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WEEK 1 CONTENT

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what is strabismus (tropia)

A manifest deviation; eyes are not aligned when both are open.

what is Heterophoria (Phoria)

A latent deviation; controlled misalignment only seen when binocular fusion is broken

what is Orthophoria

No latent or manifest deviation.

what is Pseudo-strabismus

Appears to be a squint but actually normal eye alignment (e.g. epicanthal folds).

2 terms to describe Eye turns inward

Esotropia (ET) / Esophoria (EP)

2 terms to describe Eye turns outward

Exotropia (XT) / Exophoria (XP)

2 terms to describe Eye turns upward

Hypertropia (HT) / Hyperphoria (HP)

2 terms to describe Eye turns downward

Hypotropia (rarely used) / Hypophoria

2 terms to describe Eye twists inward

Incyclotropia / Incyclophoria

2 terms to describe Eye twists outward

Excyclotropia / Excyclophoria

describe what the cover-uncover test does, how to do it.

4 interpretations of the cover-uncover test, what results it means

describe what the alternating cover test does, how to do it.

4 interpretations of results from alternating cover test, what they mean

what is angle kappa

6 things to record when writing results, and examples of how it would look recorded

WEEK 2 CONTENT

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