You are accessing a expired course. Please contact support to switch the course. Brief Course Description Contact Lens Instrumentation This course covers the uses of two pieces of equipment, the keratometer and the slit lamp, which are indispensable to the successful fitting and evaluation of rigid and soft contact lenses. The keratometer (also known as … Continued
You are accessing a expired course. Please contact support to switch the course. Brief Course Description Photochromic Lenses The latest developments in photochromic lenses have taken the products into a totally different arena – the world of lifestyle dispensing. This course takes a look at lifestyle dispensing with photochromic lenses. Wearers have always liked photochromic … Continued
You are accessing a expired course. Please contact support to switch the course. Brief Course Description Anatomy & Physiology A competent optician needs a basic understanding of the anatomy of the human eye, how it works, and what conditions or vision abnormalities might occur which may require his/her services. With this knowledge he may interact … Continued
You are accessing a expired course. Please contact support to switch the course. Brief Course Description Lens Form & Analysis This course covers the actual shape and deisgn of modern prescription ophthalmic lenses. It includes a discussion of spheres and radius of curvature. Corrected curve lenses, the rationale for the use of commonly recommended base … Continued
You are accessing a expired course. Please contact support to switch the course. Brief Course Description Lens Materials & Coatings/Multifocal Designs Surveys common styles of multifocal lenses currently available to include flat top, executive, ultex, blended, progressive— the relative merits and uses of each will be outlined. The concept of the reading addition and “image … Continued
You are accessing a expired course. Please contact support to switch the course. Brief Course Description Ophthalmic Frames The basic parts of the ophthalmic frame are discussed the various measurement criteria are summarized. Horizontal and vertical lens decentration is explained and the theoretical as well as practical minimum lens blank sizes are calculated based on … Continued
You are accessing a expired course. Please contact support to switch the course. Brief Course Description Instrumentation/Reguations & Standards Begins with a study of the lensometer to include a survey of its principal parts as will as a summary of the measurements it is capable of reading. Includes a step by step procedure for verifying … Continued
You are accessing a expired course. Please contact support to switch the course. Brief Course Description Basic Contact Lens Design This course starts with a discussion of the various contact lens designs to include scleral, corneal and semi-scleral lenses. Some basic terminology is covered and the various materials from which contact lenses can be made … Continued
You are accessing a expired course. Please contact support to switch the course. Brief Course Description Optical Principles of Contact Lesnes There are many reasons why a contact lens prescription can differ significantly from a spectacle prescription belonging to the same patient. By studying the principles of optics which need to be considered when fitting … Continued
You are accessing a expired course. Please contact support to switch the course. Brief Course Description Fitting & Verification We’ll start with a discussion of palpebral lenses as well as larger lenses with wide peripheral curves. The general characteristics, advantages, and disadvantages of each will be discussed. This will be followed by methods and procedures … Continued