Board of Certification News

Do your part to keep the CRA Program current - complete the Task Analysis Survey for Retinal Angiographers

  • The goal of the survey is to gather information regarding the tasks today’s Retinal Angiographers perform, which will in turn be used to support of the Certified Retinal Angiographer (CRA) Program. Its success depends on the observations ophthalmic professionals share regarding retinal angiography as they see it practiced.
  • The survey will take 20-25 minutes. The deadline for participation is April 15th, 2008.

Chicago CRA Exam Provision - Written Exam ONLY

  • Must have already passed perfofmance exam
  • Questions? Contact the CRA Chair at CRA@opsweb.org

OCT Certification Available - Test Dates Announced

OPS Board of Certification

The Ophthalmic Photographers’ Society (OPS) created the Board of Certification (BOC)
in 1979. The OPS BOC serves as the formal body responsible for the certification of
retinal angiographers, ophthalmic photographers and ophthalmic tomographers.

The BOC’s foremost certification is the Certified Retinal Angiographer (CRA) program.
The OPS administered the first CRA exam in 1979. The National Commission for
Certifying Agencies (NCCA) accredited the CRA program in 1999, and reaccredited it in 2005.

CRA Certification requires submission of work examples that meet established
standards as well as successful completion of written and performance examinations.
To date, more than 740 ophthalmic photographers have attained the Certified Retinal Angiographer (CRA) credential. For more information, download the CRA Program Guide (PDF).

The BOC launched a certification program for Ocular Optical Coherence Tomography
(OCT-C)
Imaging in July of 2007. OCT-C certification requires submission of work
examples that meet established standards and successful completion of a written
examination. For more information, check out the OCT-C Certification Program Guide (PDF).


 


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