Slit Lamp Exam (Video)
Here is a humorous, 24-minute guide to the slit-lamp eye exam. From constructing a microscope, positioning your patient, to the anterior SLE exam itself … it’s all covered here. Enjoy!
Screen Shots from this Lecture
(comments below)
The lecture begins by examining the slit lamp and physically constructing a
microscope.
We then continue by familiarizing ourselves with the slit lamp controls and
learning to position our patient.
A “model eye” is used to demonstrate the 8 anterior eye structures
we look for.
The cross-section of the lens and vitreous are explained.
Live eyes are then used to demonstrate advanced exam technique.
The blue filter and fluorescein are explained, as is the theory behind applanation tonometry.
The green (red-free) filter is used to detect red blood cells floating in the
aqueous.
Funny! I love it!
Always informative. Very funny!
great, very good , thanks for links,it works very well ,really very interesting video .
amazing video..luvd it..jst joind residency and struggling wid slit lamp..its a gr8 help to me n my batchmates 2 watch videos like these..pls cntinue the gr8 work..
Thank you Tim for all the information ….this is great not only for the OD’s but also the contact lens fitters out there.
Brilliant instructional video for beginners! Well done again Dr Root!
Clive Novis, Ophthalmologist, South Africa
Excellent.
BEST PRESENTATION
Thanks a lot all your video is very much helpful especially to me…thanks a million… please continue to do this great job of yours….:)
Your simply amazing….love it…:)thank you very very much…how i wish I can attend even one of your actual lectures… keep it up…. your the best…..:)
Thanks a lot…The most interesting part was it about light filters….
Thank you for this nice and informative video,really i like it.
A very straight to the point presentation covering every aspect of biomicroscopic examination yet not missing to elaborate the basics for everything..Very elegant and usefull.
Fantastic presentation.
Thanks so much Dr. Root, again an excellent instructional video. I appreciate it a lot. I use your videos almost everyday to show my patients about their conditions, and personally to learn the different techniques and illuminations in the slit lamp. Regards.
excellent video.
Wonderful. Who is this author?
Ah.. Tim Root himself =)
very good no need of lecturers in college
Dr. Root rocksss! great video Dr. congratssss.
Keep making moree
From Perú.
thank you so much Dr.Root
excellent vedio & “Brilliant instructional video”
🙂
“Excellent video to learn from”
Superb teaching tool. I need to see your other productions too. Visit India sometimes. Thanks, Ravindra
Amazing! I wish i can someday in the future explain ophtalmology to students and medical residents as well as you do! Keep up the awesome work, because lots of people from all over the world are learning from it, thank you!
AWESOME!!!
Thank you so much
for the excellent informative lecture.
God bless you
sir u r simply amazing….. the BEST.
thank you very much , It’s very useful and funny .It make me to know how to use slit lamp very much
thank you very much for making me able to visualize this subject in intersting way 🙂 love it! good job doc!
sir u r very great and thanks to increase my knowledge to this slit lam videos
great, very good , thanks for links,I learn lots of things about the eye & I show my mum also this video.It’s very clear. thanks again.
this is a really good lecture. thumbs up. now i can use the slit lamp more confidently
Best lecture I’ve ever seen.. Enjoyed to the max !! I’m looking up to you sir.. best wishes from the lands of the pyramids 🙂
A beautifully presented lecture!
absolutely a brilliant lecture…
Thank you
thank you
good evening sir
this is kewal sahu Finale year student of BVP School of Optometry pune (INDIA) i saw ur lecture and this this is very helpfull to me
thank you sir
very niceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
superb video Dr. Tim. Thanks
Dr Root
You are an inspiration to medical educators!! Thank you!
Regards
Thank you.
I really appreciate your efforts in educating us in a most interesting and enlightening manner
Regards
very nice presentation. we are running optometry college on missionery basis for control of blindness. these type of presentation will help our students for better understanding. thanks
Why don’t you have a imbeded player on the site. So that we could take part of the vidoes directly instead of downloading them ?
Markus, there IS an embedded player on this page – a Vimeo video, actually. If you can’t see the lecture without downloading, there may be something wrong with your computer, flash, or your network is blocking video sites like Vimeo, Youtube, etc..
niceeeeeeeeeeeee eeee,very very nice
excellent!
great, all most everything I want!
Excellent, now I just have to teach the (ED) juniors……..
Thank you for your work! its very clear and helpful. I would be glad to meet you someday.
Regards
Hi Tim
I am an emergency registrar and I have never been at a lecture so informative yet so humorous at the same time. Thanks very much. This lecture really would help in my clinical practice. Appreciate your efforts Cheers,
Simon
Melbourne , australia
muchas gracias!!! this is grate, i am getting the same killer treatment in my oftalmo rotacion!!! this realy helps!
Very well done. Brilliant for beginners
It’s great & very helpful video. Speaker is very good, excellente !!
Thank you, You are a genius.
Thank you so much!
You are genius!!!!!!
Excellent video
Thanks. Your video lecture has corrected and enhanced our knowledge of sllitlamp examination. Your contribution to the field of ophthalmology is immensely appreciated. Keep it up!
Dr. mirjafar
Impressive
Quite possibly the best lecturer I’ve ever listened to! Thanks Dr Root!
Hello Doctor Root! This lecture was extremely captivating! I actually applauded so loudly, forgetting the fact that i was in the library.. Wonderful explanation!! No words to describe Sir. Thanks a lot!
