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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 33