COA Certification Terms Flashcards

Here is everything required and needed to prepare the COA certification in the State of Colorado. Learn key terms, words, definitions, and much more about COA certification with our flashcard quizzes.

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The only eye care professional who is a medical doctor is the:
Ophthalmologist
The eye care professional who routinely fills prescriptions for eyeglasses is the:
Optician
A patient in need of a prosthetic eye should be referred to an:
Ocularist
An ophthalmologist who concentrates on one area of the eye or focuses on a specific ocular disease is called:
Subspecialist
The level directly above COA on JCAHPO's certification ladder is:
COT (certified ophthalmic technician)
An ophthalmic medical assistant accidentally administers too many diagnostic drops to a patient's eye. the 1st action the assistant should take is to:
tell the Ophthalmomogist, who will then decide how to handle the situation
While waiting for the Ophthalmologist, an anxious patient asks the ophthalmic assistant for the results of a recent test. The assistant should:
explain the ophthalmologist will discuss these results with the patient shortly.