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Learning & Development Courses

Learning & Development educational courses begin Wednesday, April 30 and are offered throughout the Exchange for doctors and staff. These courses are unique as they blend evidence based clinical care with business best practices to support Vision Source members in achieving their full potential. The courses are led by Vision Source members who have demonstrated expertise and success on the specific topic.

Included at Exchange are 6 hours of Accredited Continuing Education hours (COPE, ABO, AOA-CPC, NCLE, FL) offered through the Vision Source Practice Protocols for Diabetes, AMD & Myopia.

Unless specified, Learning & Development courses do not offer accredited CE.

Vision for the Future: Harnessing the Power of Myopia Management to elevate your practice

Description: As myopia rates continue to rise, the need for effective management solutions and protocols have never been more critical. In this course, we will explore new products in the myopia management category and reinforce dispensing and pricing best practices.

Sponsor: Essilor

9:00 am - 9:50 am

Stating the Case(s) for More Functional Testing in Clinical Practice

Description: In this case-based course, two expert clinicians will present real-world patient scenarios where functional ERG testing provided essential insights for managing retinal disease. Each case will illustrate how functional data from ERG served as the tipping point for clinical decisions, revealing crucial information that structural imaging alone could not provide. By the end of the session, participants will understand how incorporating functional testing into their practice can enhance diagnostic accuracy, improve patient outcomes, and support more informed, proactive management strategies.

Sponsor: LKC

9:00 am - 9:50 am

Vision Source Myopia Practice Protocol Part 1

Description: An update of current literature on myopia control allows for a practical understanding of treatment approaches. Information provided in this course will be a clinically practical guide that focuses on content of evidence based ocular care. This course will serve as part one of a three-part series on the topic of myopia management.

Sponsor: Vision Source

9:00 am - 9:50 am

Vision Source Comprehensive Care Protocol Part 1

Description: The management of common chronic conditions like Age-Related Macular Degeneration, diabetes, myopia and glaucoma are challenging in a comprehensive optometric practice. An evaluation of clinical practice guidelines and billing and coding guidelines allows for a practical understanding of how testing, diagnostic and treatment approaches can be implemented into clinical practice. Information provided in this course will be a clinically practical guide that focuses on content of evidence based ocular care and how to implement that care into an optometric practice.

Sponsor: Vision Source

10:00 am - 10:50 am

Dry Eye Disease Meets Myopia Epidemic: One Solution for Modern Eye Care

Description: Dry eye disease and the myopia epidemic are reshaping the landscape of modern eye care, presenting both challenges and opportunities for practitioners. Discover through case series how to elevate dry eye and myopia management. Learn how intuitive tools can empower staff, streamline workflows, and save valuable doctor time and chair time. Deliver highly personalized care with meibography, high-resolution anterior segment imaging, and gold-standard corneal topography. Captivate patients with stunning visuals while improving clinical precision, all while building deeper connections with your patients through tailored care solutions.

Sponsor: Euclid

10:00 am - 10:50 am

Beyond your Practice: How to Build a Patient Support Network

Description: Binocular Vision, Vision Therapy, and Neurolens - How to provide comprehensive care to patients, differentiate your practice, and grow into the future.

Sponsor: Neurolens

10:00 am - 10:50 am

How we Multiplied our Refraction Capacity WITHOUT Adding Another Lane

Description: Discover how to address one of the most common challenges: how to see more patients without adding an additional exam room, while simultaneously improving staff engagement, elevating the patient experience, and improving outcomes.
This session will cover how to implement new technology and adopt a cross-functional approach to refraction, empowering your staff to optimize patient flow and boost overall efficiency. This approach frees up valuable time for doctors to focus on complex cases, deliver personalized consultations, and provide comprehensive patient care.

Sponsor: Instruments

11:00 am - 11:50 am

Vision Source Dry Eye Practice Protocol Part 1

Description: Discover the diagnostic tools and techniques needed to scientifically pinpoint the underlying etiology and pair targeted treatments to gain truly predictable outcomes.

Sponsor: Vision Source

11:00 am - 11:50 am

LUNCH

12:00 pm

Maximize New Revenue with Wearable Technology

Description: Take the wants of the consumer - convenience and connectivity - and leverage the benefits of wearable technology in your practice to meet them. Learn what features matter most, how to strategically implement, promote, and enable your staff to capitalize on this opportunity.

Sponsor: Luxottica

1:00 pm - 1:50 pm

Blink NutriTears, clinically proven supplement for Dry Eyes

Description: Join us to learn about the latest clinical data in nutritional supplements, exclusively from the eye care experts at Bausch + Lomb, that presents a strong alternative to omega-based supplements. You don’t want to miss this one!

Sponsor: B&L Consumer Group

1:00 pm - 1:50 pm

Foundations of Retina Care: How to Leverage Diagnostic Protocols

Description: This course provides a practical guide to implementing standardized diagnostic protocols for retina care. Faculty will share their experiences integrating ERG into their clinical workflow and developing protocols that ensure consistent, high-quality care across teams and locations. Attendees will learn how standardized protocols streamline patient management, simplify cases, and improve outcomes. By understanding when functional testing can guide treatment and receive reimbursement, participants will gain insights into how protocols benefit the entire practice—from enhancing patient care to supporting the practice’s financial health.

