Resources for ABO study material
There seems to be an ebb and flow of members coming here and asking about resources to help study and prepare for the ABO exams. The info has been gone over, repeated, etc, but the search function must not get used.
So, I want to start a thread with resources and reference materials to help those looking for help. If you have a resource or suggestion, please list it and maybe we can get enough suggestions and we can get a sticky of the available info. This will be an ongoing list and I will try to update the suggestions as they come in.
Many of the posts asking for resources seem to want everything for free. I encourage those that are looking for help to INVEST in yourself! Buying a couple of books is a very small price to pay! Most of the book suggestions can be had for less than $100. I bet some of these folks spend more on pizza and beer than that!
Sources for used books at reasonable prices:
Abe Books
http://www.abebooks.com/
Alibris Books
http://www.alibris.com/?adpos=1t1&cr...FQvxOgodmHUAmg
Resources for ABO study material
In an earlier thread I was asked to provide the Table of Contents for the ABO Review book offered through the OAA. The page numbers follow the topic.
Roy
TESTING SKILLS 3 - 5
OPHTHALMIC SPECIALITIES 6
OPHTHALMIC TERMINOLOGY 7 - 15
OPHTHALMIC TERMOLOGY TEST 16 - 19
ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF THE EYE 20 - 34
ANATOMY OF THE EYE-NOTES 35 - 38
PHYSIOLOGY OF THE EYE-NOTES 39 - 42
CHILDREN’S VISION 43 - 44
SYSTEMIC MEDICAL CONDITIONS AND OCULAR FINDINGS 45- 46
ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY-QUIZ 47 - 54
PHYSICS OF LIGHT 55 - 58
PHYSICS OF LIGHT QUIZ 59 - 66
THE OPHTHALMIC LENS 67
OPHTHALMIC LENS QUIZ 68 - 69
TRANSPOSITION 70
TRANSPOSITION QUIZ 71
IMPORTANT TRANSPOSITION NOTES 72
CROSSED CYLINDER 73
CROSSED CYLINDER PRACTICE PROBLEMS 74
SPHERICAL EQUIVALENCE 75
THE LENS CROSS 76 - 78
“UNDRAWING”THE OPTICAL CROSS 79
LENS FORM AND ANALYSIS 80 - 81
LENS FORM AND ANALYSIS-PROBLEMS 82
THE OBLIQUE AXIS 83
OBLIQUE AXIS PROBLEMS 84
OPHTHALMIC PRISM 85
OPHTHALMIC PRISM NOTES 86
PRENTICE'S RULE 87
PRENTICE’S RULE EXAMPLES 88
PRISM PRACTICE PROBLEMS 89
PRISM QUIZ 90 - 91
BICENTRIC GRINDING 92 - 93
BICENTRIC GRINDING METHOD 94
BICENTRIC GRINDING PROBLEMS 95
ANISOMETROPIA QUIZ 96 - 101
THE LENS METER 102
LENSMETER HINTS 103 - 104
LENSMETER QUIZ 105 - 108
THE LENS MEASURE 109 - 110
USING THE LENS MEASURE 111
TRUE POWER 112
INDEX OF REFRACTION 113 - 114
THE METRIC SYSTEM 115
METRIC SYSTEM QUIZ 116 - 117
VERTEX COMPENSATION 118 - 119
THE BOXING SYSTEM 120 - 121
THE SPECTACLE FRAME 122 - 123
FRAME MATERIALS 124 - 126
MEASURING THE PD 127
MULTIFOCAL MEASUREMENTS 128
FRAME AND LENS FITTING 129
FRAME AND LENS FITTING QUIZ 130 - 131
LENS TYPES 132 - 138
LENS QUIZ 139 - 140
INDEXES OF LENS MATERIALS 141
LENS ABERRATIONS 142
DECENTRATION 143
MINIMUM BLANK SIZE (MBS) 144
SINGLE VISION READING GLASSES 145
OPHTHALMIC TOOLS 146
FRAME ADJUSTMENT QUIZ 147 - 148
NATIONAL STANDARDS 149 - 154
ANSI QUIZ 155 - 156
GLOSSARY 157 - 170
PRACTICE QUIZ ONE 171 - 178
PRACTICE QUIZ TWO 179 - 186
PRACTICE QUIZ THREE 187 - 194
PRACTICE QUIZ FOUR 195 - 202
PRACTICEQUIZ FIVE 203 - 211
PRACTICE QUIZ SIX 212 - 219
PRACTICE QUIZ SEVEN 220 - 227
PRACTICE QUIZ EIGHT 228 - 235
PRACTICE QUIZ NINE 236 - 243
PRACTICE QUIZ TEN244 - 252