Curriculum

Every live module runs a rotating set of cases and grades on the same four-part rubric, so scores mean the same thing across the team.

Preliminary testing

Confrontation visual fields

Live
Optometric Technician

Screen both visual fields by finger counting, recognize the classic defect patterns, and know which findings stop the workup.

Standard: Tests all four quadrants of both eyes with valid technique, names the defect pattern, and triages sudden-onset defects to the doctor immediately.

Onboarding
50 min · 4 cases · 70%
Drill
8 min · 1 case · 80%
Certification
19 min · 3 cases · 85%

Extraocular motility

Live
Optometric Technician

Drive the patient through all nine positions of gaze, spot an underaction, and map it back to the muscle and cranial nerve behind it.

Standard: Tests all nine positions with the head steady, identifies the restricted position, and recognizes a pupil-involving third nerve palsy as an emergency.

Onboarding
47 min · 4 cases · 70%
Drill
8 min · 1 case · 80%
Certification
19 min · 3 cases · 85%

iCare rebound tonometry

Live
Optometric Technician

Take a reliable, infection-safe IOP with the iCare, read the device's quality band honestly, and recognize the pressure that can't wait.

Standard: Loads a fresh probe, holds the correct working distance and alignment, obtains a green-band reading on both eyes, and escalates an acute pressure immediately.

Onboarding
50 min · 4 cases · 70%
Drill
9 min · 1 case · 80%
Certification
20 min · 3 cases · 85%

Pupil assessment and RAPD

Planned
Optometric Technician

Direct, consensual and swinging-flashlight testing, and how to describe a relative afferent pupillary defect so the doctor trusts it.

~12 min

Visual acuity and pinhole

Planned
Optometric Technician

Line assignment, partial-line notation, when to pinhole, and testing the patient who can't read the top line.

~10 min

Binocular vision

Cover test

Planned
Optometric Technician

Cover/uncover and alternating cover at distance and near, naming the deviation and estimating its size.

~14 min

Instrumentation

Autorefraction and lensometry

Planned
Optometric Technician

Capture a usable auto-refraction, neutralise a spectacle lens, and know when the machine is lying to you.

~12 min

Patient communication

Taking a focused history

Planned
Optometric Technician

Structure a chief complaint, ask the questions that change the exam, and hand over cleanly to the doctor.

~15 min

Phone triage

Planned
Front Desk

Decide who is seen today, who is seen this week, and who goes straight to the emergency department.

~12 min