Oral Medications in Eye Care

This course covers the common oral medications prescribed by eye care practitioners including antibiotics, antivirals, pain medications and steroids. Emphasis is placed upon both pharmacological principals, and helping OD’s to get comfortable with the clinical use and prescribing of each category of medication.

Course learning objectives:

To learn about and become comfortable with prescribing oral antibiotics
To learn about and become comfortable with prescribing oral antivirals
To learn about and become comfortable with prescribing oral pain relieving medications
To learn about and become comfortable with prescribing oral steroids

Course instructor: Bradley Sutton, O.D., F.A.A.O., Clinical Professor, Indiana University School of Optometry.

This course qualifies for 1 hour of IOB and Legend Drug Certificate credit.

Course Fee
IOA Members: $ 25.00
Non-Members: $ 30.00

Course Instructions/Course Access/Test Access CLICK HERE TO PAY AND TAKE THE COURSE

This online course is in PDF format.
You must pay the course fee to access the course and take the test. No refunds will be made for online courses.
This course will be offered until April 1, 2026 (Indiana's optometric license renewal deadline). You have until March 31, 2026, to complete the course.
To receive credit for taking this course, you must receive a score of at least 70% on a 10 question test.
You may retake the test if you failed to receive 70% on the test and wish to to be tested again. There is no charge for retests.
Certificates of Completion for those who pass the examination will be available for download through this website.

If you have problems accessing the course or test or paying for the course, please contact education@ioa.org or call the IOA at 317-237-3560.