Thank you sir, you are such a great teacher, you make it so fun and easy to understand, Keep it up, sir!
superb video.so informative and superb presentation.
Thank you Dr root.I’m optometrist and your videos enlightened me more than the real live experience.I like it so much that i had downloaded it.
Keep it up.
kisumu kenya
Absolutely brilliant .So much information ,it’s just what we need as Emergency registrars .Thank you
Muy bueno el video, la introducción y muy didactico, excecional. Gracias.
Great job done, you made study a fun and easy to memorize
Irshad Ali Vertejee
Great video! Very educational. Slit lamp is one of the most complex instruments in medicine and you managed to make it simple. Even an idiot like me understood it!
I remember when a Ophthalmology Resident told me “check the patient on the slit lamp, I come later” I didn’t know a thing about the slit lamp. I was that baby thrown to the water.
Thank you Sir
thank you for your brilliant videos you are such a great teacher, you make it so fun and easy to understand, Keep it up
I am an Ophthalmologist and working as Professor in Govt. PGIMS, Rohtak Haryana India and like your video on Slit Lamp Examination of Human eye. It will be helpfull for both UG and Pg students of Medical Institute.
It’s really interesting for our nursing students to watch, thank you very much.
Excellent video. Well explained. Very entertaining
anterior photos is very nice
simply great
awsm lecture….. toooo good.
wonder why don’t our lecturers teach that way…
thanks for making Optometry very interesting to learn. Expecting more lessons. FRED
I’M MORE THAN THANKFUL TO YOU . VERY USEFUL INFORMATIONS THAT ARE PRESENT NOWHERE BUT HERE , YOU MAKE EVERYTHING SIMPLER AND MORE FUNNY 🙂
very good presentation…………….. thanks a lot….
Excellent video ! Things can be so simple !!
brilliant video.
Very good presentation
Brilliant teaching! Thanks Tim!
epic stuff …very much helpful thank you so much ..
Very good 🙂 I am an intern and it was very useful for me
the lecture was simply AWSOME!!!!!
I might be wrong, probably not, but Dr. Root is likely the best ophthalmic educator and lecturer, like, ever. His presentation is fluid, packed with information, and just so dang funny!
YOU’RE BRILLIANT, FUNNY AND COOL! TOTALLY AWESOME!
very informative
I HAVE LEANED ALOT FROM HERE THANKS
Hi! I’m glad that one of the fellow residence here showed me the root atlas website. I started my residence latter than my colleagues, so I lost lots of classes, and the slit lamp exam was one of them. I’ve tried to learn this subject in some books, but they were very confusing and unattractive. This video was a great teacher for me!!!!
Really useful, entertaining and informative video. Makes the senseless make sense. Thanks it’s been a real help. 😀
ur awesome. u make me understand optha better than my teachers.
Thank you so much 🙂
Very informative and interesting
Dr. Root’s Your videos are great I am with the ARMY AIRFORCE EXCHANGE IN GERMANY WE ARE OPENING TWO NEW OFFICES
WOULD LIKE COPIES OF YOUR VIDEOS TO PLAY IN MY OFFICE
COUL YOU SUPPLY THAT TO US
i do thank you all who made this work,so funny & informative
You are amazing! Such a helpful lecture. Awesome video, along with many funny clips. What a passionate educator, full of positive energy!
Fantastic video Dr. Root, many thanks.
great video
thanks a lot
Great and informative video. Thanks!
You are great , thank you very much .
It is very informative and a helping tool for my presentation about slit lamp examination.
It was amazing.Vey helpful and informative.Thanks
Thank you so much for presenting this topic so clearly. All the best 🙂
such a great teacher!thanks
Great video! Very ‘visual’ which is great for a visual learner like me. Thanks
very informative!! best video i have seen till date
Excellent work by you Dr.root…..very useful and very interesting and informative with those clinical cases..
fantastic!!!
Thank you very much for a good basic instruction on slit lamp usage.
u r just amazing ..em already in love with ur book n videos as em also a beginner…u explain like nobody else ever did…keep it up, thanks
Nice vedioes
amazing , many thanks for your effort
wowwwwwwwwwwww wellll
I’m starting a new chapter working in ophthalmology and all your lessons and instructional videos have been amazing!
Thank you and keep up the outstanding work!
Concise and educative. Keep the flag flying doc
Thank you so much for all of your content!
amazing video
This is an excellent vedio of slit lamp examination for learning.
Really enjoyable and informative lecture! Thank you
VERY INTERESTING RECTURES.THANK U
HOW CAN I OWN MY SLIT LAMP
AM OPTHALMIC ASSISTANT
amazing , thanks
Revising, learning and smiling simultaneously is great !
I liked your video very very much.It is easy to understand and very interesting too.
Sir, I’m literally thanking my stars that I came across your videos. I was frustrated with Ophthalmology. Didn’t know how I was going to manage it in 3rd Year MBBS. Now I feel so much better and hopeful. I’ve started loving Ophtha 🙂
Very informative easy to understand
Great video, tomorrow starts my practicum at the hospital/eye clinic, thank you!!
Excellent
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Very helpful
Thank you so much for the interesting and excellent lessons .
Excellent video and amazing presenting skills!
This is amazing lecture, I love this. To burn through all that information in a short time, in a fun way…Thank you sir