- You must be a Total Access member to access course content.
Currently the eyecare and the eyewear businesses are tied together. It is the goal of OpticianWorks to prepare you for a time when perhaps you will not be dependent on a doctor or “medical” practitioner for your “prescriptions.”
However, for many years to come most of you will find yourself working for, or with, a doctor of optometry, ophthalmology or both.
In either case you will need to know just some of the jargon, anatomy and physiology of the eye.
Just as the independent doctor of optometry needs to have business skills – you need to have just a little anatomy & physiology. That still doesn’t make you a medical professional.
The section on prism is part of this course because it is a doctor who is experienced in working with prism that will prescribe it. How you will actually work with prism is covered in detail in a later section.
Course Information
Course Instructor
1: Understanding Written Lens Powers
1: Understanding Lens Powers Or Lens Order Information
Explanation of the primary information on an eyeglass prescription.
2: Notes Found On Eyeglass Lens Orders
Here is an explanation of some of the many different notes you may see on a prescription.
3: Converting to Near & Intermediate Ranges
How take a prescription with an add power and make it for near or intermediate use.
4: OK For Contacts & The Snellen Chart 20/20
Why you cannot use an eyeglass prescription for contact lenses, 20/20 and the prescription and wrapping up the introductory lessons.
5: You – Contact Lenses And The Public
6: Review Quiz You – Contact Lenses And The Public
2: Understanding Prescribed Prism
1: Review of Lenses as Prisms
Lenses as prisms.
2: Optical Center vs. Major Reference Point
When prism is prescribed the eye looks through the MRP.
3: Prism Power & Notation
Prism is always a balance of power and position.
4: Why is Prism Prescribed
Nice to know the why and the how of prism.
5: Press On Prisms
Not all prism is ground or part of a lens.
3: Anatomy of the Eye
1: Common Pre-Screening Procedures
Depending on where you work you may be involved with pre-screening patients.
2: Common Medical Conditions of the Eye & LASIK
As an optician you may encounter some medical conditions of the eye.
3: Anatomy & Physiology For Opticians (Non-ABO)
What the day-to-day working optician needs to know about A&P.
4: Anatomy & Physiology (ABO)
How much of this you need will depend on where you work and your interest level.
5: Quiz For Course 2 The Eye & Lens Design