Dec. 18, 2020 — The Vision Council (TVC) and Reed Exhibitions, co-owners of Vision Expo, are revamping the trade show’s continuing education offerings with the launch of VisionEd Direct, a new, virtual CE platform offering on-demand accredited courses, and plans for a new education area to debut at Vision Expo East 2021.
Developed on the Quantum Optical platform, a source for CE in the ophthalmic field, VisionEd Direct currently offers 10 hours of accredited education, including five hours of Council on Optometric Practitioner Education (COPE) courses and five hours of American Board of Opticianry (ABO) courses.
Courses, priced at $15 per credit hour, are available on-demand and feature top educators from across the industry. The courses are being offered to current students on a complimentary basis.
The platform features automatic grading, a virtual notepad for seamless note taking, and electronic reporting of instant certificates. Plus, the platform stores all accreditation documentation as well as test history for access at any time.
The COPE accredited course offerings available on VisionEd Direct include:
- Cases From Your Phone - Avoiding Perils of Telemedicine, taught by Marc Bloomenstein, O.D.
- New Glaucoma Medications, taught by Michael Chaglasian, O.D., FAAO
- Diabetic Retinopathy - An Era of Change For Optometry, taught by Jay Haynie, O.D., FAAO
- Red Eyes - It’s just conjunctivitis...Or Is It? taught by Josh Johnston, O.D., FAAO
- Oral Pharmaceuticals in Anterior Segment Disease, taught by Blair Lonsberry, O.D., MS, MEd
The ABO accredited course offerings on VisionEd Direct include:
- Frame Board Management - Parting Is Such Sweet Sorrow, taught by Jackie O’Keefe Lincoln, ABOC
- Extraordinary Customer Service Models, taught by Joy Gibb, ABOC
- Patient Communication and Sales Strategies, taught by Val Manso
- Digital Eye Strain - What Every Optician and Technician Needs to Know, taught by Michael Vitale, ABOM, LDO, NCLEC
- Innovations in Lens and Frame Technology, taught by Phernell Walker, MBA, ABOM
TVC and Reed Exhibitions also plan to debut VisionEd, a rebranded, in-person education area dedicated to seminars, workshops, and presentations, at Vision Expo East 2021, set to take place May 25–28, 2021 at the Javits Center in New York City. The area will be designed as a hub for attendees to hone their craft in courses led by experts in clinical research, business, fashion, and marketing. Additional details on VisionEd at Vison Expo East 2021 will be announced soon.