STANDARD COMPETENCIES:

 

 I.      Be able to properly utilize an ophthalmometer to measure a patient¿s corneal curvature, and properly record that data in the medical record.

 II.     Demonstrate calibration, proper care, and maintenance of the ophthalmometer.

 III.    Demonstrate knowledge of the anatomy of the cornea and other ocular adnexa appropriate to contact lens wear.

 IV.     Discuss the effect of the eyelids on different contact lens types.

 V.      Discuss the pertinent clinical considerations when evaluating a patient for contact lenses.

 VI.     Understand ¿with the rule¿ astigmatism, ¿against the rule¿ astigmatism, lenticular astigmatism, and regular and irregular astigmatism.

 VII.    Be able to discuss accommodation factors related to myopic and hyperopic contact lens wear.

 VIII.   Discuss what makes a patient a candidate for different contact lens types.

 IX.     Demonstrate knowledge of different types of lenses - hard, soft, gas-permeable, toric, bifocal, aspheric.

 X       Demonstrate knowledge of the characteristics of a ¿too-tight¿, a ¿too-loose¿, and an appropriately fit contact lens, both rigid and soft.

 XI.     Demonstrate knowledge of post-fitting management of contact lens patients.

 XII.    Demonstrate knowledge of contact lens care, and its importance to patient success and ocular health.

 XIII.   Discuss the various contact lens portions and their relationship to proper contact lens fit.

 XIV.    Discuss proper management of a contact lens practice - fees, charting, ordering, and verification of lenses.

 XV.     Be able to discuss what changes need to be made in both fitting and power modification of lenses given certain patient parameters.

 TOPICAL OUTLINE:

 

 I.      Development of Contact Lenses

 II.     Ophthalmometer Use (Keratometer)

 III.    Hard vs. Soft vs. Gas-permeable lenses

 IV.     Soft Contact Lenses

 V.      Gas Permeable Contact Lenses

 VI.     Astigmatic Considerations

 VII.    Care Systems

 VIII.   Contact Lens Practice Mangement