Free Webinar Sponsored by Shamir

The Effects of COVID-19 on Vision
Thursday, May 28 | 12:00 PM EDT
How does COVID-19 effect a consumer and what visual needs are they searching for in this new way of life. Additionally, be able to understand consumer's changing habits by cross-referencing big data to actual sales data, and unveil a new opportunity for the practice in this changing world. Be able to build compelling Rx solutions packages, addressing consumer pain points from big-data learning.

Euclid FB Live Event

Planning for the Reentry into a Myopia Management Practice
Wednesday, May 27 | 1:30 PM EDT
How are you planning to reopen? Will you simply reopen your doors, or will you treat this as a chance to reinvent your practice? Join this FB live as Craig Norman, FCLSA, leads a discussion with Barry Eiden, OD, FAAO, and Thomas Finley, OD, on how they are planning for reentry into a myopia management practice. Topics include patient flow, safety considerations, and refreshing practices by incorporating or featuring specialty lenses such as orthokeratology.

Intrepid Eye Society Presents: A Roundtable on Cosmetics and OSD

Thursday, May 21 | 8:30 PM EDT
Beauty Battle! Bros vs Bettys
Dry eye and ocular surface disease has been a growing area of interest in recent years. As you know, many of our patient’s lifestyle choices, such as cosmetics and ocular hygiene products can be contributing factors to this loss of ocular homeostasis. In fact, a recent publication in Experimental Eye Research described a toxic effect on meibomian gland cells when exposed to preservatives found in eye makeup and eyelid cleansing products. This roundtable will spark discussion on the nexus between beauty and hygiene products and ocular surface health. We will also explore the differences in practitioner perspectives on patient education techniques with regard to these products while debunking stereotypes.

Free ABO Course Sponsored by Transitions Optical

Wednesday, May 20 | 12:00 PM EDT
Light Management and the Need for Ocular Solutions
Light is all around us, it is a constant presence. Light is dynamic, but most of us don't notice how light is constantly changing. Our body needs light, it is essential to our health and the way we feel, but as we are living more and more indoors we are losing our connection to natural light and we are exposed to more artificial lights, brighter lights, stronger lights. This daily under exposure or over exposure impacts both our visual performance and general health.

InsideVision

InsideVision is a weekly live streaming talk show aimed at eye care professionals and the vision care community worldwide. Join hosts Howard Purcell OD, FAAO, NECO President and CEO and Erik Liljegren, Co-Founder and Chief Content Officer at Sector Media Group for a special Live Online TV Broadcast aimed at eye care professionals and the vision care community worldwide. Every Wednesday at 9:30 AM EDT.

Hoya Vision Webinar

More Screen Time During Self Isolation
Help your patients overcome the symptoms of digital eye strain.
Dr. Gosling walks through the highlights of our international study on digital eye strain and the highlights of our 60+ page white paper in less than 25 minutes. You too will be an expert.

Telemedicine: The Time for Optometry Is Now
Free Webinar Series

The telemedicine techniques suddenly implemented when stay-at-home directives were put into place will need to continue. A new webinar series, “Telemedicine: The Time for Optometry Is Now,” will help ECPs fill that need with information about how to incorporate telemedicine in their optometry practices now. Here are the details.

Part II: Thursday, May 21 | 12:00 PM EDT
Getting Paid for Telemedicine Services

Part III: Tuesday, May 26 | 12:00 PM EDT
Telemedicine in Education - What are the schools doing about it?

Next Steps Webinar Series

A weekly, practical roadmap for getting back to business. Live Conversations by eyeTHRIVE, A Business Solutions Community for ECPS

ForeseeHome Webinar

Barriers for the Timely Detection of Wet AMD
Early detection of wet AMD is critical for maintaining a patient’s functional vision. While patients with poor visual acuity at diagnosis regain more letters with anti-VEGF treatment, the majority will not return to good functional vision. Learn about effective solutions to detect wet AMD earlier in this webinar and help your patients maintain their functional vision.

The Mackool Online Fundamentals CME

The Fundamentals CME Video Series is complimentary and is supported by an Alcon Academic Independent Medical Education grant as well as support from the Mackool Eye Institute Research Foundation.  A new surgical video will be released every month and also archived on their website, allowing viewers to see previous episodes as well as earn CME credits if desired.

