TARGET AUDIENCE

This educational activity has been designed to deliver up-to-date education to optometrists who provide primary care optometry services, including but not limited to medical optometric services.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

After completing this activity, participants should be better able to: [LIST] [ITEM]Diagnose and treat dry eye, meibomian gland dysfunction and blepharitis using the latest technologies and treatments. [ITEM]Evaluate the best ways to monitor and treat glaucoma using the latest technologies and treatments. [ITEM]Discuss the new ways optometrists can manage retinal diseases using the latest technologies and treatments.[/LIST]

ACCREDITATION STATEMENTS
 

In support of improving patient care, Postgraduate Institute for Medicine is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team [bold][underline]The Council on Optometric Practitioner Education (COPE)[/bold][/underline] Postgraduate Institute for Medicine is accredited by COPE to provide continuing education to optometrists. Credit Statement: This course is COPE approved for 8 hours of CE credit. Activity number and Course ID will be designated on your certificate.

[bold][underline]Request for Credit[/bold][/underline] In order to be eligible to receive LIVE COPE credit for this activity, you must remain in the session room for at least [bold][italic]50 minutes of each 60 minute presentation and at least 100 minutes of each 120 minute presentation.[/bold][/italic] Attendance will be submitted to COPE, however, [bold]please be mindful that it is your responsibility to submit to your appropriate state board.[/bold] Review Education Group does not guarantee that this course has been approved for continuing education credit by your licensing board.  [bold]Disclosure of Conflicts of Interest[/bold] Postgraduate Institute for Medicine (PIM) requires faculty, planners, and others in control of educational content to disclose all their financial relationships with ineligible companies. All identified conflicts of interest (COI) are thoroughly mitigated according to PIM policy. PIM is committed to providing its learners with high quality accredited continuing education activities and related materials that promote improvements or quality in healthcare and not a specific proprietary business interest of an ineligible company.