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Appendix C
CCOA Content Area Percentages
CONTENT AREA
CCOA %
History Taking
20
Basic Skills & Lensometry
17
Patient Services
16
Basic Tonometry
15
Instrument Maintenance
11
General Medical Knowledge
21
CCOA Sub-Content Areas
CONTENT AREAS
HISTORY TAKING
CCOA
Presenting Complaint/History of Presenting Illness
♦ Signs and symptoms
♦ Triage
♦ Refractive status
♦ Injury
♦ Contact lenses
♦ Confidentiality
Past Ocular History
♦ Refractive status problems
♦ Injury
♦ Disease and prescriptions
♦ Surgery and laser
♦ Contact lenses
Family History
♦ Diabetes
♦ Glaucoma
♦ Hypertension
♦ Ocular diseases and dystrophies
♦ Strabismus
♦ Other
Systemic Illness, Past and Present
♦ Hypertension
♦ Diabetes
♦ Pulmonary problems
Systemic Illness, Past and Present (cont.)
♦ Arthritis
♦ Sickle cell disease
♦ Surgical procedures
♦ Major infections
♦ Other
Medications
♦ Aspirin-containing medications
♦ Diuretics
♦ Blood pressure medications
♦ Birth control pills
♦ Steroids
♦ Other
Allergies and Drug Reactions
♦ Penicillin
♦ Sulfa
♦ Local anesthesia
♦ Fluorescein
♦ Other
Partially Sighted Patient
♦ Onset of visual loss
♦ Use of low vision aids
♦ Problems/goals
♦ Home/family/community support
BASIC SKILLS &
LENSOMETRY
Method of Measuring/Recording Acuity
♦ Distance acuity
♦ Near acuity
♦ Children
♦ Low vision
♦ Illumination of target and background
♦ Pinhole
♦ Artifacts
♦ Recording
Color Vision Testing
♦ Color plates
♦ D-15
♦ Farnsworth-Munsell
♦ Physiology
♦ Children
Lensometry
♦ Sphere
♦ Cylinder power/axis
Lensometry (cont.)
♦ Prism
♦ Multifocal power
♦ Multifocal induced prism
♦ Base curve
♦ Lensometer
♦ Lens clock
♦ Estimation with loose lenses
♦ Aphakic lenses
♦ Recording prescription
♦ Transposition
A-Scan Biometry
Exophthalmometry
Amsler Grid
Schirmer Tests
Evaluation of Pupils
Estimation of Anterior Chamber Depth
PATIENT SERVICES
Ocular Dressings and Shields
♦ Indications
♦ Proper use
Drug Delivery (Advantages/Disadvantages)
♦ Drops
♦ Ointments
♦ Sustained release
♦ Injections
♦ Systemic
♦ Complications
Spectacle Principles
♦ Interpupillary distance
♦ Frames
Spectacle Principles (cont.)
♦ Multifocal
♦ “Safety” lenses and frames
♦ Adjustments and repairs
♦ Care of spectacles
♦ Lens materials
Assisting Patient
♦ Physically Disabled
♦ Visually disabled
♦ Pediatric/children
Minor Surgery
♦ Assisting surgeon
♦ Instructing patient
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