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NCLE Advanced Review Course
Friday, September 19, 2008

Study materials can be purchased separately through our education partners:

National Academy of Opticianry
Opticians Association of America
Contact Lens Society of America

Below is a list of study materials you might consider using to prepare for the NCLE Advanced Exam. In most cases these items can be ordered at a reduced price when you become a member of the organization you are purchasing from. Also, note that some items can be purchased as a set, at a reduced price.

Contact Lens Manual, Volume I Available at CLSA, Available at NAO, Available at OAA

Contact Lens Manual, Volume II Available at CLSA, Available at OAA

Test Review, Volume I Available at CLSA, Available at NAO, Available at OAA

Test Review, Volume II Available at CLSA, Available OAA

CLSA University offers the following online courses appropriate for preparing for the Advanced NCLE exam. Access the following courses at CLSA University or through the OAA.

CLSA Level 1

•  Review of Hydrogel Contact Lens Care Products and Patient Instructions CUP121
• A Road Map to GP Contact Lenses CUP114
• SOAP CUP108  
• Strategies for Improving Soft Contact Lens Comfort CUP115 
• These Are Not Your Father's RGPs CUP105  
• Topography...Technology Untapped, History and Evolution of Topographical Measuring
• Devices CUP 117 
• Understanding Aspherics CUP110  
• Understanding Contact Lens Solutions CU105  
• When a Contact Lens Wearer Needs Spectacles CUP103
• When Beauty Becomes the Beast CUP109  
• Where Have All the RGP Wearers Gone? CUP107 
• A World of Color: Tinted Soft Contact Lenses CUP102  
• Basics of Atypical Hydrogel Material and Toric Lens Design CUP 118
• Contact Lens Instruments to Verify and Evaluate GP Contact Lenses CUP120 
• Contemporary Contact Lens Care Systems CUP112  
• Contemporary GP Lens Care and Care Systems CUP113  
• The Fairness to Contact Lens Consumers Act CUP111 
• HIV/AIDS, Infectious Disease and the Contact Lens Practitioner CUP122
• How to Prevent the Spread of Infection CUP106  
• Interview and Pre-fit Considerations CU103  
• Optics of Presbyopia CUP119
• Principles of Soft Lens Fitting CU104 
• Relevant Ocular Anatomy and Physiology CU102 
• Review of Hydrogel Contact Lens Care Products and Patient Instructions CUP121  
• The Right Service at the Right Time CUP116  
   

CLSA Level 2

• Analysis of Corneal Topography CU203 
• Applications for Silicone Hydrogels CUP226   
• A Brave New World CUP214
• Contact Lens Related Slit Lamp Use CU206 
• Continuous Evolution: Today’s Soft Contact Lenses CUP215  
• The Evolution of Presbyopic Contact Lens Design CUP217  
• The Fine Balance of RGP Lens Parameters CUP205 
• Fitting Toric Contact Lenses: Insights From Practitioners, Educators and Manufacturers CUP229
• From a Grain of Sand CUP225 
• GP Contact Lens Fitting Post Ocular Trauma CUP232
• GP Contact Lens Post Surgical Fitting Options for Aphakes CUP 234
• Incorporating Overnight Orthokeratology into the Contact Lens Practice CUP213 
• Inspection and Modification CU202  
• Irregular Corneas and High Dk Reverse Geometry Lenses CUP231 
• Just Fit It: Sports, GP Lenses, and Corneal Reshaping CUP221 
• Myopia Physiology, Progression, Control and GP Lens Alternatives: Past, Present and Future CUP 233
• A New Approach to Fitting Soft Contact Lenses CUP211 
• A New Millennium for Extended Wear CUP207 
• Ocular Physiology and GP Contact Lenses CUP218 
• Patient Compliance—A Continuing Challenge CUP210 
• Presbyopia and Monovision CU205 
• Prosthetic Tinted Contact Lenses: You Can Do Magic! CUP219 
• Realities of Presbyopia CUP209 
• The Road to Presbyopic Contact Lens Success CUP208
• Scleral Lenses: Everything Old is New Again CUP223 
• Signs and Signals of Keratoconus CUP212 
• Silicone Hydrogels CUP230 
• Soft Lens Practice Growth Through Patient Care CUP206  
• Soft Toric Multifocals CU240
• Understanding Soft Lens Multifocals CUP227 
• NCLE Advanced Test Review Course Module 1: Prefit, Preparation and Evaluation (2 cr. hrs.) CU230
• NCLE Advanced Test Review Course Module 2: Determine Lens Type and Design Contact Lens Parameters (3 cr. hrs.) CU232
• NCLE Advanced Test Review Course Module 3: Patient/Customer Instruction and Delivery Procedures (1 credit hour) CU235  
• NCLE Advanced Test Review Course Module 4: Follow-up Visits with         Patient/Customer (2 credit hours) CU236 
• NCLE Advanced Test Review Course Module 5: Practice Management (1 credit hour) CU239   
  

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