Videos

ABO Video #01
Part 1 of 10 video reviews created to prepare you with the necessary skills needed to take the American Board of Opticianry, National Competency exam. #1 video contains information a. Anatomy and Physiology b. Visual Acuity c. Visual Acuity testing methods

 

ABO Video #02
Part 2 of 10 video reviews created to prepare you with the necessary skills needed to take the American Board of Opticianry, National Competency exam. #2 video a. Visual conditions (terms) b. Refractive errors graphical diagrams Myopia, Hyperopia, Astigmatism c. Types an classifications of astigmatism d. Calculating near Rxs from a standard multifocal Rx

 

ABO Video #03
Part 3 of 10 video reviews created to prepare you with the necessary skills needed to take the American Board of Opticianry, National Competency exam. #3 video a. Multifocals and lens designs b. Positions and placement of multifocals c. Reflection and Refraction d. Visual spectrum e. Index of materials f. Aberrations

 

ABO DVD #04
Part 4 of 10 video reviews created to prepare you with the necessary skills needed to take the American Board of Opticianry, National Competency exam. #4 video a. Characteristics of lenses b. Index relationship to nominal and surface powers of lenses c. Correct usage of the Lens Measurer (lens clock) d. Calculation of thickenss as related to index e. Transposition of lenses from + or - forms f. Optical cross as related to lens fabrication

 

ABO DVD #05
Part 5 of 10 video reviews created to prepare you with the necessary skills needed to take the American Board of Opticianry, National Competency exam. #5 video a. Correct lensometer percedures b. Base curve calculation and control of magnification c. Toric transposition (lens curvatures that generate lens power)

 

ABO DVD #06
Part 6 of 10 video reviews created to prepare you with the necessary skills needed to take the American Board of Opticianry, National Competency exam. #6 video a. More on Toric transpositon b. Vertex distance concept and calculation Understanding concept can elimate need to use math c. Prisms d. Power of lenses from oblique angles e. Prentice rule

 

ABO DVD #07
Part 7 of 10 video reviews created to prepare you with the necessary skills needed to take the American Board of Opticianry, National Competency exam. #7 video a. Total combines prism b. Re-distribution of prism c. Image jump d. Slab-off concept and calculation Understanding concept can elimate need to use math

 

ABO DVD #08
Part 8 of 10 video reviews created to prepare you with the necessary skills needed to take the American Board of Opticianry, National Competency exam. #8 video a. Fitting and dispensing b. Calculation of decentration, inset and seg drop

 

ABO DVD #09
Part 9 of 10 video reviews created to prepare you with the necessary skills needed to take the American Board of Opticianry, National Competency exam. #9 video a. Frame adjustments b. Pantoscopic angle c. Retroscopic angle d. Orthoscopic angle

 

ABO DVD #10
Part 10 of 10 video reviews created to prepare you with the necessary skills needed to take the American Board of Opticianry, National Competency exam. #10 video a. Professional conduct b. Successful testing