Lindy Dubois

Clinical Skills for the Ophthalmic Examination (eBook, ePUB)

Basic Procedures

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The step-by-step, instructional guide for the most common ophthalmic instruments and procedures has been updated to a second edition. Clinical Skills for the Ophthalmic Examination: Basic Procedures, Second Edition provides details on tests frequently performed in the office and provides instructions on the proper way to perform them.

Lindy DuBois focuses on presenting fundamental instruction in a clear and easy-to-use manual. Essential chapters, such as those on patient history, medications, allergies, and refractive surgery have been updated to offer critical information for the ophthalmic professional.

New to this edition: An expanded History section with a detailed patient interview to comply with new regulations. Expanded Interim History section to include patients with low vision. New sections on Exophthalmometry and A-Scan Biometry.

Make Clinical Skills for the Ophthalmic Examination: Basic Procedures, Second Edition your go-to text for information on the latest procedures and instruments used in the clinic today.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 136
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040142349
• Artikelnr.: 70884235

Autorenporträt

Lindy DuBois is a certified ophthalmic medical technologist (COMT) and certified orthoptist (CO). After college, she worked as a chemist at the University of Florida and then undertook her ophthalmology training there. During this time, she also began work on her master's degree in health occupations education. Since finishing her training, Ms. DuBois has been on the faculty of ophthalmic technology training programs at the University of Florida in Gainesville, the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, and is currently the assistant program director in the master of medical science in ophthalmic technology program at Emory University in Atlanta, Ga. She received her MMSc from Emory in 1994. In addition to her teaching duties, she has worked in university clinics as well as private practice and has been the clinical coordinator of numerous clinical research trials.

Ms. DuBois has taught numerous courses and presented many papers for professional organizations, academic programs, and community groups. In addition to scientific publications, she has authored or reviewed sections of the home study course published by the American Academy of Ophthalmology and chapters in Fundamentals for Ophthalmic Technical Personnel. Ms. DuBois feels fortunate to have found her niche in this, her second, career. She is a cheerleader for the profession-encouraging and supporting entry into and advancement in the world of eyecare.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents Dedications Acknowledgments About the Author Introduction The
Study Icons Chapter 1. Preliminaries: History, Exam Strategy, and Office
Drugs Chapter 2. Visual Acuity Chapter 3. Lensometry, Transposition, and
Geneva Lens Measure Chapter 4. Keratometry Chapter 5. Informal Visual
Fields Chapter 6. The Pupil Evaluation Chapter 7. Interpupillary Distance,
Near Point of Accommodation, and Near Point of Convergence Chapter 8. The
Slit Lamp Exam Chapter 9. Tonometry Chapter 10. The Ocular Motility
Evaluation Chapter 11. Ancillary Procedures Chapter 12. Assisting in Minor
Surgery Chapter 13. Patient Services Index