What is you O.D.s' opinion on the prospect of a practice which contains no autorefractor (only a lensometer and ret) and no NCT (only Goldmann/tonopen or something of the like).
What is you O.D.s' opinion on the prospect of a practice which contains no autorefractor (only a lensometer and ret) and no NCT (only Goldmann/tonopen or something of the like).
My first year of practice I worked 2 days a week at a practice that didn't have an autorefractor or a NCT. It forced me to be really good with my retinoscope. I agree with the above poster who says those items are luxury items and they are not needed. They are nice, but not a necessity.
What is you O.D.s' opinion on the prospect of a practice which contains no autorefractor (only a lensometer and ret) and no NCT (only Goldmann/tonopen or something of the like).
Agree with KHE. Goldman and retinoscopy is time consuming to do on everyone. I'll use Goldman on glaucoma suspects, confirmed glaucoma patients, and high NCT IOP's. I'll ret most kids, but few adults.