9:45AM-10:15AM
Lobby Opens
Facilitator: Walt Mayo, OD

10:15AM
Announcements and Introductions
Facilitator: Walt Mayo, OD

10:15AM-10:45AM
The Patient Journey
Speaker: Joseph Romo

10:45AM-12:30PM
Tips for Working with Higher Powered Spectacle Lenses

Speaker: Laurie Pierce, LDO, ABOM, NCLEC
2 Hours Level II ABO

As frame fashions increase in size we must review the optical concepts that ensue. The majority of optical aberrations occur in the periphery of the lens. When we dispense smaller eye sizes, this is not as urgent. However, as eye sizes increase, so do optical aberrations. This course will focus on the major optical aberrations and prismatic effects that occur in larger lenses, and their optical solutions. In addition, we will discuss the optics of higher powered lenses, the optical problems, and the solutions.

12:30PM-12:45PM
Break

12:45PM-1:15PM
VSP Global Premier Program
Speaker: Jeff Haukaas

1:15PM-3:00PM
What Would You Do? Triaging the Ocular Emergency

Speaker: Mile Brujic, OD
2 Hours Level II NCLE

Opticians are challenged with a number of clinical scenarios on a day to day basis where they have to determine the urgency of the case and determine proper triaging protocols. This course will take the attendee through the process of triaging those cases that are emergencies and proper protocols for those patients.

3:00PM-3:15PM
Break

3:15PM-5:00PM
Handling Prescriptions that Contain Prism

Phernell Walker, MBA, ABOM, NCLC
2 Hours Level II ABO

Prism can create unique challenges even for the experienced eye care professional. Join Phernell Walker, renowned Master Optician, to explore mastering prescriptions with prism topics; Prentice Rule, decentration, prescribed prisms for TBI, strabismus, accidental prism, prism distribution, prism thinning, compounding and resolving prism.

5:00PM-
Closing Remarks and Q&A
Facilitator- Walt Mayo, OD