CONTACT LENS
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Year One
Clinical Education
- The contact lens history and exam
- Retinoscopy, refraction, and over-refraction in the contact lens patient
- Optics of soft contact lenses
- Optics of rigid contact lenses
- Conversion of an MRx to a contact lens prescription
- Contact lens design
- Contact lens fitting
- Selection of contact lens patients
- Indications for contact lens use
- Auxiliary contact lens fitting instruments
- Contraindication for contact lens use
- Tear film and contact lens interaction
- Effects of contact lens on corneal nutrition and health
- Contact lens complications
Technical Education
- Perform advanced retinoscopy in a contact lens patient
- Perform advanced refraction in a contact lens patient including diagnostic fitting
- Verify and inspect contact lens fit
- Instruct patient in insertion, removal, and care of contact lenses
- Recognize and manage common contact lens complications
Year Two
Clinical Education
- Complex lens fittings such as keratoconus
- Retinoscopy and refraction in complex patients (ex. keratoconus and PKP)
- Advanced optics of contacts (ex. base curve, lacrimal lens, optic zone)
- Advanced contact lens design and materials
- Contact lens fitting in advanced patients (ex. keratoconus and post-PKP)
- Selection of complex patients for contact lens
- Auxillary instruments in fitting complex patients (ex. automated keratometry)
- Verification of contact lens fitting
- Advanced Contact lens complications and management
Technical Education
- Perform advanced retinoscopy
- Perform advanced refraction in CL including diagnostic fitting
- Verify and modify contact lens fit in routine and patients
- Perform fitting in advanced patients (children, keratoconus)
- Use advanced contact lens instruments in fitting (incl. topography)
- Perform contact lens selection
- Recognize and manage advanced contact lens complications
Year Three
Clinical Education
- Examination techniques for most advanced patients (post-PK, active corneal disease, etc…)
- Retinoscopy and refraction in most complex patients (post-PK, active corneal disease, etc…)
- Most advanced contact lens optics (multifocal, piggyback, scleral, etc…)
- Most advanced contact lens design and materials.
- Indications for and fittings of advanced lenses
- Fit and verification techniques for advanced lenses and most complex patients
- Describe methods of modification of contacts to improve fit, comfort, vision, or decrease complications
Technical Education
- Perform and interpret topography for fitting in complex patients
- Select appropriate contact lenses for complex cases
- Verify fit and modify contact lenses in complex cases
