Modular Primary Eyecare Examination Forms For The Ferris State University Optometry Clinic: 1994-1996

The Clinic of the Ferris State University College of Optometry (FSUCO) required a new primary eyecare examination form. The author and Dr. Nancy Peterson-Klein set to work to design and produce the form to the specifications established by the clinical faculty and relevant professional practice guidelines. The new form was introduced, after a continuous process of review and development, during the Summer of 1994. The new form was fine-tuned in the clinic in the Fall of 1994 and has remained in use-- unchanged-- to February 1996. Because the modular approach used in the development of the new "Primary Eyecare Exam" form lends itself easily to modification, the new form has been instrumental in the development of a new "Progress Notes" form and "Master Problem List" . The new form will serve as the nucleus of a new generation of examination forms at FSUCO.