The document provides guidance on conducting an eye examination, including preparing for the patient, maintaining confidentiality, documentation, and communication. It outlines collecting personal data such as name, age, sex, address, and occupation from the patient. The chief complaint should be documented using the patient's own words and details like duration. Complaints can be visual or non-visual and should be described scientifically while analyzing aspects like onset, course, duration, and associated symptoms. The examiner should also obtain the patient's medical history, family history, and any previous eye treatments or surgeries.

1. Ahmad Abid bin Abas 07-5-2
Ahmad Asyraf bin Mohamed 07-5-3

2.  Preparation
 Brief Introduction of yourself to patient
 Confidentiality
 Documentation
 Communication

3.  Personal Data :
- Name (for identification, filing system, friendly)
- Age (age related diseases-child : congenital
diseases, old : senile diseases)
-Sex (sex related diseases)
-Address (endemic diseases, social status)
-Occupation (occupation related diseases, visual
needs)

4.  Chief Complain (c/o) :
- in Arabic/Malay , in patient’s words
-don’t forget duration of c/o
-don’t use diagnostic words.
-return and correct unrelated complaints
-if more than one, arrange by chronological
and by importance.

5.  Type of complaints :
1) Visual complaints :
-(sudden loss of vision, diminution of
vision, blurring, photophobia etc..)
2) Non-Visual complaints :
-(discharge, pain, itching, swelling etc..)

6. 1) Describe each complaints in scientific words
2) Analyse each complaints as regards;
◦ Onset
◦ Course
◦ Side
◦ Duration
◦ Associated symptoms
◦ Previous medical advice and medication

7. 1) Ask if similar or related problems have
existed before.
-Chronological order the major illness and
major operations
- previous eye surgery
2) Past use of medications.
3) History of previous glasses.
4) Diabetes Mellitus and Hypertension
5) Systemic Illness

8. Ask if any other member of the family have
similar condition or other eye related diseases.