Each month a new online surgical video by Richard Mackool, MD, with the goal of making CME accredited surgical training available online for surgeons motivated to improve or expand their surgical repertoire.

Vision Expo's Virtual EYE2EYE Series

April 15 - May 22
The Vision Expo team is launching the Virtual EYE2EYE Series, a complimentary series of virtual panels and interactive conversations inspired by Vision Expo’s EYE2EYE educational series. The Series will take place weekly with a new topic every Wednesday and Friday, keeping the community engaged, connected and informed. Several panels originally scheduled for Vision Expo East 2020 will be presented in adapted formats, as well as new, timely conversations addressing current challenges in the vision community related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Vision Web delivers the Telehealth Essentials Version of Uprise

Maintain your current EHR system in your practice and use Uprise Telehealth Essentials in the short-term while you're working remotely with patients. Secure two-way patient communication. Get billing assistance. Set customized exam templates and more.

Luxottica University Virtual Classroom

The Luxottica Virtual Classroom CE series continues with three brand new lectures capturing the essentials of practice management and business success. Classrooms cover the value-add and strategy insights attributed to launching and maintaining a powerful online practice reputation, understanding how to be profitable with Managed Vision Care, and learning how to consistently create success during these unpredictable times. Three Hours Free CE Credits Available Now.

Vision Council Webinar Presentation

The Vision Council’s second webinar presentation, U.S. Consumer Sentiment and Market Insights During the Covid-19 Crisis, is available for download. Their research team presents data from the latest VisionWatch report including a detailed breakdown of consumers’ attitudes as well as industry and market insights from The Vision Council’s Eyecare Provider Survey.

Online Live Zoom COPE Approved Oral Lectures

Thursday, May 28 | 6:30 PM EDT
Oral Pharmaceutical Update 2020 New Drugs and Indications
Every year the FDA approves numerous drugs for the management of diseases in many therapeutic categories. This course will review recently approved pharmaceuticals that are pertinent to optometric patient care. It will also review new labeling of already approved medications that may impact patients. Additionally, specific systemic and ocular complications of select pharmaceuticals will be discussed, where applicable.

Tuesday, June 30 | 6:30 PM EDT
Oral Pharmaceuticals in Anterior Segment Disease
This interactive course examines the use of oral pharmaceuticals in the treatment and management of a variety of anterior segment diseases including herpes simplex virus keratitis, herpes zoster ophthalmicus, bacterial allergic conjunctivitis, dry eye associated with Sjogrens Syndrome, lid periocular tissues and uveitis.

Vision Show

A marketplace where independently owned brands in the optical and optometry industry could connect with owner-operated eyecare businesses.
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THE Myopia Meeting

Recordings of THE Myopia Meeting Webinars Now Available Online
Three recent webinars from THE Myopia Meeting Webinar Series for eye care professionals interested in learning how to incorporate myopia management into a practice are now available for on-demand viewing.

BHVI Courses on Myopia

Managing Myopia for Practice Staff
This course is designed to help you successfully integrate myopia management through dedicated staff training.

SECO University Launches LIVE CE Webinar Series to Meet the Optometry Profession’s Educational Needs During the COVID-19 Pandemic

SECO University provides optometrists and ophthalmic professionals educational opportunities in an online environment to meet the needs and requirements of the profession. In the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak and subsequent cancellation and or postponement of CE meetings, SECO University launched SECO LIVE CE Webinars approved by COPE for live CE.

Premier Academy360 Offers VSP Network Doctors No Cost, Live COPE-Approved Online CE in Response to COVID-19

As part of a series of initiatives from VSP Global supporting its network doctors through the COVID-19 pandemic, the VSP Global Premier Program will immediately offer a live COPE-approved online CE series at no cost through Premier Academy360. The three-part series, “Building Blocks For a Great Optometric Diabetes Practice,” presented by Jeffry Gerson, OD, and A. Paul Chous, OD, provides up to five qualified live credit hours to complete remotely.

