Main description:

The Basic Bookshelf for Eyecare Professionals is a series that provides fundamental and advanced material with a clinical approach to clinicians and students. A special effort was made to include information needed for the certification exams in ophthalmic and optometric assisting, low vision, surgical assisting, opticianry, and contact lens examiners.

The Certified Ophthalmic Medical Technologist Exam Review Manual is a review book designed for those preparing for the COMT (R) certification exam. This manual offers some 600 multiple-choice questions on every topic listed in the test criteria, including advanced levels of tonometry, visual fields, color vision, clinical optics, motility, photography, pharmacology, and general medical knowledge. Material that is unique to COMTs, such as microbiology and special instruments & techniques, are also covered. Explanatory answers, often with supporting illustrations and tables as well as the reference from which the material was obtained, are offered to round out your study experience. Suggested study texts are listed, along with an appendix on how to take a practical examination.

Contents:

Contents

Chapter 1 - Microbiology
Chapter 2 - Advanced Tonometry
Chapter 3 - Advanced Visual Fields
Chapter 4 - Advanced Color Vision
Chapter 5 - Advanced Clinical Optics
Chapter 6 - Advanced Ocular Motility
Chapter 7 - Advanced Photography
Chapter 8 - Advanced Pharmacology
Chapter 9 - Special Instruments and Techniques
Chapter 10 - Advanced General Medical Knowledge
Chapter 11 - Explanatory Answers

Appendix: Taking a Practical Exam

Bibliography