ABO-NCLE Optician Exam Prep

Full overview

This course prepares students to take the NCLE Contact Lens Registry Examination (CLRE) Basic and ABO National Opticianry Competency Exam (NOCE) Basic national certification exams.

Everyone who is at least 18 years of age and has a high school diploma or GED is eligible to sit for the exams. Students that live in the state of Virginia and New Jersey will need to research and follow their state licensing board regulations before testing . While no experience is required, candidates with two to three years hands-on experience or completion of an optical school program are more successful in passing the exams.

More information, such as testing window dates and remote proctoring availability by state can be found on the ABO-NCLE website here .

This introductory lesson offers a look at basic terminology used for eyeglass frames and materials used to make them.

Ordering prescription glasses requires knowledge of frame measurements and how frames are marked. This lesson will provide the background needed for developing this skill.

The measure of interpupillary distance is essential for placement of the optical center of lenses. Incorrect distances can also lead to medical issues for the patient. This lesson will provide the method for accurately measuring this distance.

Helping someone find frames that fit their face shape and work with the correct lenses is not a simple task. This lesson will help with providing the necessary knowledge needed for basic competency in selecting frames.

This lesson is crucial in fine tuning the lens for the wearer. Mistakes in these topics can lead to visual hardship for patients.

This lesson will guide you through the procedures followed when ordering and verifying prescription lenses from the laboratory.

This lesson covers the methods and potential issues associated with inserting lenses into the frames.

This lesson provides the groundwork for fitting frames, and the various ways a frame can be manipulated to align properly.

For eyeglasses to be worn as intended, the principles covered in this lesson are essential. This lesson focuses on fitting the frames properly onto the wearer.

This is the last lesson focusing on frames. This lesson covers frame repairs as well as minor adjustments for fit.

This lesson focuses on the concepts of reflection and refraction, which make lenses work the way we need them to and contribute to vision overall.

The shape of a lens greatly affects its performance. The thickness of the lens has an impact on how the lens functions in frames. Together, these principles form the basis of this lesson.

With increasing lens power, other factors must be compensated for to allow the lens to perform as intended. This lesson will cover these factors, such as thickness and positioning.

Fresnel lenses and prisms are constructed differently than normal lenses and prisms. This lesson uncovers those differences and the circumstances surrounding the use of Fresnel lenses.

This lesson will demonstrate how to make appropriate choices in lens design and what to look for in a lens.

In this lesson you will learn about multifocal lenses. These are lenses design to help people who need lenses to correct more than one distance.

This lesson will cover progressive addition lenses. You will learn the purpose behind these lenses, specialty types of this lens, and the measurement and disbursement of progressive addition lenses.

When there is unequal focus between the two eyes, a person is considered to have anisometropia. It can cause problems in the eyesight of children. This is the focus of lesson 21.

This lesson is a thorough introduction to absorptive lenses. This is often a misunderstood and complicated area in eye care.

Eye protection is the focus of this lesson. Lens material and eye safety in the workplace, sports, and recreation are all covered.

Lenses are edged in the finishing laboratory, the second step in creating lenses. This last lesson will cover this final step in lens creation.

This first lesson details the first step in the contact lens fitting process, which is done to determine the suitability of the patient for contact lenses.

This lesson provides a background for the contact lens practitioner in the area of contact lens optics. Topics include clinically relevant topics as well as a practical guide for calculating the refractive power of contact lenses.

Fitting contact lenses can often depend on the shape of the ocular surface and cornea. This lesson covers the evaluation done on the eye to ensure proper fitting of the contact lens.

In this lesson, you will learn about the materials used in the creation of contact lenses. Not every patient will be a good fit for every type of contact lens. The focus on this lesson is on pros and cons of the different materials used in creating contact lenses, and when each would be best for patients.

This lesson covers the fitting, evaluation, and ordering of contacts for those patients who are a good fit for gas-permeable lenses.

The success of using gas-permeable lenses is highly dependent on how patient's care for the lenses. This lesson covers the necessary care and patient education for gas-permeable lenses.

In order for gas-permeable lenses to be dispensed and fit correctly, they must go through several verification steps. This lesson covers those verification methods.

This chapter covers the management of potential problems that might arise with patients related to the wearing of gas-permeable contact lenses.

When gas-permeable lenses are fit, there are often in-office modifications that can be made to improve fitting, vision, or comfort. This lesson covers those modifications, why they might be made, and equipment used in the modification.

This lesson will explore the different soft lens materials available, their similarities and differences, and the properties of the different materials.

In this lesson, you will learn how to evaluate a patient to determine if they are a good fit for soft contact lenses, and which type of soft contact lens might be suitable for a patient.

As with gas-permeable lenses, soft lenses require patient care to prevent problems and infections. This lesson is designed to give the tools necessary to teach patients how to care for their soft lenses.

Even with proper evaluation and fitting, there can be complications with soft lenses. This lesson covers what complications might arise and how to problem solve them.

This lesson will cover the principles of astigmatic correction with both gas-permeable and soft toric lenses.

With aging populations, multifocal lenses are in increasing demand. This lesson focuses on how contact lenses can meet that demand.

In this lesson, you will learn about extended wear or continuous wear lenses, that allow the for permanent vision correction with contact lenses.

Selecting contact lenses for pediatric patients is possible, but requires many considerations and examinations. This lesson covers the fitting of contact lenses for young patients.

Keratoconus is a disease of the cornea, often managed with specialty contact lenses. This lesson covers the disease as well as contact lens management to help with Keratoconus.

This lesson covers the use of contact lenses for therapeutic ocular surface or for improved optical correction after corneal surgery.

This lesson covers the use of scleral lenses and when they are appropriate to use with patients.

Myopia is a very common eye disorder. This lesson covers the disease as well as methods of controlling it using contact lenses.

This lesson covers the process of orthokeratology, which is the practice of changing the curvature of the cornea using specially designed gas-permeable contact lenses.

The topic of this lesson is the use of prosthetic contact lenses. We will explore the various types and uses of these lenses.

Contact lens wearers can experience complications when wearing their lenses. In this lesson, you will learn about the various complications and treatment of those issues.

This lesson covers the practice of offering contact lenses to patients. Establishing a contact lens practice, how to maintain and improve upon it, and how to keep a contact lens practice thriving.

This final lesson covers the billing and coding of medically necessary and specialty contact lenses.

This course prepares students to take the NCLE Contact Lens Registry Examination (CLRE) Basic and ABO National Opticianry Competency Exam (NOCE) Basic national certification exams.

Everyone who is at least 18 years of age and has a high school diploma or GED is eligible to sit for the exams. Students that live in the state of Virginia and New Jersey will need to research and follow their state licensing board regulations before testing . While no experience is required, candidates with two to three years hands-on experience or completion of an optical school program are more successful in passing the exams.

More information, such as testing window dates and remote proctoring availability by state can be found on the ABO-NCLE website here .

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