September 19th 2024
The Contact Lens Institute research found that both new and long-term wearers of contact lenses were positively impacted by their eye care providers allowing adequate chair time during exams, among other factors.
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(CME) Community Practice Connections™: A Closer Look at Neurotrophic Keratitis—Ensuring Timely Diagnosis and Taking Early Action
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(COPE) Community Practice Connections™: A Closer Look at Neurotrophic Keratitis—Ensuring Timely Diagnosis and Taking Early Action
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Community Practice Connections™: Mastering the Multidisciplinary Management of Glaucoma—Understanding Advances in the Spectrum of Treatment Innovation (CME/CNE Credit)
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Community Practice Connections™: Mastering the Multidisciplinary Management of Glaucoma—Understanding Advances in the Spectrum of Treatment Innovation (COPE Credit)
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(COPE) Community Practice Connections™: Optimizing Multidisciplinary Care for nAMD & DME – Expert Perspectives with New Dosing Strategies on the Horizon
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(CME) Community Practice Connections™: Dry Eye Disease and Novel Tear Stimulating Therapies – Optimizing Outcomes in Patient Sub-Types
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(CME) Community Practice Connections™: Advancing Management Strategies in Geographic Atrophy– Mapping Out the Continuum of Care in a New Era of Transformative Treatment
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(COPE) Community Practice Connections™: Advancing Management Strategies in Geographic Atrophy– Mapping Out the Continuum of Care in a New Era of Transformative Treatment
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(COPE) Community Practice Connections™: Dry Eye Disease and Novel Tear Stimulating Therapies – Optimizing Outcomes in Patient Sub-Types
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(CME) Community Practice Connections™: Optimizing Multidisciplinary Care for nAMD & DME – Expert Perspectives with New Dosing Strategies on the Horizon
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(CME) Key Advances in Cataract Surgery – Applications for New Technologies in an Ever-Changing Landscape
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(COPE) Key Advances in Cataract Surgery – Applications for New Technologies in an Ever-Changing Landscape
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(CME) Stratifying the Spectrum of Care in Glaucoma Management – Advancing Treatment with a Vast Armamentarium
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Current, Relevant, Useful: Key Takeaways from the CRU Eye Symposium Community Practice Connections™: Current, Relevant, Useful: Key Takeaways from the CRU Eye Symposium (COPE Credit)
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Current, Relevant, Useful: Key Takeaways from the CRU Eye Symposium (CME Credit)
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Managing Ocular Toxicities in Patients With Cancer: Understanding ADCs and the ECP’s Role in Collaborative Management Therapy on the Horizon (CME Credit)
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Managing Ocular Toxicities in Patients With Cancer: Understanding ADCs and the ECP’s Role in Collaborative Management Therapy on the Horizon (COPE Credit)
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SimulatED™: Applying Advanced Treatment for nAMD & DME - Simulating New Strategies for Clinical Management
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Rapid Reviews in Retina™: Emerging Updates from Winter 2024 – Addressing the Wealth of New Data in Treatments for nAMD and DME (CME Track)
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Community Practice Connections™: Optimizing Outcomes in Glaucoma Management - Applying Evidence to Practice with a Multitude of Treatment Options (CME Track)
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Community Practice Connections™: Mastering the New Treatment Paradigm in Geographic Atrophy – From Detection to Intervention (CME Track)
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Assessing the Evidence for Extending Treatment Intervals in nAMD and DME Management – Expert Insights into Innovative Approaches (CME Track)
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Assessing the Evidence for Extending Treatment Intervals in nAMD and DME Management – Expert Insights into Innovative Approaches (COPE Track)
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Surv.AI Says: Real-World Insights Into Patient Burden & Evolving Strategies in nAMD and DME (CME Credit)
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Expert advice on safe contact lens wear during COVID-19
With the release of CDC guidelines on contact lens wear and publication of a peer-reviewed paper on the topic, lead author Lyndon Jones, PhD, FCAHS, FCOptom, FAAO, offers advice to ODs and patients alike about safe contact lens wear. Read the paper from Contact Lens and Anterior Eye, “The COVID-19 pandemic: Important considerations for contact lens practitioners.”
11 things my patient wished her previous OD had told her
June 12th 2020Communication and education are highly correlated with better patient adherence and when ODs spend time connecting with contact lens wearers one-on-one, the degree to which patients follow contact lens recommendations increases. Establishing rapport, asking questions and sharing knowledge with contact lens patients is a great way to guarantee clinical success.