Clinical Optics and Refraction
Clinical Optics and Refraction. Ed by O J Lehmann, D H Verity, A G A Coombes, F G Ah-Fat, P J Francis, A C W Ionides. Pp 160, £19.99. Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann,
1998. ISBN0-7506-2188-5.
This book is aimed at the ophthalmologist, orthoptist, or optometrist, especially in their student or trainee days. It has an unaccustomed layout: each chapter is divided into (approximately) page sized chunks, with each page headed with a question asking which of the five statements about “topic X” is/are correct. There are then a few paragraphs summarising the topic, and at the bottom of the page are listed the answers as to whether the statements were true or false. The use of questions promises well as a learning tool, providing the well known pitfalls can be avoided: the statements must be well chosen to tap into the essentials of the subject rather than irrelevant …
