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
You are accessing a expired course. Please contact support to switch the course. Contact lenses are a modern technology with a historical perspective. First conceptually illustrated by Leonardo DaVinci, these tiny lenses were not actualized for centuries. Today’s technology is based upon early lenses that were extremely uncomfortable at best and dangerous at worst. The … Continued
You are accessing a expired course. Please contact support to switch the course. Brief Course Description GP Lens Care and Patient Education The ability to care for and handle rigid gas-permeable (GP) contact lenses properly depends on several factors. First, the patient must be provided with several methods of insertion and removal, and proficiency in … Continued
You are accessing a expired course. Please contact support to switch the course. Brief Course Description Orthokeratology is a temporary correction of myopia and astigmatism using specially designed rigid contact lenses to flatten the central cornea. The effect is similar to that of refractive surgery: by flattening the cornea, the refractive power of the eye … Continued