COT Skills Test

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aeyegirl over 2 years ago

Hi! I am looking for someone who may be able to help me out. I am currently pursuing my COT and I have successfully passed my multiple choice exam, however, I am having trouble with the retinoscopy portion of the skills test. If anyone has recently taken the COT skills test I would be very grateful if you could please help me out with a question that I have about it.
It seems that I have no problem with the technique as I got a satisfactory score on that. I just cannot seem to get the accuracy of the reading right. I work out of plus cylinder and I am sure that I subtracted my working distance at the end but I did not know if I was supposed to subtract the working distance from the phoropter before putting in my answer? Any help would be appreciated. My biggest trouble is there are no COT’s in our office so I don’t have anyone to help me at all!
 
colesy over 2 years ago Administrator

Yes you should subtract your working distance before you put in your answer.
If you go to www.eyetec.net and look at Module 6 they explain retinoscopy very well and also have illustrations showing how the streak moves . Hope this helps a bit!
 
aeyegirl over 2 years ago

So what you are saying is on the COT skills test I DO subtract the working distance from the phoropter itself. I subtracted the diopter and a half from the sphere reading on paper before I put it in, just not in the phoropter istslf. Also, thanks for the link but I have used eyetec.net from the beginning to help me study for the COT :) It is a great site!
 
leemajors over 2 years ago

I’m taking the skills part of COT test in the next few weeks.
Any one have any tips or can give me an idea of what to expect?
 
srhchristine over 2 years ago

A good site to use prior to doing your practical exam is;
Refraction Tutorial: Fundamentals for the Beginner and Expert by Todd Zarwell, OD
https://www.medrounds.org/refract/menu.htm
 
tiffanygrave... about 1 year ago

I had the same problem…I’ve retaken the retinoscopy portion and received and unsatisfactory on the accuracy but not technique…it’s frustrating when one little thing is holding you back from being done!!!
 
turraju 8 months ago

i have different problem…....few weeks ago i took my test for cot, i passed everything except retinoscopy, actualy i m unable to move retinoscope at all, every thing i tried i got the same msg i suppose to some task before that. any help with that… i m taking my test again soon
 
vab6938 4 months ago

Sorry if this is a duplicate question…just don’t know if my first posted. So did taking the working distance out of the actual phoropter (and not just the net calculation) work? I’m having the same problem.

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