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Optometric Knowledge
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The Optometric Knowledge Component consists
of 380 multiple choice questions. These questions
are administered in 3 - three hour sessions over
two days. Questions focus on:
| Radiation, Light & Optics |
Human Biology |
Ocular/Visual Biology |
| Vision |
Systemic Conditions |
Ocular Disease/Trauma |
| Public Health & Safety |
Human and Visual
Development & Aging |
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Ocular Therapeutics
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The Ocular Therapeutics component consists
of 120 multiple choice questions relating to the
use of therapeutic pharmaceutical agents and is
administered in 1 – 3 hour session. Questions
focus on:
| General Microbiology |
General Immunology |
General Pharmacology |
| Ocular Pharmacology |
Ocular Disease/Trauma:
Treatment, Management & Prognosis |
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Clinical Judgement
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The Clinical Judgement component consists
of 100 multiple choice questions relating to
different case scenarios and is administered in 1 – 3 hour session. Cases focus on:
Refractive conditions of the eye
and their management
Accommodative conditions of the eye and vision system and their
treatment and management
Oculomotor conditions of the eye
and vision system and their treatment and management
Sensory-integrative conditions of the eye and vision system and their
treatment and management
Ocular disease and trauma and its treatment and management
Systemic disease and its treatment
and management
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Clinical Skills
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The four skills components consist of the
accurate performance of common clinical techniques
performed associated with four different clinical
scenarios. These four components are administered
in 1-four hour session as follows:
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Skill Set 1:
Interviewing and assessing refractive and
accommodative conditions
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Patient Interview |
Visual Acuity |
| Pupillary Distance and Static Retinoscopy |
Subjective Refraction |
| Nearpoint Addition |
Interpersonal & Communication Skills |
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Skill Set 2:
Assessing Oculomotor and Sensory-Integrative
functions
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Cover Tests at Distance |
Cover Tests at Near |
| Maddox Rod Test |
Amplitude of Accommodation |
| Extraocular Muscle Functions |
Nearpoint of Convergence |
| Fusional Vergence Ranges |
Stereoacuity |
| Pupillary Testing |
Interpersonal & Communication Skills
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Skill Set 3:
Assessing Ocular and System Disease
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Confrontation Visual Fields |
Applanation Tonometry |
| Biomicroscopy |
Direct Ophthalmoscopy |
| Fundus Lens with Biomicroscopy |
Gonioscopy |
| Binocular Indirect Ophthalmoscopy |
Interpersonal & Communication Skills |
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Skill Set 4:
Assessing ophthalmic Appliances
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Keratometry |
Preparation/placement of rigid contact lens |
| Preparation/Placement of Soft Contact Lens |
Lensometry & Verification of Spectacles |
| Adjustment of Spectacles/Frames |
Diagnostic RGP Contact Lens & Removal |
| Diagnostic Soft Contact Lens & Removal |
Interpersonal & Communication Skills |
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