Editorial Review:

Simply written and well illustrated, this New Edition provides all the practical information ophthalmic and optometric assistants and technicians need to complete their day-to-day tasks, including paramedical training, ophthalmic technology, and efficient ophthalmic office management. It also serves as a useful guide for ophthalmic practice, featuring up-to-date coverage of ophthalmic diseases, surgical procedures, the latest medications, and the newest contact lenses. Readers will also find detailed information on the latest equipment used in practice and the skills required to understand the use of each piece in the clinical setting.

• Features useful appendices that provide quick reference to hospital/practice forms for learning efficient patient record keeping, conversion tables, numerous language translations, ocular emergencies, pharmaceuticals, and more.


• Includes an easy-to-access glossary of ophthalmic terminology used in practice.


• Presents chapter outlines and self-assessment questions.

• Features the latest advances in cataract, refractive, and strabismus eye surgery, as well as the latest pharmacologic agents.


• Discusses the hottest topics in the field, such as phacoemulsification, MRI, and pediatric ophthalmology.


• Includes new chapters on wavefront and custom ablation · topography · computerized COT · optical dispensing · ethics and confidentiality · and ophthalmic assisting for international medical personnel.


• Presents an expanded section on ophthalmic terminology that includes more optometric entries, as well as and expanded translations section featuring Chinese, Japanese, French, German, Spanish, and Portuguese.


• Offers more comprehensive and practical information on the certification/recertification process for ophthalmic and optometric assistants.


• Uses new full-color images throughout to provide a better visual guide to identifying ophthalmic disorders, explaining difficult concepts-including surgical techniques-and showing the newest equipment used in ophthalmology and optometry.

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Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0

A VITAL book for Ophth. Assisting!!!! COA Test studying:

An Absolute MUST HAVE to take Cert.Ophth..Assist./COT Test. Do NOT just rely on the JCAHPO Book (it's not even half as thick as one above). I wish I would have ordered it far sooner but didn't find out till about 1 mo before that this book is used for the test also. MUCH MORE In Depth,explanitory and thorough but yet reads easy for good comprehension and retention (as long as you don't cram like I did!!!) The Pharmacology,Glaucoma,and Tonometry sections alone helped me pass. This book covers everything in... more info

COA for a very busy practice:

This book is awesome!!! I can't even begin to describe what an asset this book is in my office!!!! I bought this book to help me study for the COT exam. This book lives at my office. When a potential tech is hired at my office; my supervisor will ask if the new person can take the book home and start studying it. The head tech in our office refers to it each and every day!! It is a great source of information for the beginning tech, the COA and the COT. This book has much more information in it than the COA... more info

The Ophthalmic Assistant:

The book is an excellent edition, which I use for school. It has helped a lot in my classes.

Couldn't do without it!:

I bought this book, actually I purchased the older version and later the new version, to study for my COA. It was more than enough for that!! Later I used it as the foundation for the study for my COT. I am happy to say that I passed that last year also! You simply can't do without this book!!!!

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