Eye Essentials: Rigid Gas-Permeable Lens Fitting

•eye essentials is a series of user-friendly, rapid-reference books designed to address the core skills required by the eye care practitioner in modern optical practice.• Each title is authored by experts in the subject area.• The common format of each volume makes for exceptional ease of reference.• Full colour is used throughout.• Each book emphasizes the practical, rather than theoretical, elements of optometry and optics.• Addressing classical concepts and new developments in the optical industry, eye essentials is a comprehensive series that the eye care practitioner will find invaluable in routine or specialized practice.•eye essentials is an indispensable reference series for students, graduates completing their pre-registration year, qualified practitioners who are keen to polish their clinical skills and all those who would like to be up to date with new concepts in the optical profession.

“These publications will be useful to practitioners of all abilities.

The Chapters follow a logical sequence from initial considerations before fitting commences to advice on trouble-shooting problems. They are also colour-coded which makes access to information both easy and quick.

Once reason why these books succeed is they combine straightforward, pragmatic advice with a comfortable amount of clinical and technical content. They will appeal to all in practice who need to either learn or refresh – so, in a word, everyone.”

Review on –
Eye Essentials: Rigid Gas-Permeable lens Fitting 9780750688901 &
Eye Essentials: Soft Lens Fitting 9780750688567

Jayne Schofield / Optician / 04.05.07


Review of ‘Eye Essentials: Soft Lens Fitting & Rigid Gas Permeable Lens Fitting’ by Andrew Franklin and Ngaire Franklin

“The books are suitable for practitioners of all abilities, from undergraduate and pre-registration students to qualified optometrists and contact lens opticians wishing to hone their clinical skills…The books are very easy to follow, written in plain English and offer clear explanations for technical terms…Either individually or in conjunction with one another, these titles successfully offer concise coverage of each stage of modern contact lens fitting. The user-friendly formats and handy pocket-size make them ideal reference books for busy practitioners and fine learning tools for undergraduate and pre-registration students alike.”

Amy Sheppard. Optometry Today, 30/11/2007