Practice Partnership Education Series
Primary Eyecare Network is proud to partner with ABB CONCISE and Paragon Vision Sciences to present the Practice Partnership Education Series. This webinar series focuses on topics that support successful treatment options and outcomes with gas permeable lens fitting. Patrick Caroline, FAAO, of Pacific University, leads the webinars.
COPE Accreditation granted for all parts of this program unless otherwise specified. To receive 1 hour of CE credit for any of our webinars, you will need to pass a 10-question exam and pay a $35 fee.
Email us at education@primaryeye.net to take any CE Exam listed below.
Please indicate the exam you would like to take in your email.
The Fundamentals of GP Lens Fitting
Recorded Wednesday, February 16th
• Provide the best contact lens modality for ALL of your patients.
• Understand the essential components to a successful GP fit.
• Appreciate how these components translate across all lens designs and fitting indications.
• Discover the wide range of new lens materials and manufacturing techniques available.
Corneal Topography & Contact Lenses
Recorded Wednesday, March 16th
• Review clinical applications of corneal topography assessment.
• Acquire new techniques in diagnosing conditions such as keratoconus, pellucid marginal degeneration and corneal warpage.
• Learn about the many uses of corneal topography in a refractive surgery and/or contact lens practice.
• Discover practical considerations in choosing a corneal mapping system.
Myopia Control with Corneal Reshaping
Recorded Wednesday, April 20th
• Incidence of myopia throughout the world.
• Ocular and social ramifications of myopia.
• Past attempts to control axial eye growth in children.
• Modern animal and human research into the role of peripheral refractive error in myopia.
• Practical solutions to correct peripheral refractive error in children.
• Ongoing research required to validate the myopia controlling effects in children.
Recorded Wednesday, May 25th
• Fundamentals of GP lens design and fitting in order to avoid GP complications.
• The anatomy of GP lenses and the role of each curve in avoiding post-fitting complications.
• Material properties that make up modern GP lenses.
• Clinical complications associated with poor fitting GP.
•The many problems associated with patient non-compliance.
Management of the Presbyope with GP Lenses
Recorded Wednesday, June 22nd
• Various multifocal lens designs for thecorrection of presbyopia.
• Critical anatomical features that may influence the available distance and near powers available to the patient.
• Necessary parameters in calculating GP multifocal lens designs.
• The complex follow-up and problem solving needed to be successful with multifocal lenses.
Contemporary Scleral Lens Design and Fitting
Recorded Wednesday, July 27th
• Correction options for an irregular cornea.
• Benefits and limitations of various scleral modalities.
• Details regarding the shape of the cornea, limbus and sclera.
• Techniques used in fitting scleral lenses.
• Managing scleral lens-related problems.
Management of the Irregular Cornea with GP Lenses
Recorded Wednesday, September 8th – Rescheduled from August 24th
• Various forms of irregular astigmatism commonly seen in clinical practice.
• The wide range of topographical changes associated with irregular astigmatism.
• A variety of contact lens options for the correction of irregular astigmatism.
• Fitting and follow-up of patients requiring piggyback lenses.
• Design and materials that make up the new generation of hybrid lenses.
Modern Contact Lens Corneal Reshaping
Recorded Wednesday, September 28th
• How corneal reshaping with GP lenses works.
• The anatomy of the lenses and the function of the various posterior surface curves.
• Prescreening and patient selection criteria for modern corneal reshaping
• Fitting and follow-up of patients with reshaping lenses.
• The different corneal reshaping lens designs for myopia, hyperopia, and astigmatism.
Management of the Astigmatic Patient with GP Lenses
Recorded Wednesday, October 19th
• Essential lens design components necessary to a successfully fit toric GP lens.
• The impact corneal topography has on the design of a toric GP lenses
• How new equipment and fitting software may aid in selecting the correct toric lens for the patient.
• The importance of corneal and refractive astigmatism when designing toric GP lenses.
• Fundamental problem-solving techniques when lens fit and power are unsatisfactory.
Comprehensive Management of Keratoconus
Recorded Wednesday, November 16th
• The complex diagnosis related to keratoconus.
• New research related to the etiology of the condition.
• New instrumentation available to aid in understanding keratoconus and its progression patterns.
• The many new designs in contact lens for the condition.
• Advances in fitting techniques for these new lenses designs.
• Other ecstatic conditions that can affect the eye and how each is best managed with contact lenses.
Modern GP Lens Materials & Manufacturing*
Recorded Wednesday, December 14th
• History and evolution of rigid contact lens materials.
• Different types of GP lens materials.
• The bulk properties that make up a modern GP lens material.
• How modern GP lens materials are made.
• How the surface properties of a GP can be changed to enhance surface wet-ability.
• How the properties of oxygen permeability and surface wet-ability are measure in-vivo and in-vitro.
**Please note that the notes file is very large and may take a moment to download.
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COPE Accreditation Pending
Email us at education@primaryeye.net to take any CE Exam listed above.
Please indicate the exam you would like to take in your email.