Essential Optics Review for the Boards (2006) by Mark E. Wilkinson PDF

Description

About the Book This is the new Second Edition with chapters on low vision and vision rehabilitation to help readers prepare for the oral boards. There is a chapter on contact lenses by Ali Bukhamseen, OD, FAAO, FIACLE, Chief of Optometry Department, Saad Specialist Hospital, Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia. Dr. Wilkinson is co-author of Protect Your Sight and author of Essential Optics Review for the Boards. Dr. Wilkinson is a clinical professor of ophthalmology in the Carver College of Medicine at the University of Iowa. The Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences there is consistently ranked as one of the best ophthalmology teaching programs in the United States. Dr. Wilkinson serves on the Executive Committee of the American Optometric Association Low Vision Rehabilitation Section and the Planning Committee of the National Eye Institute’s National Eye Health Education Program. He has published extensively and spoken all over the globe concerning issues related to visual rehabilitation. He teaches optics to the ophthalmology residents at the University of Iowa and around the world. About the Author Dr. Wilkinson’s optics course at the University of Iowa helps residents survive the Ophthalmic Knowledge Assessment Program (OKAP) exam and boards. Now, in book form, his material will help residents and students ace optics. His book is concise and complete with over 150 questions to guide the student through optics. The book utilizes diagrams to teach and provides a high-yield review of optics that’s needed for success on the boards. Don’t take the boards without this book!

Reviews

Reviews from Amazon users which were colected at the time this book was published on the website:

⭐I used the problems in this book, last minute optics and David Guyton’s book and went from a zero percentile on my first OKAP to a 99 percentile.I liked this more than last minute optics. I also took David Guyton’s review class. That man is a brilliant teacher. He teaches on Saturday mornings in Baltimore. I trekked from Philadelphia. I am so glad I did.Don’t leave optics until the last minute!

⭐I bought this book along with Elkington’s Clinical Optics, thinking it might be handy to have a review book for quick glances. I found I didn’t use it much, as Elkington is pretty concise. This book added little, but that’s not it’s function. It’s designed to be a review book, not a primary text. In this capacity, it succeeds very well, with well-formatted summaries and instructive diagrams.Build your knowledge first with something like Elkington, then come back to this. I’m sure I’ll find more use for it as I approach other optics exams in the future.

⭐Fantastic

⭐This book is all you need for optics on the boards. I’ve used it to increase my score to the top 10%-tile on the optics sections on the OKAP and prepare for the written ophthalmology boards. It’s an easy read and there are numerous diagrams and questions. This book is better than last minute optics.