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- Title:
- 03_11 Prescribing Spectacles
- Description:
- This session discusses how to convert a refractive result into an appropriate spectacle prescription for a range of patient groups. Types of bifocal/multifocal lenses and lens materials are considered, together with general prescribing advice.
- Hierarchy:
- Ophthalmology (Eye-Site) > Eye-Site 00 Ophthalmology Curriculum > What the Ophthalmologist is able to do (Technical Intelligences) > 4) Practical Skills (PS) > PS2 Retinoscopy and subjective refraction > 03_11 Prescribing Spectacles
- Author(s):
-
Leontia Bell
- Created:
- 29 Oct 2010
- Last Major Update:
- 17 Dec 2024
- Keywords:
- 130-046, spectacles, prescription, glasses, myopia, hypermetropia, presbyopia, refractive error, astigmatism, anisometropia, latent hypermetropia, refraction, cycloplegic refraction, accommodation, residual accommodation, astigmatic correction, cylinder correction, spherical correction, strabismus, amblyopia, single vision, multifocal, bifocal, trifocal, varifocal, PAL, progressive addition, convergence excess esotropia, prismatic jump, crown glass, plastic, polycarbonate, tinted lens, anti-reflective coating
- Quicklink:
- 130-046
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- Title:
- 03_11 Prescribing Spectacles
- Description:
- This session discusses how to convert a refractive result into an appropriate spectacle prescription for a range of patient groups. Types of bifocal/multifocal lenses and lens materials are considered, together with general prescribing advice.
- Hierarchy:
- Ophthalmology (Eye-Site) > Eye-Site 00 Ophthalmology Curriculum > What the Ophthalmologist is able to do (Technical Intelligences) > 4) Practical Skills (PS) > PS2 Retinoscopy and subjective refraction > 03_11 Prescribing Spectacles
- Author(s):
-
Leontia Bell
- Created:
- 29 Oct 2010
- Last Major Update:
- 17 Dec 2024
- Keywords:
- 130-046, spectacles, prescription, glasses, myopia, hypermetropia, presbyopia, refractive error, astigmatism, anisometropia, latent hypermetropia, refraction, cycloplegic refraction, accommodation, residual accommodation, astigmatic correction, cylinder correction, spherical correction, strabismus, amblyopia, single vision, multifocal, bifocal, trifocal, varifocal, PAL, progressive addition, convergence excess esotropia, prismatic jump, crown glass, plastic, polycarbonate, tinted lens, anti-reflective coating
- Quicklink:
- 130-046