Contact lenses can represent a way to provide enhanced vision correction for many patients and growth for optometric practices, notes Louise Sclafani, O.D., an associate professor in the ophthalmology section of the University of Chicago’s Department of Surgery and a past chair of the AOA Contact Lens and Cornea Section. Practitioners may have been reluctant to try new lens materials or designs due to the perceived increase in chair time needed when refitting patients and the concern about appropriate compensation. Read the rest of this entry ?
Archive for the ‘EyeLearn’ Category
EyeLearn™ quickly marks 5,000th logon
January 20, 2012AOA-member optometrists logged onto EyeLearn™ – the association’s new, online continuing education portal – some 5,206 times to take courses or tests over the first six months the portal was active, according to a report from the AOA Clinical and Practice Advancement Group (AOA-CPAG). Read the rest of this entry ?
AOA online course focuses on ametropia
January 20, 2012Optometrists may play an increasingly important role in the care of eye health conditions, but they should never lose sight of vision care, according to Lynn D. Greenspan, O.D., assistant professor at the Salus University Pennsylvania College of Optometry and the lecturer for EyeLearn™’s new Ametropia/ Ophthalmic Optics interactive online continuing education course. Read the rest of this entry ?
Online course helps AOA members address TBI
November 18, 2011With neurological conditions representing a growing problem for the American health care system, the AOA’s new Neuro-Ophthalmic Disorders Board Certification Review Course provides practicing optometrists an easy, efficient way to begin taking a more active role in helping the thousands of military veterans, older adults and accident victims who suffer from traumatic brain injury (TBI), according to instructor Leonard Messner, O.D., the Illinois College of Optometry’s vice president for patient care services and executive director of the Illinois Eye Institute. Read the rest of this entry ?
Course offers ways ODs can play bigger role in fighting cancer, hypertension, stroke, diabetes
October 28, 2011The American health care system is placing new emphasis on the prevention and early detection of disease. And that, in turn, is placing increased responsibility on optometrists, according to Blair Lonsberry, O.D., a professor at the Pacific University College of Optometry in Forest Grove, Ore., and the clinic director for the college’s Portland Vision Center. Read the rest of this entry ?
