Event Details

CE Program/Activity
 How Fields and Filters Help Prescribing in Low Vision
Provider
 Envision University
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Location
 Available Online - Available Online - Available at https://university.envisionus.com/Courses-and-Events
Date(s)
 August 21, 2020 - July 8, 2023
CE Hours
 1
Contact Information
 Michael Epp michael.epp@envisionus.com
Registration Information
 Available at https://university.envisionus.com/Courses-and-Events
Fees
 30.00
Description of CE Program/Activity
 This course will describe how visual acuity measurement can be a minor factor in prescribing for your patient in low vision rehabilitative care. Visual field scotomas and selective filters have a much larger role in determining rehabilitative success. 1. Determine the importance of visual fields in prescribing and evaluating refraction. 2. Describe why the patient s subjective reaction to selective filters helps notably in prescribing types of spectacles, sunglasses and low vision aids. 3. Demonstrate the importance of near vision assessment being different from distance vision.