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.

EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES

After completing this activity, participants should be better able to: [LIST] [ITEM]Diagnose and treat a range of ocular surface diseases including, dry eye, blepharitis, meibomian gland disease, and neurotrophic keratitis. [ITEM] Identify ideal candidates for a broad menu of IOL technologies. [ITEM]Identify best practices in the diagnose and management of patients with retinal disease.[ITEM]Outline steps involved in the advanced procedures that can now be performed in optometric practice. [ITEM] Utilize the latest technologies and treatments to manage myopia. [ITEM]Explain ways that advanced imaging can be used to differentiate and manage posterior segment disease.[ITEM]Evaluate and compare current and emerging corneal disease management strategies, including their indications, benefits, and perioperative considerations.

ACCREDITATION STATEMENTS

In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by the Postgraduate Institute for Medicine and Review Education Group.  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.

[underline]The Council on Optometric Practitioner Education (COPE) [/underline] [break]Postgraduate Institute for Medicine is accredited by COPE to provide continuing education to optometrists. [break][break] Credit Statement: This course is COPE approved for 16 hours of CE credit. [break][break] Activity number: 130404 [break] Course numbers: [break] 97184-SP Advanced Procedures [break] 97185-TD The Dry Eye Decision Tree [break] 97186-TD Eyelid Health: Optometry’s Next Frontier [break] 97191-TD Dry Eye Workshop [break] 97192-TD OSD Paradigm Shift [break] 97193-GO Retina and Glaucoma Imaging Workshop [break] 97187-PO IOL Technology [break] 97188-GO Myopia Update [break] 97189-GO The Future of Eye Care: A Speaker Showcase of Leading Optometric Experts [break] 97194-TD Retina Grand Rounds [break] 97195-TD Common Corneal Disease Management Update

This course was reviewed by The University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Optometry [italic]*Credit hours subject to change [/italic] [underline]Request for Credit[/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. [/italic][/bold] Attendance will be submitted to COPE, however, please be mindful that it is your responsibility to submit to your appropriate state board. Review Education Group does not guarantee that this course has been approved for continuing education credit by your licensing board.  [underline]Disclosure of Conflicts of Interest [/underline] 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 vetted and mitigated according to PIM policy. The existence or absence of COI for everyone in a position to control educational content will be disclosed to participants prior to the start of each activity.