For the keen Procrastination Pen enthusiast, the Moran CORE channel will not be a mystery because we have been here before.
At that time, we encountered a “patient” Megan who had a good voice for us, but sadly didn’t get much air time. There is not a chance we will find any other Megan material unless someone reading this happens to know that she has a channel and passes that info along. (A search on “Megan” brings up all kinds of unrelated material as you would imagine.)
On the basis that we are unlikely to see that happen, I return to Moran CORE because one of the professionals on this site also has a good voice. This is David Meyer.
The video I start with is this one:
Using Subjective Refraction to Calculate Glasses Prescription and Fit a Contact Lens
Straight away the advantages of a professional video are heard, no background noise. In this case, no funky start up music (heaven be praised). David has a nice quiet and methodical approach – it’s all going swimmingly. The video informs us that David is the Director of Contact Lens Services at the Moran Eye Center Utah.
In addition, the video has notes: “8 Feb 2018
Title: Using Subjective Refraction to Calculate Glasses Prescription and Fit a Contact Lens
Author: David Meyer, MD
Date: 3/08/2017
From Moran CORE Collection: http://morancore.utah.edu”
David tells us that Moran is located in Salt Lake City.
The technical content is quite a bit beyond me I have to say so in this case I found it best to allow it to wash over me.
Definitions:
Phoropter: an instrument for evaluating vision
Axis: position of astigmatism in the eyes
Cylinder: lens power needed to correct astigmatism
Vertex: the distance between the cornea to the back of a lens
Slit lamp: a lamp the ophthalmologist uses to view the retina
Although, occasionally, he does get a little more energetic in his presentation, he does not stray here into loud. All-in-all I think a good one for the Procrastination Pen Playlist.
Moran of course has approximately one thousand videos available and thinning down those to review for this blog is one of those interesting tasks we have seen before.
In this case I think the only approach is to search YouTube for videos in which David appears (on the understanding that I will probably miss one or two videos featuring David which the search does not capture.)
Meet David Meyer, OD, FAAO
Notice that now we are on a new channel
I have no idea why there are two channels for one centre but I notice this latter channel has a lot less subscribers and a much more manageable one hundred videos. I suspect if it is anything like the University Channels we have explored before, this will be a marketing channel and of limited interest to us
This one, sadly includes ongoing funky music. I think it is safe to say this is a promo video and as a consequence David is much more energised here. Great for David less good for relaxing-sleep-time videos. This is not one for the Procrastination Pen playlist.
The notes back this up, definitely more of a sale-sy pitch to it “25 Jan 2023
David Meyer, OD, FAAO, specializes in the fitting of contact lenses at the John A. Moran Eye Center, University of Utah, Salt Lake City. He also practices at Moran’s Midvalley Health Center. He primarily focuses on keratoconus, post-surgical corneas, pediatrics, irregular or high astigmatism, and fitting traumatized eyes. Dr. Meyer also provides primary eye care for those who do not wear contact lenses.
Call 801-581-2352 to schedule an appointment at our University and Midvalley location.”
Proper Fit and Evaluation of Gas Permeable Contact Lens
Back on the original Moran Core channel and at just over ten minutes a more substantive video, such that it feels like we are on home ground again.
Yet again no funky intro music, a quiet David voice which we are used to from the first video. The “patient” is the same, the approach is equally measured, however the technical terminology just keeps on coming.
The notes are somewhat brief this time “8 Feb 2018
Title: Proper Fit and Evaluation of Gas Permeable Contact Lens
Author: David Meyer, MD
Date: 03/08/2017
From Moran CORE Collection: http://morancore.utah.edu”
Definitions:
K reading: measurement of corneal curvature.
Diopter: focusing strength of a lens.
Over refraction: even when wearing the lens, the patient will still have some focusing issues left – this is a measure of those remaining issues.
Fluorescein: stain used to diagnose eye conditions.
Another good one for the Procrastination Pen playlist, I think.
Corneal Topography in Keratoconus and Contact Lens
Back on form, David is certainly turning out to be reasonably consistent for our purposes.
The notes are: “8 Feb 2018
Title: Corneal Topography in Keratoconus and Contact Lens
Author: David Meyer, MD
Date: 3/08/2017
From Moran CORE Collection: http://morancore.utah.edu”
Definition:
Keratoconus: a bulge in the cornea which affects vision.
This is substantially shorter in that it is just over three and a half minutes. The condition sounds alarming but fortunately there are none of the, sometimes-shocking, images that can haunt the dark alleyways of YouTube. So nothing (I hope) to aid in your sleeplessness. As a result I am going to include it in The Procrastination Pen playlist. It might be weeded in the future.
The playlist is subject to continuous review (by me) so if it turns out that something is just not a good fit I’ll plop it into the archive list (just in case it turns out to be one of your favourites, in which case it would b rude to ban it completely).
I hope that you find the playlist restful. My advice is always to pick up the playlist on YouTube itself. That way you can make use of the shuffle function and play it in random order. Otherwise, you may get a lot of similar videos playing one after another.
The Moran Core playlist on the Procrastination Pen is here:
The overall playlist of videos covered so far on the Procrastination Pen is here:
The videos weeded out because over time they are just not as good as the others are in this archive list:
I keep this in case subscribers to the Procrastination Pen have personal favourites that they want to hear.
The playlist of videos requiring age verification is here:
I can’t be bothered to stop listening to log on, this interrupts the experience. You may not mind this in which case this list is for you.
I hope that you find the playlists restful and I hope you get plenty of sleep.
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Until next time.
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