Hey everyone. I'm a licensed dispensing optician and a second year optometry student at Southern College of Optometry.
For those of you that wonder what your OD's are looking at when they dilate the patient's eyes, here's a neat trick that I discovered after practicing dilated fundoscopy in the teaching labs at SCO. I used my 20D condensing lens and smart phone while in the mirror to capture a retina selfie. Here's the YouTube link:
http://youtu.be/1fzRb3uLGPg
It's pretty amazing, because this view is nearly identical to the what you see using the binocular indirect ophthalmoscope, except that it's a monocular view. Not something everyone can do, since you have to be dilated and have some experience setting up the working distance correctly, but a cool trick nonetheless. I've had some OD's say that they've used the video for patient education. So, feel free to share and comment below.
Enrique Palacios, ABOM, NCLEC
Southern College of Optometry Class of 2016
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