Just a reminder that early registration ends August 27 and courses are filling up fast. We are highlighting these courses this week.

CPR workshop for doctors and staff:

5024 Heartsaver CPR

Fri @ 9 (2 hrs)

Sports Vision courses for doctors:

Fred Edmunds, OD

1026 AOA Sports Vision University: Performing a Comprehensive Sports Vision Evaluation

Thu @ 10 (2 hrs)

1042 Sports Vision University: Visual Performance Enhancement for Athletes

Thu @ 1 (2 hrs)

Geoffrey Heddle, OD

2014 Testing the Athlete for Sports Performance

Fri @ 8 (2 hrs)

3015 Prescribing Lenses for Performance Beyond 20/20

Sat @ 8 (1 hr)

3036 Portable Vision Training for the Athlete

Sat @ 10 (2 hrs)

Sports Vision courses for staff:

Geoffrey Heddle, OD

3161 Sports Vision in a Nutshell

Sat @ 2 (1 hr)

Jackie OÕKeefe

2152 Lens Style for Your Lifestyle

Fri @ 1 (2 hrs)

3121 Sunwear Isn't Just for Summer

Sat 2 @ 9 (1 hr)aam, Fri @ 10 (2 hrs)

2058 Peripheral Retinal Disorders: When to Hold and When to Fold, Fri @ 1 (2 hrs)

Dr. Jeff Gerson

1024 Retinal Findings with Systemic Disease, Thu @ 10 (2 hrs)

1037 Understanding Flluorescein Angiography and Ocular Coherence Tomography (Thu @ 1 (1 hr)

1044 AMD: A Practical Practice Approach, Thu @ 2 (2 hrs)

1061 Current Trends in Diabetes: Are You Up to Date? Thu @ 4 (1 hr)

Dr. Joe Sowka

2023 YouÕve Got Some Nerve – A Clinical Look at Optic Nerve Anomalies, Fri @ 9 (1 hr)

2030 Glaucoma Grand Rounds, Fri @ 10 (2 hrs)

2082 Case Discussion in Ocular Disease – My Greatest Hits Fri @ 3 (2 hrs)

3017 Posterior Uveitis Made Simple, Sat @ 8 (2 hrs)

 OD will entertain us with his greatest hits-- a lecture not to be missed. 

Dr. Haynie

3042 Retina Grand Rounds, Sat @ 10 (2 hrs)

3058 Retinal Disease Update on New Treatment and Referral Guidelines, Sat @ 1 (2 hrs)

CEE education: Thu – 1024 and 1054; Fri – 2030, 2058, 2082; Sat – 3018, 3040, 3058

Dr. Mile Brujic says, The AEP courses offer high level education to everyone in the office covering optical, contact lenses and eye health topics. 

Back by popular demand Dr. Mark Yoder will present (all approved for JCAHPO credit):

1115 What is Revealed By A Visual Field? Thu @ 1 (1 hr)

1135 A Guided Tour through the Retina, Thu @ 3 (1 hr)

1143 Nutrition and The Macula: ItÕs Not Just About Carrots Anymore, Thu @ 4 (1 hr)

2121 Ocular Anatomy, Fri @ 9 (1 hr)

2175 New Technologies and The AEP – Gizmos, Gadgets and Whatchamahoozits, Fri @ 3 (1 hr)

These additional 15 hours of AEP education have been approved for JCAHPO credit:

Diane Drake, LDO, ABOM, FCLSA

1121 Essentials of Dispensing, Thu @ 2 (1 hr)

1133 Patient Education & Contact Lens Responsibility, Thu @ 3 (1 hr)

1145 Optical Triage, Thu @ 4 (1 hr)

2114 Basic Refractive Status of the Eye, Fri @ 8 (2 hrs)

2133 Getting Back to Basics for CL Fitters, Fri @ 10 (1 hr)

3125 Incredible Eye, Sat @ 9 (1 hr)

3140 CPO Review, Sat @ 11 (2 hrs)

Fouad Eid, PharmD

2185 Top 10 Eye Medications, Fri @ 4 (1 hr)

3115 Systemic Medications Used for Ophthalmic Purposes, Sat @ 8 (1 hr)

Lynn Lawrence, CPOT

1123 Visual Acuity Testing, Techniques, Recording, Thu @ 2 (1 hr)

3135 What Every Tech Should Know about Ocular Emergencies, Fri @ 2 (1 hr)

Steve Lowinger, OD

2135 Taking a Good History: Ask, Look, Listen, Fri @ 10 (1 hr)

Diane Tucker, OD

3185 Vision and Learning, Fri @ 8 (1 hr)

Early registration ends August 27. Contact OOA if questions. See you at the Friday night party at the Rock Hall in Cleveland.

