Clinical Care and Practice Advancement

• AOAExcel
• Diabetes and Eye Health
• Good Health Club Toolkit
• Practice Resources
• Allergan Launches Latisse™ as Treatment for Hypotrichosis
• Presentation to the FDA Advisory Panel on Contact Lens Solutions
• Intraoperative Floppy Iris Syndrome (IFIS) Associated with Systemic Alpha-1 Blockers
• AOA Optometric Clinical Practice Guidelines
• Quick Reference Guides
• Clinical Care Publications
• AOA Diabetes Eye Report form
• Council on Research
• Patient Care
• Environmental / Occupational Issues
• Ophthalmic Standards
• Commission on Quality Assessment & Improvement
• Aviation Vision
• Community Health Centers
• antiquespectacles.com Web site

Clinical excellence is the foundation of a successful practice and a strong, vibrant profession. Your association supports programs and services to help you maintain and enhance your clinical skills and knowledge to better serve your patients and your community. The Clinical Care and Practice Advancement Group provides information and services to enhance the scope, quality and availability of professional optometric services. It develops and implements programs relating to clinical practice, quality assessment, professional continuing education and practice enhancement, ophthalmic standards and product evaluation, and the availability of optometric services to those unable to afford care.

Your Clinical and Practice Advancement Group contacts are:

Michael E. Bennett, O.D., Chair
Karen Bergfeld, Associate Director, Practice Advancement
Beth Kneib, O.D., Interim Director, Clinical and Practice Advancement