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Making a Practice Eye for Indirect Ophthalmoscopy

22 September 2026 3 min read Dr Dirk Booysen
Figure 3 Attach carboard pupl and fundus to differet sides of the lens combination

Dr Dirk J Booysen
February 2018

Masking tape, three high plus lenses, a black cardboard pupil disc and a fundus image disc
Figure 1 Masking tape, three high plus lenses (in this case 2 x +20.00 and 1 x +18) , cardboard with 4 mm pupil or larger, cardboard with fundus image or any other image you like
High plus lenses taped together with masking tape beside the pupil and fundus discs
Figure 2 Stick lenses together with masking tape
Taped lens stack with the cardboard pupil attached to one end
Figure 3 Attach carboard pupl and fundus to differet sides of the lens combination
Practice eye taped to the slit lamp head rest
Figure 4 Attach to slit lamp head rest
Volk lens held in front of the practice eye on the slit lamp head rest
Figure 5 Use Volk lens to view “fundus” in this very compliant patient
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