Continuing Education Article Archive

The following articles were designed to cover a broad scope of patient issues, ranging from patient care and disease treatment to ophthalmic dispensing. Participants should review each article and complete the accompanying continuing education examination. Each accurately completed examination is worth one hour of paraoptometric continuing education credit. Please allow four to six weeks to recieve proof of CE credit.

The article topics include:

• Cosmetics and the Contact Lens Wearer
• Fitting Progressive Addition Lenses
• Glaucoma - The Silent Thief of Sight
• Update on Lens Materials, Designs, and Coatings
• Patient Education: The Contact Lens Dispenser's Responsibility
• Providing Vision Care for the Alzheimer's Patient
• Treating Dry Eye for Contact Lens Patients' Comfort and for Practice Growth
• Trying to Sell that Second Pair? Think Safety
• Gas Permeable Contact Lenses, What the Paraoptometric Assistant Needs to Know
• Vitreous Detachment
• Retinal Nerve Riber Anallysis: The Role It Plays in Assessing Glaucoma
• Telephone Reopenings Process vs. Duplicate Claim Submissions
• Probing the Mystery of Unexplained Vision Loss
• Neuroanatomy Optometric Implications
• Special Needs Patient

Mail your completed examination and your fee ($10 per article) to:

American Optometric Association
Paraoptometric Section
243 N. Lindbergh Blvd., Floor 1
St. Louis, MO 63141-7881

If you have questions, please call 800-365-2219, ext. 4108