing a expired course. Please contact support to switch the course. Silicone Hydrogel (SiHy) was introduced in 1999 as the first contact lens material approved for continuous wear. It is also a popular daily wear lens; plus, SiHy is the material of choice for new wearers and re-fitted patients. The SiHy lens material … Continued
You are accessing a expired course. Please contact support to switch the course. As an NCLE certified optician you already understand what it takes to fit and advise patients about contact lenses. However, there are changes occurring in the industry that understandably follow population changes happening today. New innovative designs and lens materials are now … Continued
You are accessing a expired course. Please contact support to switch the course. The purpose of this course is to help refine the ECP’s ability to choose an optimal soft contact lens care system as well as best practices for patient training. A partnership between the patient and the ECP using various learning methods will … Continued
You are accessing a expired course. Please contact support to switch the course. The assessment, prevention and management of problems related to soft contact lens wear are critical areas of patient care. It is significant that many of these problems can be alleviated by changing to a different contact lens material, a different lens design, … Continued
You are accessing a expired course. Please contact support to switch the course. Healing or preventing an ocular wound, especially any damage to the cornea, requires special measures. Therapeutic and bandage contact lenses can be an important part of the healing process when the eye care professional and patient work together for the best results. … Continued
You are accessing a expired course. Please contact support to switch the course. When contact lens patients stop wearing their lenses, they become a washout or dropout. This is costly to the ECP practice in terms of time, reputation and most certainly profit. The purpose of this course is to give the ECP a better … Continued
You are accessing a expired course. Please contact support to switch the course. The purpose of this course is to help refine the ECP’s ability to choose an optimal soft trial lens through integrated methods of prescriptive interpretation, fitting, choice and follow up. ECPs must take into account standard fitting techniques as well as applying … Continued
You are accessing a expired course. Please contact support to switch the course. A contact lens dispensary requires proper set-up, staffing and maintenance. Set up and layout facilitate patient flow and offer comfort and privacy. All staff members need to make a patient feel welcome, whether the staff member is directly or indirectly involved in … Continued