Review of Optometric Business & neurolens Webinar Series

Available Now!
Eye Misalignment and Headaches: Differentiate Your Practice and Improve Patient Outcomes
Paul Karpecki, OD, and Timothy Fries, OD, discuss how to turn treatment of eye misalignment and headaches into a practice builder that transforms patients’ lives in a webinar brought to you by Review of Optometric Business and neurolens.

Webinar Series: Optical Survival

Monday, May 18 | 3:00 PM EDT
Part IV: Demystifying PPP Forgiveness
The SBA is continuing to clarify what is necessary for forgiveness. This webinar will bring you up-to-date with our current understanding.

Available Now!
Part I: How to Manage a Slowdown or a Shutdown of your Practice
A discussion of how to manage your practice slowdown or a shutdown during this pandemic.

Part II: Do You Need a Loan?
A discussion of what is in the government package for you and is there a better way to manage this.

Part III: How to Reopen Your Practice
A discussion of how to reopen your practice and what your practice will look like post pandemic.

With the COVID-19 Crisis, AAO and ASCO Establishes Unprecedented Virtual Clinical Training Program to Keep Optometry Students on Graduation Track

As universities and hospitals suspend clinical education rounds to prevent the spread of COVID-19, the American Academy of Optometry (AAO) is partnering with the Association of Schools and Colleges of Optometry (ASCO) to help students meet clinical obligations.

WO Voices Podcast Series

Dr. Bridgitte Shen Lee: Reopening
Bridgitte Shen Lee, OD, FBCLA, FAAO, and her practice partner reopened Vision Optique in Houston, Texas, with safety protocols in place to help protect doctors, staff and patients. Dr. Shen Lee was a guest on WO Voices as she was planning the reopening.

Dr. Theresa Colonna: Use Customized Video Training For Staff
Theresa Colonna, OD, of Westminster Eyecare Associates in Providence, Rhode Island, has mastered a strategy for consistent and thorough staff training in the use of instrumentation and procedures: customized video. Hear how she developed this process as the staff at this practice grew to 65 employees.

Dr. Kelechi Mezu-Nnabue: Routine Eye Care And Foundation Work On Hold; Planning Ahead
Kelechi Mezu-Nnabue, OD, MS, MPH, DrPH, worries about the patients she serves in her Pikeville, Maryland, practice, as well as those who would normally be served by her family foundation in Baltimore and in Nigeria.

Dr. Dorothy Hitchmoth: The Primary Importance of Primary Eye Care
From keeping patients with ocular infections out of emergency rooms and urgent care clinics to providing counseling on ocular and systemic health issues, the critical role that optometrists play in the health care becomes more apparent during the COVID-19 crisis.

Dr. Cheryl Murphy: Dealing with Coronavirus Uncertainty – One Day at a Time
Cheryl Murphy, OD details some of the steps that the doctors and staff members are taking to do what they can to flatten the curve, protect themselves and protect patients.

Review of Optometric Business

How My Practice Is Using SBA Loan Funds & My Other Practice Survival Strategies
When the pandemic worsened, and local governments ordered shutdowns of all “non-essential” services, optometric practices stopped providing routine eyecare. Fortunately, some relief was provided by Small Business Administration (SBA) loans. Here is how my practice is using money from the loan we obtained, and other ways we are making it through this crisis.

How to Access Free Financial Audits & Revenue Investigation Services for Practices Impacted By COVID-19
Anagram, a software solution enabling access to out-of-network benefits for health-care providers, is offering free financial audits and accounts receivable services to ECP customers facing uncertain revenue during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Taking Your Practice to the Next Level with the Right Buyer
Sell your practice with goals in mind as detailed by Mark Kuhlman, OD. The right buyer enables sale goals for patients, staff and the practice.

Optos Presents the e-Learning Center

Optos has launched a new website – the Optos e-Learning Center (ELC). The ELC consolidates educational tools about ultra-widefield retinal imaging that you may access while managing your way during this unprecedented time.

Access is available to continuing education programs and material through virtual symposia, as well as interactive technology sessions and clinical insights from peers. Optos is providing access to articles, case studies, presentations and more.

OAW Online 2020

Opticians Association of Washington Offers Online Opticianry
This new process and agenda of online registration from OAW for numerous courses is available now for the first time.