Monday, April 7, 2014

Sell-Out OpticalCEUs Seminar Major Success

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Linda Conlin, founder
of OpticalCEUs, presenting.
Yesterday, some 150 opticians from Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Pennsylvania learned about contact lenses on the job and for athletes, fitting irregular corneas, the fundamentals of sight, diseases of the eye, and use of the slit lamp. They came to the ballroom of the Grand Pequot at Foxwoods Resorts in Connecticut.

Accredited lecturers Linda Conlin, Deborah Kotob of Vision-Ease and Joe Forte presented six courses enabling opticians to earn seven ABO/NCLE credits. For 15 years Linda, an NAO Fellow Ambassador, has provided continuing education and training for opticians at the state and national level. She is ABO and NCLE certified, licensed in CT, MA and RI, and has dwritten for 20/20 and EyeWitness magazines. Deborah, a sales consultant for Vision-Ease, creates and presents ABO seminars related to best practices. A Massachusetts-licensed optician, she has owned an optical business and was a sales representative for MODO and Luxottica.  Deborah has achieved ABOM and NCLE certifications. Joe, the director of contact lens services for Raymond Opticians, lectured at CUNY Tech, Vision Expo and Optifair. He was program director of the Interboro Institute College of Opticianry where he taught courses in various areas of contact lenses and optics.

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