All CE credits available from eyetec.net are approved by the Joint Commission on Allied Health Personnel in Ophthalmology.   The American Orthoptic Council recognizes Joint Commission approved courses for continuing education credits for Certified Orthoptists (C.O.).  AOC information regarding CE credits can be viewed on this document (will open in new window).  You can check the AACO website for updates to this information.

In order to receive credits, go the eyetec.net homepage and follow the instructions for the CE course process.  At the end of the process, you will receive a CE credit confirmation that can be submitted in your orthoptics recertification process.

The following courses (modules) would qualify as Core Topics: 

Module 3 - Refractometry Techniques     .75  CEC, 0 OPS CEC

• Section 1 - Binocular Balancing

• Section 2 - High Power Refractometry

• Section 3 - Cylinder Power Optimization

Module 4 - Accommodation and Near Vision     .75  CEC, 0 OPS CEC

• Section 1 - Controlling Accommodation

• Section 2 - Near Add Determination

• Section 3 - Intermediate Vision Lenses

Module 5 - Ocular Motility - Cover Tests     .75  CEC, 0 OPS CEC

• Section 1 - The Cover Test

• Section 2 - The Uncover Test

• Section 3 - The Cover-Uncover Test

• Section 4 - The Alternate Cover Test

Module 6 -  Retinoscopy in Minus Cylinder     1  CEC, 0 OPS CEC

• Section 1 - Basic Concepts of Retinoscopy

• Section 2 - Neutralizing Spherical Errors

• Section 3 - Neutralizing Astigmatism with a Minus Cylinder Phoropter

Module 7 -  Retinoscopy in Plus Cylinder     1 CEC,  0 OPS CEC

• Section 1 - Basic Concepts of Retinoscopy

• Section 2 - Neutralizing Spherical Errors

• Section 3 - Neutralizing Astigmatism with a Plus Cylinder Phoropter

Module 11 - The Visual Pathways and Visual Field Defects     1  CEC, 0 OPS CEC

• Section 1 - The Visual Pathways

• Section 2 - Visual Field Defects as they relate to the Pathways

• Section 3 - Types of Visual Field Defects

Module 12 - Visual Field Testing    1 CEC, 0 OPS CEC

• Section 1 - Basic Concepts

• Section 2 - The Outer Limits

• Section 3 - Testing Methods

Module 13 - Visual Fields - Automated, Monitoring for Reliability    

1  CEC, 0 OPS CEC

Module 14 - Visual Fields - Automated, What the Printout tells us about Reliability

1  CEC, 0 OPS CEC

Module 15 - Visual Fields - Advanced Concepts     ..50 CEC, 0 OPS CEC

Module 16 - Optics: Physical, Geometric, and Physiologic     1 CEC, 0 OPS CEC

• Section 1 - Physical and Geometric Optics

• Section 2 - Physiologic Optics

Module 17 - Clinical Optics: Part 1     1 CEC, 0 OPS CEC

• Lens Aberrations

• Base Curve

• Optical Center

Module 18 - Clinical Optics: Part 2     1 CEC, 0 OPS CEC

• Lens Design

• Slab-off

Module 19 - Clinical Optics: Part 3     1  CEC, 0 OPS CEC

• Measurements, Calculations, Adjustments, and Formulae

Module 20 - Handling Glasses Complaints     1  CEC, 0 OPS CEC

• The Systematic Evaluation

• Solving Specific Problems

• An Ounce of Prevention

Module 23 - The Posterior Segment, Part 1     1  CEC, 1 OPS CEC

Module 24 - The Posterior Segment, Part 2     1 CEC, 1 OPS CEC

Module 27 - Extraocular Muscle Anatomy and Physiology     1 CEC, 1 OPS CEC

Module 28 - Binocular Vision      .75 CEC, 1 OPS CEC

• Including Stereo Tests and the Four Diopter Base-out Prism Test

Module 29 - EOM Related Skills     .75 CEC, 0 OPS CEC

• The Worth 4-Dot Test

• The Red Lens Test

• Hirshberg/Krimsky Measurements

• The Bagolini Lens Test

• Exophthalmometry

Module 30 - More EOM Related Skills     .75  CEC, 0 OPS CEC

• The Maddox Rod Test

• The Von Graefe Technique

• Fusional Vergence Measurements

Module 31 - Measuring Prism in Glasses     .75  CEC, 0 OPS CEC

• Horizontal prism

• Vertical prism

• Mixed prism

Module 43 - The Anterior Segment, Part 1    1 CEC, 1 OPS CEC

• The Tear Film and the Cornea

Module 44 - The Anterior Segment, Part 2     1 CEC, 1 OPS CEC

• The Anterior Chamber, the Aqueous Humor, the Iris, and the Pupil

Module 45 - The Anterior Segment, Part 3     1 CEC, 1 OPS CEC

• The Ciliary Body and the Lens

Module 46 - Refractometry, the Basic Techniques    1 CEC, 0 OPS CEC

Module 47 - More on Refractometry    1 CEC, 0 OPS CEC

• Add Powers, Characteristics of Astigmatism, the Red Green Test