The reviews of OpticalCEUs Continuing Education Seminar for opticians this past April are in, and opticians are cheering. As required by the American Board of Opticianry and the National Contact Lens Assn., participants in ABO/NCLE approved continuing education (CEUs, CECs) must ask participants to respond to five questions posed by the ABO/NCLE.
Some 150 opticians 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 at OpticalCEUs seminar with ABO/NCLE approved courses. See their evaluations of each seminar. One attendee summed it up best when he described the seminar as being “consciously planned.”
If you want a taste of what these opticians saw, enjoyed, and tasted during a day of ABO/NCLE certified classes, watch our short movie above.
Register
for OpticalCEUs Fall continuing education seminar at the MGM
Grand, Foxwoods on Sunday, October 16. To register, go to
http://www.opticalceu.com/RegisterNowFall2011.html.
The
registration fee includes coffee and tea at registration at 8:30
on Sunday, Oct. 16, as well as the lavish luncheon prepared by
the MGM Grand, compliments of OpticalCEUs. Here's a list of the courses being
presented:
9-10:
Ocular Allergies by Jean Davidson (1 NCLE);
10
1: In the Beginning: Embryonic Eye Development by Linda
Conlin (1 NCLE);
11-Noon:
The Healthy Eyecare Solution by Deborah Kotob (1 ABO);
1-2:The
Pressure Is On by Jean Davidson (1 ABO pending);
2-3:
The Three Bugs: Acanthamoeba, Pseudomonas, and Fusarium by
Linda Conlin (1 NCLE);
3-4:
Eye Know Why by Jean Davidson (1 ABO); and
4-5:
Trends in Fitting Younger Contact Lens Patients by Linda
Conlin (1 NCLE).
ECPs can apply their credits toward their state
license and their ABO/NCLE certifications. Seminars usually sell
out, so reserve by October
7. Any questions? Email f.e.enterprises@opticalceu.com.
OpticalCEUs, a division of F.E. Enterprises, will run its 2011 Spring Continuing Education Conference for opticians and ECPs needing ABO and NCLE credits on May 1, 2011, at the luxurious Foxwoods Resorts and Casinos, in Mashantucket, Connecticut, according to Linda Conlin, founder of OpticalCEUs.
The semi-annual event, which has been running for more than a decade, will have its usual line-up of speakers and their excellent multimedia presentations. They will cover a variety of topics regarding vision care, eyewear, and contact lenses, providing opticians and ECPs with as many as seven ABO/NCLE continuing education credits, notes Linda Conlin.
As usual, the economical fee will include free coffee or tea for attendees arriving for the morning sessions. In addition, opticians and ECPs attending a full day of sessions (seven credits), sessions only in the morning (three credits), or sessions only in the afternoon (four credits) can enjoy a complimentary lunch. Here's the menu for OpticalCEUs 2011 Spring Conference for opticians and ECPs:
Soup and Salads: hearty minestrone soup; crisp iceberg lettuce with pepperoncini peppers, garbanzo beans, chopped tomatoes, and crumbled feta cheese served with either a house vinaigrette or buttermilk ranch dressing; tortellini pasta salad.
Make Your Own Hot Sandwich: Philly cheese steaks with shaved rib-eye beef, melted cheese, grilled mushrooms and onions; honey BBQ pulled pork; eggplant Florentine; all served with fresh Hoagie rolls and seasoned curly fries.
Desserts: chocolate fudge cake, blueberry lemon meringue cake, mandarin Earl Grey cake, along with coffee and assorted teas.
Course information and registration will be available online by the middle of March 2011. For directions to the resort, follow this link: Directions by car to Foxwoods. For information about the conference, email Linda Conlin at F.E.Enterprises@opticalceu.com.
