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Educating Your Patients
Patient Education Online Products
Several Academy patient education tools are now available as downloadable online subscriptions for the first time: Digital-Eyes™ Ophthalmic Animations for Patients, 2nd Edition and the Academy's entire collection of patient education handouts and videos.

These products offer you the most flexible and up-to-date animations, videos and handouts. Download the files from the Academy Store site and save the files to your computer.

Available Titles


Downloadable Patient Education Handouts.Downloadable Patient Education Handout Subscription

A convenient annual subscription offers you choice and flexibility. Download and print nearly 100 patient education handouts describing eye conditions and treatment options. The full-color titles (English and Spanish) feature Academy peer-reviewed content and high-quality images. Handouts are designed to print on standard 8-1/2 x 11 paper. Depending on your printer, you can print in black and white or in color. Handouts can be easily customized with your practice information before or after printing.

Topics

  • Age-related macular degeneration and nutritional supplements
  • Adult strabismus
  • Amblyopia
  • Anti-VEGF treatment for AMD
  • BPH medications and eye surgery
  • Bell’s palsy
  • Botox
  • Carotid artery and the eye
  • Cataract
  • Cataract surgery
  • Chalazion
  • Conjunctivitis
  • Contact lenses
  • Corneal abrasion and erosion
  • Corneal transplants
  • Cystoid macular edema
  • Detached and torn retina
  • Diabetic retinopathy
  • Dry eye
  • Endothelial keratoplasty (EK)
  • Eye care facts and myths
  • Eye safety for children
  • Eyedrops
  • Eyelid margin disease including blepharitis
  • Eyelid spasms
  • Eyelid surgery
  • Face-down recovery after retinal surgery
  • Floaters and flashes
  • Fuchs' dystrophy
  • Giant papillary conjunctivitis
  • Glaucoma
  • Headache
  • Herpes simplex eye disease
  • Herpes zoster
  • Intraocular lenses
  • Ischemic optic neuropathy
  • Keratoconus
  • Laser iridotomy
  • Laser surgery of the eye
  • Laser trabeculoplasty
  • LASIK
  • Learning disabilities
  • Living with vision loss in one eye
  • Low vision
  • Macular degeneration
  • Macular hole
  • Macular pucker
  • Microvascular cranial nerve palsy
  • Migraine
  • Multifocal and accommodative IOLs
  • Ocular rosacea
  • Optic neuritis
  • Overflow tearing and chronic eye infections in infants
  • Photodynamic therapy for age-related macular degeneration
  • Photorefractive keratectomy (PRK)
  • Posterior capsulotomy
  • Presbyopia
  • Preventing eye injuries
  • Pseudostrabismus
  • Pseudotumor cerebri
  • Pterygium and pinguecula
  • Ptosis in children and adults
  • Refractive errors
  • Refractive surgery
  • Retinal angiography
  • Retinal vein occlusion
  • Retinitis pigmentosa
  • Retinopathy of prematurity
  • Seeing well as you grow older
  • Selective laser trabeculoplasty
  • Smoking and eye disease
  • Strabismus
  • Subconjunctival hemorrhage
  • Surgery for open-angle glaucoma
  • Tearing in adults
  • Thyroid eye disorders
  • Treatment of amblyopia
  • Uveitis
  • Visual field test
  • Vitrectomy surgery
  • Wavefront-guided LASIK
  • What is an ophthalmologist?

Digital-Eyes, Ophthalmic Animations for Patients, Second Edition, SubscriptionDigital-Eyes Ophthalmic Animations for Patients, 2nd Edition, SubscriptionMake your Web sites, PowerPoint slides and chairside education more dynamic with this revised, downloadable collection of more than 70 concise, 3-D animations. The Digital-Eyes animations library one-year subscription includes brief, high-quality presentations of eye anatomy, common eye conditions and treatment options. Gain instant access to updated and new animations as soon as they become available. Download the files as often as you’d like and save them to your computer. All animations are offered in English and Spanish, and are available as Flash, Windows Media, and high-resolution QuickTime files. Enhance patient communication with this effective audio/visual tool.

Topics

  • AMD
  • Cataract
  • Diabetic retinopathy
  • Dry eye
  • Eyelid problems
  • Floaters and flashes
  • Glaucoma
  • How the eye works
  • How to insert eyedrops
  • LASIK
  • Refractive procedures
  • Red eye
  • What is presbyopia?
File formats include Flash, QuickTime, Windows Media and high-resolution files. A one-year subscription gives you access to all animations and updates as they become available.

Downloadable Patient Education VideosDownloadable Patient Education Video Collection
All nine Academy patient education videos offered on DVD can now be downloaded as electronic video files. Available in a variety of file formats for greater flexibility when educating patients, these videos have the same high-quality production value and features as their DVD counterparts. All videos are offered in English and Spanish, and are available as Flash, Windows Media, iPad/iPhone/iPod/iTouch, high-resolution and standard definition QuickTime files. Surgical titles include OMIC-reviewed Aid to Informed Consent.  

Titles:

  • Understanding Age-Related Macular Degeneration
  • Understanding Cataract Surgery, 3rd Edition
  • Understanding Diabetic Retinopathy
  • Understanding Dry Eye
  • Understanding Glaucoma
  • Understanding IOL Options for Cataract Surgery
  • Understanding LASIK and Wavefront
  • Waiting Room Videos for the Ophthalmic Practice, Volume 1
  • Waiting Room Videos for the Ophthalmic Practice, Volume 2

Ordering information

For ordering instructions, visit the Academy Store.

The Academy’s patient education line also includes:

  • Brochures 
  • Booklets
  • PowerPoint Presentations 
  • CD-ROM Communication Tools 

For more information on these products, visit the Academy Store.