Update August 3, 2010

Pediatric courses for doctors and AEPs:

Alexander Andrich, OD

5020 InfantSEE Workshop

Fri @ 10 (2 hrs)

Susan Barry, PhD

1032 Fixing My Gaze: A Scientist.s Journey into Seeing in Three Dimensions

Thu @ 1 (2 hrs)

W.C. Maples, OD

3054 Diagnosis and Therapy for Visual Problems Interfering with Learning

Sat @ 1 (2 hrs)

Pediatric courses for ODs:

Curt Baxstrom, OD

2032 Infantile Esotropia

Fri @ 10 (2 hrs)

Barry Kran, OD

3088 Low Vision for Pediatric and Special Populations

Sat @ 3 (2 hrs)

W.C. Maples, OD

3034 Infantile Esotropia: It.s Origin, Diagnosis and Potential Therapies

Sat @ 10 (2 hrs)

Jeff Walline, OD, PhD

2052 Fitting Teens and Tweens in Contact Lenses

Fri @ 1 (2 hrs)

Pediatric courses for AEPs:

Michael Earley, OD, PhD

3175 Amblyopia Treatment Update

Sat @ 9 (1 hr)

Steve Lowinger, OD

3163 Kids and Contacts

Sat @ 2 (1 hr)

Jackie O.Keefe, LDO

1111 What Teens and Tweens Want in Today.s Eyecare Products

Thu @ 1 (1 hr)

Diane Tucker, OD

3185 Vision and Learning

Fri @ 8 (1 hr)

Contact Ohio Optometric Association for registration booklet. See you in Cleveland.

Update July 27, 2010

Free Lunch

Dawn DeCarlo, OD

2037 Reducing the Risk of Age-Related Vision Loss

Fri at 10 (3 hrs)

Sponsor Kemin Health and AOA

COURSE ADDED for ODs:

Eric Eleff, MD

1046 Lucentis-VEGF Inhibition and Its Practical Role Beyond Choroidal Neovascular Membranes

Thu at 2 pm (2 hrs)

Courses about Electronic Health Records for doctors and staff:

Phil Gross, OD and Jay Henry, OD, MS

2020 Everything You Need to Know about Electronic Health Records

Fri @ 8 (2 hrs)

Sponsor MaximEyes by First Insight

2063 Exploring New Technology: A Case Study Approach

Fri @ 1 (1 hr)

Sponsor MaximEyes by First Insight

2073 EMR Practical Applications: Making Paper Go Away

Fri @ 2 (1 hr)

Sponsor MaximEyes by First Insight

Joseph Studebaker, OD

3019 Making EHR Work for Your Patients and Your Practice

Sat @ 9 (1 hr)

Sponsor Compulink

Courses about Billing and Coding for doctors and staff

Charles Brownlow, OD

1040 You.re Leaving Money on the Table

Thu @ 1 (2 hrs)

2040 the Role of Medical Records in Disease Management

Fri @ 10 (2 hrs)

Harvey Richman, OD

2088 Coding the Routine and Not So Routine

Fri @ 3 (2 hrs)

3063 Ocular Surface Disease Coding Options

Sat @ 1 (1 hr)

3075 Special Ophthalmic Coding

Sat @ 2 (1 hr).

Contact Ohio Optometric Association for registration booklet. See you in Cleveland.

Update July 20, 2010

OD Education

FREE LUNCH FOR ATTENDEES

Dr. Dawn DeCarlo’s Low Vision lecture will include lunch. Register today as space is limited.

2037 Reducing the Risk of Age-Related Vision Loss – Dawn DeCarlo, OD

Sponsored by Kemin Health and AOA

Friday @ 10:00 am

This three hour AOA course, developed in conjunction with Kemin Health, focuses on treatment of diseases that cause vision loss. The course includes education regarding the science of ocular nutrition and case-based examples of current comprehensive treatments Highlighting age-related macular degeneration, cataracts, glaucoma and diabetic retinopathy. Lunch WILL BE PROVIDED!

NEW COURSE ADDED

Eric Eleff, MD will present the following 2-hour course Thursday at 2:00 p.m.; this is not included in the Registration Booklet.

1046 Lucentis-VEGF inhibition and it practical role beyond Choroidal Neovascular Membranes

Thu @ 2 (2 hrs)

COPE Pending

with Barbara Riemer OD, Sapna Reddy OD, Brian Schmidt OD, and Nicholas Lawrence OD.

The original FDA approval for Lucentis was to treat Wet Macular Degeneration. This lecture will present its role in treating Clinically Significant Diabetic Macular Edema, Branch and Central Retinal Vein Occlusions, Pseudopahkic Macular Edema and Uveitic Macular Edema. Cases will be presented of actual patients from the VA medical center department of Optometry-Retinal Clinic.

Laurie Guest’s Leadership Retreat is over half full as class size is limited to 20 people. Register today to reserve your seat.

5121 Leadership Retreat – Laurie Guest, CSP

Friday @ 8:00 am

This class is in response to more in-depth training for leaders of optometric offices. This session will be unlike any other you’ve attended. Topics will include improving staff relations through communications, discipline and motivation, enhancing customer services through customized training programs, and scripting for success. Each attendee receives a copy of Laurie’s office manual “Best Kept Secrets of a Successful Practice.