Site Map	Examine the Eye Including the Use of the Opthalmoscope

• Introduce yourself and check the patient's identity
• Establish rapport with patient
• Ask permission to examine & explain examination
• Position patient Appropriately
• Ask about specific symptoms or visual loss
  • Floaters
  • Halos
  • etc...
• Examine
  • Visual Acuity
    • Test with Snellen chart
    • Alternativly ask for visual acuity
  • For afferent pupillary defect
  • Visual fields
  • Eye movements
• Set and handle opthalmoscope correctly
• Assess red reflex
• Correct technique for viewing
  • Disk
  • Periphery
• Appropriate use of questions, open, closed and clarifying
• Acknowledge patient concerns
• Encourage patient's questions and deal with them appropriately
• Appropriate summary and analysis of findings

	Any comments or feedback please contact me by email: Tom Williams