OAW Fall Convention

OAW Fall Convention course information:

Patient Work-Up and History Taking NCLE

Instructed by: Jane S. Buckland, FNAO, FCLSA (H), NCLEM

Length: 2 hours

Course description: The patient work-up is critical in helping the doctor or ECP determine the course of action to be taken with each individual patient’s ocular condition, problems and needs.

This course will give the technician/assistant the necessary tools to aid in gathering information necessary for the doctor to make informed choices in diagnosis and treatment. In addition, tools will be presented to help in assessing the basic history and physical, visual acuity, pupil evaluation, ocular motility, visual fields, tonometry, and much more!

Medical Errors: Recognition and Prevention NCLE

Instructed by: Jane S. Buckland, FNAO, FCLSA (H), NCLEM

Length: 2 hours

Course Description: This course is intended to identify potential medical/surgical/clinical and pharmacology errors and outcomes while providing suggestions related to identification and prevention scenarios. An explanation of preventive management and measures with specific emphasis on the Eye Care Professional and office procedures will be addressed.

Adjustment 201: Systematically Solving Problems with Position of Wear Adjustments

Instructed by: Cira Collins, MPH, ABOC-AC

Length: 1 hour

Course Description: A quality adjustment is so much more than making sure a frame is straight and comfortable.  Opticians have phenomenal lens solutions today, but after we get the frame back from the lab, we often slap the glasses on the patient and call it good.  But what if we could maximize lens performance through careful adjustments in all three dimensions?  How do we handle patients who come back with complaints in their progressives that the lens was supposed to solve?  Save your doctor the Rx Check chair time by systematically adjusting frames to solve problems, maximize the value of digital lenses and wow patients with the value you as an optician add to your optical practice.  This class will teach you how to systematically evaluate and manipulate eyewear position to solve optical problems with digital lenses and allow your lens tools to do their best work.

Rose-colored Glasses: How Our Eyes Perceive Color and How You Can Manipulate Color Like a Wizard

Instructed by: Cira Collins, MPH, ABOC-AC

Length: 1 hour

Course Description: In this class, you will learn in-depth anatomy and physiology of color perception, beyond rods and cones, so that you can then know what you are doing when you use tinted lenses, specialized filters, polarization or mirrors. Learn how to identify what colors to use to enhance particular activities (like office work, driving or sports) and how to wield the tools in your les toolbelt to enhance patient color perception specific to the lens use.