Learn Optics to level up your Refractions  

 

A 6 week LIVE online course with group coaching, starts Sun Jan 22  

 

Without

  • taking clinical time away from patients

  • confusing training from one tech teaching another

  • confusing textbook language

Who this class is for:

  • Are you relatively new to the field and refractions?
  • Do you feel confused about measuring astigmatism and how to use the JCC?
  • Do you feel intimidated when you see a refraction is needed in the chart?
  • Are you tired of piecemealing your education from a variety of sources?
  • Are you looking to learn the science behind the clicking of lenses to improve the quality of your refractions?
  • Have you been an ophthalmic technician for years but haven’t done refractions in a long while?

Then it's time to ENROLL in Eyes Rock: Refractions, a LIVE class + group coaching beginning Jan 22, 2023.

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Meet the Teacher

Anna Kiss, COMT

We ALL have experience with the trained technician shortage; training a technician takes time and resources. Training in the office is usually not conducive and often will take away precious resources during a busy clinical practice day.

Eyes Rock is here to help! My courses combine my formal training program background with what the on-the-job trained technician needs to learn, particularly science-wise. I'll teach tips and tricks to ensure technicians perform their skills correctly.

It's easy enough to train a person to click the button, but teaching the science behind the skill takes a particular person with creative teaching skills, advanced knowledge, and excellent administration skills. That’s what I bring to the table.  I love breaking down complicated concepts into small building blocks!  Take my courses to learn the science behind the skill. I can’t wait to see you in class.

What’s Inside Eyes Rock: Refraction Optics 

Module 1 - Background for Refraction Optics 

Module 2 - Refraction Optics

Module 3 - The Math

Module 4 - The Goods

Module 5 - Taking Your Refraction to the Next Level

And Bonuses!

 Highlights:

  • Overview of Basic Anatomy
  • Introduction to Optics: physical optics, fundamental terminology, lenses, shapes
  • Refraction Errors, Lens properties: sphere vs. cylinder
  • Correction of REs,  Accommodation & Presbyopia
  • Transposition & Spherical Equivalent
  • Equipment & Set-up, Step-by-Step
  • Measuring Astigmatism with the Jackson Cross Cylinder
  • Binocular Balancing, Measuring/estimating Adds
  • Special Circumstances and Pro Tips

By the end of this program, you will…

  • Learn the optics needed for manual refractions 

  • Boost critical thinking skills in optics

  • Feel empowered with your refractions 

  • Understand how to measure for astigmatism with the JCC

  • Evolve from a novice to equipped

  • Improve patient satisfaction 

Anna’s classes have been the key to my education as an eye care professional. Her classes in 2017 prepared me and then some to earn my COA and transition from the optical department to an ophthalmic assistant. In 2019, “Eyes Rock: Review for the Technician” provided the academic framework, organized my studies, and dove deeper into tough subjects for me, like Motility and Retinoscopy.  I earned my COT, and I can't wait to get started with your classes for my next certification!

Lauren Aghamiri, COT

When I began working in the field of ophthalmology, I had no prior experience or training. I was trained on the job but knew I needed a more formal education to advance in the field and provide excellent patient care. I attended Georgetown University's Ophthalmic Medical Technology Training Program, then headed and instructed by Anna Kiss. Although I was already a COA and had a few years of experience working before I began the training program, the things I learned, even during the first week of the Ophthalmic Assistant curriculum, were invaluable! Ophthalmology can be pretty nuanced and precise, so proper training and education is vital. Through instruction with Anna, I was able to obtain my COMT easily and now have my dream job in a research hospital.

Christina Appleman, COMT

What's included and bonus materials:

What You’ll Get:

Live class Sunday nights, 8:00 - 9:00pm EST, Jan 22 - Feb 26, 2023 except class will be held Saturday Feb 11 (due to big football game Sunday)

  • Limited to 25 students, Jan - Feb 2023
  • Private Class website and accessible by app
  • LIVE online lectures, with Zoom 
  • Recorded Lecture - audio file and video file
  • Worksheets for each Module
  • Every week, after live lecture their will be Q & A with Anna Kiss, COMT
  • Workbook for practice problems
  • Letter/email to employer (swipe file - to make your own) informing them what you'll learn in this class and encouragement for practice time
  • Home (cardstock) practice phoropter [TBD if this idea of mine works]

Try It ~ Test It ~ Apply It

for 30 Days with a

Money Back Guarantee

If you're on the fence, then I want to give you EVERY opportunity to put Refraction Optics into action and ...classes are on Sunday nights so you can take what you learned and apply it all week.  Every class has time for Q & A's.

If after 30 days you've watched all the videos and completed all the activities, and still aren't satisfied that this is what you were looking for, simply show me your work, and I'll gladly give you a FULL REFUND!

 

Frequently Asked Questions

What people asked before signing up for Eyes Rock: Refraction Optics

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I can’t wait for you to join me in Eyes Rock: Refraction Optics

One of my WHYs for becoming an education entrepreneur was to serve many more students across North America and the world. I was *lucky enough* and incredibly privileged to attend Georgetown University’s Medical Ophthalmic Technologist Training Program. I moved to DC in the summer of 2002 [remind me to share sometime about my experience of taking a U-Haul truck past the Pentagon at night]. I began work after college, with Qiagen Sciences (quality assurance on single-stranded DNA) and then Tetracore, Inc. (extracted DNA from some really cool stuff!). After a couple of years, I was restless and began researching what was next in my education. I knew I loved instrumentation and analysis from my chemistry degree, but I was afraid forensics would pigeonhole me…with some career-personality testing I came upon ophthalmic assisting and a training program was nearby in DC.  It was incredibly nerve-wracking to be interviewed by Dr. Peter Y. Evans, the founder of the ophthalmic assistant career, but it was just the beginning of our interactions in the ophthalmology world, mine as a student and then as Program Director of the Georgetown Ophthalmic Medical Technology Training Program. 

Life is full of winding journeys. With the adversities during my life, I have learned that one of my values is fairness. Combined with my personality, it leads me to share (and overshare at times!) my knowledge and experiences with the intention to help others and ease their journey.

My journey from being a student in a formal ophthalmic training program, working in a large private practice, leading said training program for 11 years, and as a technician at MedStar Georgetown for the neuro, pediatric, and oculoplastic specialists allow me distinct and unique opportunities to share. Until recently, I didn’t see the creativity that I hold. Life is an incredible gift, and one of my unique purposes is to share my passion for teaching abillty with eye care professionals. All of this and more inspired me to begin the entrepreneurial chapter of life.

My ambitions are to teach and refine skill techniques by also providing the foundational science behind the skill. Taking classes with Eyes Rock will allow a variety of offices to level up their in-office training programs. We cannot get new technicians trained fast enough with the technician shortage. But when just the skill is taught, do this, do that, click here, click there, push this button…the science behind the skill is often missed, leaving a critical gap in knowledge in the technician.

I am excited to share my talent for breaking down long, complicated concept lectures into multiple short lessons. My class website will host the recorded lectures with audio tracks, worksheets, and practice problems. I am designing some hands-on activities and all of these things will help to serve a multitude of learning styles. One of the things I am thrilled to offer is that Eyes Rock courses will be accessible through an app, which will make learning on the go and accessing anywhere easier. What do you think, will you join me to level-up your refractions?

If you have any questions about whether this program would be a good fit for you, please email me at [email protected] .