Eye anatomy, optics and lenses, visual acuity, pupils, motility, fields, tonometry, diagnostic tests, eye drops and clinic safety: here every topic fits on one page, drawn and explained. 54 illustrated pages, with 40 practice questions explained.
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One topic per page, with a big drawing, four short boxes and the key idea at the bottom. Take a look inside:
OD or OS, cc or sc, transposition, RAPD, cover test, cap colors... you have read it ten times, but it does not stick.
...and every manual gives you hundreds of pages of dense text.
Here, a skill fits on one page: the big drawing shows it, four boxes explain it.
And the box at the bottom tells you the one idea to keep.
First you see it. Then you remember it.
The eye, optics, the patient workup, diagnostic testing, eye conditions, medications, clinic safety and the COA exam: 54 pages, all illustrated
Picture this:
Instead of rereading pages and pages of text before a shift or a test...
...you see each test drawn step by step: what to do, in which order and why.
And the workup becomes pictures you can recall in the exam room and on test day.
That is exactly what Ophthalmic Assistant Made Visual does.
It is not “just another PDF”. It is 8 parts and 50 illustrated topics, with 40 practice questions and the answers explained, plus the whole book on one page.
Because what your brain sees organized, it remembers.
The eye at a glance, cornea and sclera, the uvea, the lens and accommodation, retina, macula and optic nerve, lids and tears, and the six extraocular muscles.
How the eye focuses light, myopia, hyperopia, astigmatism and presbyopia, reading a prescription, lensometry, transposition and spherical equivalent, autorefraction and keratometry.
The assistant's role, history taking, visual acuity, CF, HM, LP and NLP, pinhole and near vision, pupils and RAPD, motility and cover tests, confrontation fields, Amsler grid and tonometry, with 20 practice questions.
Automated perimetry, color vision and stereo, tear tests, A-scan biometry and pachymetry, OCT and fundus photography, and the slit lamp.
Cataract, glaucoma, macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, retinal detachment, the red eye, dry eye and blepharitis.
Drops, ointments and other routes, instilling drops and ointment, cap colors, dilating drops and the main drug classes, without doses.
Infection control, cleaning the equipment, assisting with minor procedures, triage of eye emergencies, privacy, ethics and patient education.
The COA certification as a concept, how to study for it, and 20 more practice questions.
At the end: every practice answer explained and the whole book on one page.
Free with the book
Ten short tests by topic, sixty original questions, from the anatomy of the eye to optics, the workup, drops, clinic safety and triage, with every answer explained and a score sheet.
It comes with the book.
Free with the book
The abbreviations you write every day (OD, OS, OU, cc, sc, VA, PERRLA, IOP and more), the word parts of eye terms and how to chart a workup, explained with drawings.
It comes with the book.
One payment:
$27
Instant access: Ophthalmic Assistant Made Visual and the two free books arrive by email as PDFs. One payment, no subscription.
Review each test in minutes before a busy day of patients.
See what ophthalmic assistants really do, one clear page at a time.
The core topics and practice questions with every answer explained.
$27
You have 30 days to try Ophthalmic Assistant Made Visual and the two free books.
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Yes. It starts with the anatomy of the eye and goes topic by topic, one page at a time, with simple words and big drawings.
Eye anatomy, optics and lenses, history taking, visual acuity, pupils, motility, fields, tonometry, diagnostic tests, common eye conditions, ophthalmic medications without doses, infection control, triage and the COA certification as a concept, plus 40 practice questions.
No book can guarantee that. It helps you understand and review the core topics; your training, your clinic and steady practice prepare you. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by IJCAHPO (JCAHPO).
No. The COA certification is issued by IJCAHPO. The book is a study aid.
No. Always follow the ophthalmologist, your supervisor and your clinic's protocols. No medication doses are given: medicines are used only on the doctor's order.
No. They were written for this book. No official exam questions are included.
By email, right after you buy: three PDFs you can read on your phone, tablet or computer.
No. One payment of $27, and the three PDFs are yours.
Yes, as many times as you want, for yourself.
You have 30 days: if a file does not open, if the content is not what this page describes, if you were charged twice or the download never arrived, write to us and we refund you.
You do not have to memorize OD and OS by repeating them in your head.
You do not have to get lost in a thousand-page manual.
And you definitely do not have to learn the eye workup without pictures.
There is an easier way. And it is one click away.
Your move.
The PDFs arrive by email in a few minutes