Education

Web Platforms Fall Short in Providing Quality Eye Care Info

Consumer healthcare site content overshot the audience’s reading level and wasn’t always relevant to their concerns, studies find.
04/01/2021

Vision Expo East Moves to May

Organizers announce a new date to give exhibitors and conference goers more time to plan.
10/01/2020

Corneal Dystrophies Front to Back

This stepwise approach can help you diagnose and manage these conditions.
09/15/2020

Academy 2020 Comes to Your Home

Amid safety concerns during the COVID-19 pandemic, the annual show is going virtual.
08/12/2020

OD Educators Unite—And Go Online

Faculty across the country have come together to provide distance learning for the next generation.
04/14/2020

AOA Nixes Annual Meeting

Plans for live education will be replaced with an online program.
04/10/2020

Don’t Let YouTube Advise Your Patients

Many who research refractive surgery online get poor information.
01/06/2020

COPE Committee Brings in Other Stakeholders

Schiotz tonography used for the first time in this type of study.
12/20/2018

Optometry Schools Continue to Grapple with Board Scores

Overall pass rates are slightly higher but not enough to signify demonstrable progress.
12/04/2018

ABO Updates Board Certification Process

Assessments are now shorter, focused and more flexible.
11/09/2018

Upcoming Events

December 5, 2024

Rethinking Dry Eye Disease: A Contemporary Approach to a Complex Condition
Location: Virtual
Presenters: Nate Lighthizer, OD, and Dagny Zhu, MD
Webinar: 9:00pm ET

Sponsored by Bausch + Lomb

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December 6-7, 2024

West Coast Optometric Glaucoma Symposium
Location: Westin Carlsbad, Carlsbad, California
Program Co-Chairs: Murray Fingeret, OD, and Robert N. Weinreb, MD
Earn up to 12 LIVE COPE Credits (accreditation pending)

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December 7-8, 2024

Retina Update 2024
Location: Westin Carlsbad, Carlsbad, California
Program Chairs: Mohammad Rafieetary, OD, and Steven Ferrucci, OD
Earn up to 11 LIVE COPE credits (accreditation pending)

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