General

Ocular Examination

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Developing Clinical Skills offers a practical guide to three important techniques used in optometric practice.

This programme consists of three individual sections covering the practice of:

  • Contact tonometry
  • Binocular indirect ophthalmoscopy (both at the slit-lamp and with a headset)
  • Gonioscopy
    Unit 1 - Contact tonometry (~15 mins)►

    Learning objectives

    Learning objectives

     
    • 3.1.2 Understand how to undertake and interpret van Herick technique.
    • 3.1.2 Understand the use of contact procedures with slit lamp for angle assessment.
    • 3.1.3 To understand the use of slit lamp and indirect lenses for assessment of the fundus.
    • 3.1.6 Understand how to measure intraocular pressure using a contact technique.
      Unit 1 - Contact tonometry (~15 mins)►