- Type Validation
- Level Foundational
- Time Months
- Cost Paid
Certified Ophthalmic Medical Technologist (COMT) Examination v1
The COMT examination consists of a computer examination and hands-on Performance Test. The COMT examination addresses knowledge in 23 content areas and consists of 210 items. Only candidates who successfully complete the COMT computer examination may take the hands-on Performance Test. The Performance Test addresses skills in: Advanced Tonometry; Clinical Optics (I, II, III); Ocular Motility (I, II); Photography; Pupil Assessment; Special Instruments and Techniques; and Visual Fields.
- Type Validation
- Level Foundational
- Time Months
- Cost Paid
Skills
- Advanced Ophthalmic Techniques
- Clinical Patient Care
- Contact Lens Evaluation
- Keratometry
- Lensometry
- Ocular Anatomy And Physiology
- Ocular Motility
- Ophthalmic Assessment
- Ophthalmic Equipment Maintenance
- Ophthalmic Fundus Photography
- Ophthalmic Instrumentation
- Ophthalmic Optics and Refractometry
- Ophthalmic Pharmacology
- Ophthalmic Surgical Techniques
- Patient History Taking
- Pupil Assessment
- Tonometry
- Visual Assessment
- Visual Fields Testing
Earning Criteria
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Knowledge Measured: 2% Advance Color Vision; 18% Clinical Optics; 6% Advanced General Medical Knowledge; 7% Advanced Ocular Motility; 6% Photography; 5% Advanced Pharmacology; 7% Tonometry; 11% Visual Fields; 5% Basic Ocular Motility; 2% Basic Skills and Lensometry; 8% Contact Lenses; 3% General Medical Knowledge; 1% History Taking; 2% Instrument Maintenance; 2% Microbiology; 6% Ocular Pharmacology; 1% Patient Services; 8% Special Instruments and Techniques.
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Skills Measured (Skill Evaluation Examination by Content Area): Clinical Optics, Ocular Motility, Photography, Special Instruments and Techniques, and Visual Fields.