CE Opportunities
OAO is always active in offering and organizing continuing education (CE)opportunities for optometrists and optometric staff.
Examples of the CE courses offered by OA include a sold out 20-hour TPA Refresher program, ‘Get Refreshed’, in Niagara Falls in May 2008. Drs. Mark Dunbar, and John McSoley, from Bascom Palmer Eye Institute and Dr. Leo Semes from University of Alabama led delegates through an intensive 3-day 20-hour program.
This year’s 2009 Symposium in Toronto has a more traditional mix of clinical and practice management education with top lecturers from across Ontario. It will feature a Cross Canada practice management panel and well known practice management speaker, Dr. Dave Ziegler. OAO has also included a practice management panel and reception for Women in Optometry called Sharing Life & Career Choices.
Proposals have been received from speakers and educators for 2010 - both for CE opportunties throughout the year and for Symposium workshops.
Our continuing work with the UW School of Optometry also means that we have access to the latest information and standards, allowing us to evaluate what materials and courses we can offer to best meet the needs of all our members - no matter when they graduated!
