OPHTHALMIC TECHNICIAN CURRICULUM
Section Editors: Mariessa Maughan & Srav Vegunta, MD
Visual Acuity
- Exam Skills:
How to check Visual Acuity
https://morancore.utah.edu/allied-ophthalmic-training-program/visual-acuity-in-adults/ - Visual Acuity Quiz
Confrontation Visual Field (CVF)
- Exam Skills: How to check Confrontation Visual Fields
Amsler Grid
Optics
Optics Link/Quiz/interactive Link:
- Link discussing refractive error:
https://morancore.utah.edu/section-03-clinical-optics/refractive-error/
Link How the Eye Works Animation – How do we see video – nearsighted & farsighted Human Eye:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcedXDN6a88 - Quiz Yourself
T/F – A farsighted eye is too long and the image gets focused in front of the retina
False: A nearsighted eye is too long and the image gets focused in front of the retina
What is astigmatism? Explain to a family or friend
How do prisms work? Image goes toward to “Apex”Draw a picture of the path of light entering the eye from tear film? Cornea DP, lens DP?
Click to open the answer
Includes “Exam Skills” portion
History TakingReading:
Create section in SOP?
Exam Skills: How to take a good history: - Link:
https://morancore.utah.edu/allied-ophthalmic-training-program/history-taking/
Examples of good history taking questions are on page 15 – 19 (links for these)/how to make it interactive?*
Link LOST TO HISTORY? THE UTILITY OF LISTENING AND ASKING THE RIGHT QUESTIONS IN THE EYE CLINIC: (28+ minutes)
https://morancore.utah.edu/uncategorized/lost-to-history-the-utility-of-listening-and-asking-the-right-questions-in-the-eye-clinic/
- Quiz Yourself:
Create a dot phrase list of questions for someone with dry eyes, glaucoma – including drops in details, ped history including new patient who comes in with a failed va screening (birth hx, developmental hx, and why they failed their va screening)PDF to fill in the information or have a notebook
Pupils
- How to check pupils and an APD
https://morancore.utah.edu/basic-ophthalmology-review/perform-the-pupillary-exam/
https://morancore.utah.edu/basic-ophthalmology-review/relative-afferent-pupillary-defect-rapd/
Ocular Motility (EOM’s – Extra Ocular Movements)
- https://morancore.utah.edu/basic-ophthalmology-review/the-motility-exam/
- Exam Skills: How to check EOM’s
https://morancore.utah.edu/allied-ophthalmic-training-program/extraocular-motility/
Angle Assessment
Stereo Acuity Testing
Ishihara Color Vision Testing
Administering Drops/Ointments
Lensometry
