The step-by-step, instructional guide for the most common ophthalmic instruments and procedures has been updated to a second edition. Clinical Skills for the Ophthalmic Examination: Basic Procedures, Second Edition provides details on tests frequently performed in the office and provides instructions on the proper way to perform them.

Lindy DuBois focuses on presenting fundamental instruction in a clear and easy-to-use manual. Essential chapters, such as those on patient history, medications, allergies, and refractive surgery have been updated to offer critical information for the ophthalmic professional.

New to this edition:

An expanded History section with a detailed patient interview to comply with new regulations.

Expanded Interim History section to include patients with low vision.

New sections on Exophthalmometry and A-Scan Biometry.

Make Clinical Skills for the Ophthalmic Examination: Basic Procedures, Second Edition your go-to text for information on the latest procedures and instruments used in the clinic today.

The Basic Bookshelf for Eyecare Professionals is a series that provides fundamental and advanced material with a clinical approach to clinicians and students. A special effort was made to include information needed for the certification exams in ophthalmic and optometric assisting, low vision, surgical assisting, opticianry, and contact lens examiners.

Basic Procedures provides step-by-step instructions for the most common ophthalmic instruments and procedures. The author details tests frequently performed in the office and provides instructions on the proper way to administer these tests. This handy manual will give you the tools you need to be a skilled and efficient ophthalmic or optometic assistant.

This text explains procedures which include: visual acuity, history taking, pupil evaluation, informal visual fields, and minor surgery assisting. Other features include: background theory, patient education, and a broad overview of ophthalmic instruments such as the lensometer, slit lamp, keratometer, and various tonometers.

Dedications

Acknowledgments

About the Author

Introduction

The Study Icons

Chapter 1. Preliminaries: History, Exam Strategy, and Office Drugs

Chapter 2. Visual Acuity

Chapter 3. Lensometry, Transposition, and Geneva Lens Measure

Chapter 4. Keratometry

Chapter 5. Informal Visual Fields

Chapter 6. The Pupil Evaluation

Chapter 7. Interpupillary Distance, Near Point of Accommodation,

and Near Point of Convergence

Chapter 8. The Slit Lamp Exam

Chapter 9. Tonometry

Chapter 10. The Ocular Motility Evaluation

Chapter 11. Ancillary Procedures

Chapter 12. Assisting in Minor Surgery

Chapter 13. Patient Services

Index