Competency information
Details
Perform on a volunteer adult
- LogMAR visual acuity with and without spectacles
- Ishihara colour vision test
- an automated static visual field or a confrontational field.
Examine:
- normal ocular and retinal images
- normal ERG traces.
Considerations
- Relevant protocols and standard operating procedures (SOPs) for the
- investigations to be performed.
- Anatomy and physiology of the eye, and visual pathways and pupillary pathways.
- Range of clinical conditions that may give rise to defects:
- in the red reflex ( e.g. cataract, retinal detachment)
- visual acuity (e.g. maculopathy, optic nerve dysfunction)
- colour vision (e.g. optic nerve dysfunction, congenital colour vision defects)
- visual field (e.g. chiasmal compression, hemisphere dysfunction) and the relevance of these tests to these conditions.
- How to instruct and reassure the patient to maximise effectiveness and compliance.
- Methods of judging reliability of patient response.
Relevant learning outcomes
| # | Outcome |
|---|---|
| # 1 | Outcome Measure visual acuity using a LogMAR chart for adult subjects. |
| # 2 | Outcome Perform an Ishihara colour vision assessment on an adult subject. |
| # 3 | Outcome Perform an automated static perimetry or confrontation visual field on an adult subject. |
| # 4 | Outcome Label the main peaks of a normal electroretinogram (ERG). |
| # 5 | Outcome Identify the landmarks of the eye and fundus in different imaging modalities. |