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OD Speaker Handouts

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Thursday, March 13, 2008
Time OD Sessions
8:00 - 8:50 AM
102 - Correcting Higher Order Aberrations With Contact Lenses (125 KB)
8:00 - 9:50 AM
100 - Computer Vision Syndrome: Diagnosis and Treatment (121 KB) 101 - Macular Degeneration: What is New in Diagnosis and Treatment, Vitamins to Vitrectomy (4,441 KB)
9:00 - 9:50 AM
103 - Contemporary Uses of Bandage Contact Lenses in Primary Optometric Practice (146 KB)
10:00 - 11:50 AM
104 - Diabetic Retinopathy: Current Approach and Future Direction (3,435 KB) 105 - Smart Medicine For Your Eyes: The Role of Nutraceuticals in the Primary Care Practice (120 KB) 106 - Ocular Inflammation: Treatment Options

Part 1 (1,479 KB)

Part 2) (1,936 KB)
12:00 - 1:00 PM
LUNCH & LEARN SERIES
LLA - Current Contact Challenges
12:00 - 1:50 PM
108 - Silicone Hydrogel Lenses - They’re Not Just for Continuous Wear Anymore (162 KB) 109 - Training and Managing a Staff (127 KB)
2:00 - 3:50 PM
110 - Off Label is Not Off Limits

Part 1 (1,112 KB)

Part 2 (2,107 KB)
111 - Nutritional Genomics: Genes, Nutrition and Chronic Eye Disease (129 KB) 112 - Developing and Maintaining a Million Dollar Practice (127 KB)
4:00 - 5:50 PM
113 - Therapeutic Management of Contact Lens Related Anterior Segment Disease (207 KB) 114 - Let’s Give it More Time: When the Refractive Surgery Does Not Go As Planned

Part 1 (5,866 KB)

Part 2 (11,941 KB)

Part 3 (7,920 KB)


Friday, March 14, 2008
Time OD Sessions
6:45 - 7:45 AM
FOOD FOR THOUGHT BREAKFAST SERIES
FF1 - Back to the Future – It’s Time to Re-Think Daily Disposable Soft Lenses
8:00 - 8:50 AM
201 - OTC or Rx: When is a Prescription Necessary? (2,326 KB)
8:00 - 9:50 AM
202 - Money Matters Part I (122 KB)
10:00 - 11:50 AM
203 - Money Matters Part II (128 KB) 204 - Contact Lens Management of the Refractive Surgery Patient (125 KB) 205 - The Tear Free Infant Examination (245 KB)
12:00 - 1:00 PM
LUNCH & LEARN SERIES
LL1 - Clinical Pearls For The Contemporary Primary Eye Care Practice
LUNCH & LEARN SERIES
LL2 - Managing Post-Surgical Patients With the New SynergEyes PS Hybrid Contact Lens
4:00 - 5:50 PM
210 - Contemporary Issues in Management of Dry Eye and Ocular Surface Disease (5,385 KB) 211 - The Eye in Systemic Disease – What Every Optometrist Needs to Know (248 KB) 212 - Optometric Treatment Options for Binocular Vision and Accommodative (4,702 KB)
5:00 - 5:50 PM
213 - Optimizing Diagnostic Ability with Scanning Laser Polarimetry (446 KB) 214 - Unusual Corneal Infections in Contact Lens Wear (194 KB)

 

Saturday, March 15, 2008
Time OD Sessions
6:45 - 7:45 AM
FOOD FOR THOUGHT BREAKFAST SERIES
FF4 - Retina Grand Rounds (TPA)
FOOD FOR THOUGHT BREAKFAST SERIES
FF5 - Possibilities in Presbyopia
FOOD FOR THOUGHT BREAKFAST SERIES
FF6 - Un-invited Guests of the Cornea
8:00 - 9:50 AM
300 - Glaucoma Grand Rounds (211 KB) 301 - Refractive Surgery – Beyond LASIK (213 KB) 302 - Antibiotics and Anti-Inflammatories: The Evolving Standard of Care (265 KB) 303 - Recognizing, Treating and Avoiding Ocular Allergies
10:00 - 11:50 AM
304 - Ocular Trauma (206 KB) 305 - Intraocular Tumors (139 KB) 306 - Risk Factors and Treatment for Myopia: Brave New World or Tough Nut to Crack? (342 KB)
12:00 - 1:00 PM
LUNCH & LEARN SERIES
LL3 - Give Your Astigmatic Patients Some Breathing Room
LUNCH & LEARN SERIES
LL4 - Delivering the Maximum Patient Experience With New Contact Lens Technology
350 - Normal Tension Glaucoma (123 KB)
3:00 - 4:50 PM
307 - True Ocular Emergencies (147 KB)
308 - Non-Lens Related Pathology that Mimics Lens Related Disease (103 KB)
309 - Managing Angle Closure and Uveitic Glaucoma (144 KB)
4:00 - 4:50 PM
310 - Options and Opportunities for Ocular Allergy (337 KB)
4:00 - 5:50 PM
311 - It’s Not Just Cataract Surgery Anymore! (176 KB) 312 - What Evidence Would Benefit My Patients? (140 KB) 313 - Pediatric Pharmacology and Pathology (4,147 KB)
5:00 - 5:50 PM
314 - Marginal Issues: Putting a Lid on Blepharitis (6,574 KB) 315 - Update on Age-Related Macular Degeneration (179 KB) 360 - From Yesterday’s News to Today’s Headlines: Updating the Glaucoma Studies (202 KB)

 

Sunday, March 16, 2008
Time OD Sessions
8:00 - 8:50 AM
400 - Ouch ... That’s Gotta Hurt – Understanding Ocular Trauma (211 KB)
8:00 - 9:50 AM
401 - Field Enhancement Strategies From an Optimistic Clinician

Part 1 (1,412 KB)

Part 2 (8,458 KB)
402 - Infiltrates in Contact Lens Wear: Sterile Infiltrates or Infectious Ulcers? 403 - Diagnosis of Strabismus and Amblyopia in a Primary Care Setting (1,277 KB) 404 - Ocular Surface Disease – It’s More Than Just Dry Eyes! (211 KB)
10:00 - 10:50 AM
405 - What’s New in Retinal Disease – Utilizing the OCT (192 KB)
11:00 AM - 12:50 PM
406 - Exploring Low Vision Training With and Without Occupational Therapy (359 KB) 407 - Corneal Manifestations of Systemic Disease 408 - Keratoconus: Predicting Your Patient’s Prognosis (234 KB)

 


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