Sponsor: LKC

1:00 pm - 1:50 pm

Elevate Patient Care and Practice Profitability with Vision Source's Progressive Lens Solutions

Description: Learn to leverage the full Vision Source recommended progressive portfolio to provide the best care for your patients AND increase your capture rate. Course highlights: Portfolio selection for MVC vs Private Pay to maximize profitability, retail pricing strategy to increase capture rate, and guidance on how to elevate the in-store experience for patients so they understand the difference between premium and value progressive solutions.

Sponsor: Essilor - PAL Soln

2:00 pm - 2:50 pm

Defining Success with AMD and Geographic Atrophy

Description: 

This presentation reviews how to leverage the AMD protocol, equipment in your practice, and collaboration strategies to help you achieve success managing AMD patients in your practice.
Speaker: Shane Kannarr

Sponsor: Astellas

 

2:00 pm - 2:50 pm

Amiotic Membranes and the Continuum of Care

Description: This course will walk through how amniotic membranes can help patients in multiple stages of ocular surface disease. The course will include a deeper dive into appropriate indications, case studies, billing and coding, and how to implent this technology into your practice.

Sponsor: BioTissue

2:00 pm - 2:50 pm

Beyond Eyecare: Audiological Solutions to Enhance Patient Care

Description: Learn how innovations in the audiological space have created opportunities for your practice to treat mild to moderate hearing loss with innovative OTC solutions. Since most of the over 30 million patients suffering from mild to moderate hearing loss are untreated, Vision Source can lead the way in treating this underserved community.

Sponsor: Nuance

3:00 pm - 3:50 pm

From Rookie to Rockstar: Streamlining Scleral Fits for Maximum Profit and Growth

Description: Join two experienced clinicians as they share their journeys in scleral lens practice, from early challenges to rewarding successes. Through real-world insights and practical advice, you’ll learn how to deliver personalized scleral lens care while refining your fitting techniques and practice management strategies. Whether you're just starting out or aiming to elevate your expertise, this session equips you with actionable tips to enhance patient care, improve workflow efficiency, and grow your practice.

Sponsor: Euclid

3:00 pm - 3:50 pm

Vision Source Dry Eye Practice Protocol Part 2

Description: The management of common chronic conditions like Age-Related Macular Degeneration, diabetes, myopia and glaucoma are challenging in a comprehensive optometric practice. An evaluation of clinical practice guidelines and billing and coding guidelines allows for a practical understanding of how testing, diagnostic and treatment approaches can be implemented into clinical practice. Information provided in this course will be a clinically practical guide that focuses on content of evidence based ocular care and how to implement that care into an optometric practice.

Sponsor: Vision Source

4:00 pm - 4:50 pm

Develop A Contact Lens Strategy to Enhance Patient Outcomes and Grow your Practice

Description: (Coming Soon)

Sponsor: Alcon

4:00 pm - 4:50 pm

Zx Pro: The only MPOD Technology Designed to Match Practice Profitability with Patient Care Solutions

Description: Learn about the latest data supporting nutrition and MPOD technology as a biomarker for ocular health and a systemic marker for cognition.

Sponsor: EyePromise

4:00 pm - 4:50 pm

Boost SV Patient Satisfaction and Practice Profitability with enhanced SV Lenses

Description: Learn to engage SV patients with lens solutions that address the unique needs of modern patients. Specifically, Review trends in SV purchase behavior, Price pressure from retail/online, Expansion of enhanced technology online and retail especially in blue light filtering, Inspire ODs to take leadership on innovations in SV so that patients know that the best care and latest technology can only be found at a Vision Source member, Explain how to use in-office demo tools to engage patients, Talk through the appropriate protocol to identify and recommend enhanced lens technology for each patient

Sponsor: Essilor

7:30 am - 8:20 am

Mastering OCTA: From Diagnosis to Dollars

Description: Integrating Clinical Applications of OCTA with Smart Reimbursement Tactics.

Sponsor: Topcon

7:30 am - 8:20 am

Empowering Excellence: The Role of Training in Elevating Optometry Practices

Description:Discover how to address one of the most common challenges: how to see more patients without adding an additional exam room, while simultaneously improving staff engagement, elevating the patient experience, and improving outcomes.
This session will cover how to implement new technology and adopt a cross-functional approach to refraction, empowering your staff to optimize patient flow and boost overall efficiency. This approach frees up valuable time for doctors to focus on complex cases, deliver personalized consultations, and provide comprehensive patient care.

Sponsor: Leonardo

7:30 am - 8:20 am

Vision Source Myopia Management Protocol Part 2

Description: An update of current literature on myopia control allows for a practical understanding of treatment approaches. Information provided in this course will be a clinically practical guide that focuses on content of evidence based ocular care. This course will serve as part two of a three-part series on the topic of myopia management.

Sponsor: Vision Source

7:30 am - 8:20 am

Leveraging the New FTC Rule to Improve Handoff and Communication in the Practice

Description: A new FTC rule imposes that doctors provide patients with a copy of their prescription immediately after the completion of the refraction, and before a patient can start looking at frame and lenses. This course will explore how to leverage this new opportunity to provide the perfect handoff.

Sponsor: Leonardo

8:30 am - 9:20 am

Vision Source Dry Eye Practice Protocol Part 2

Description: Learn how to implement effective OSD screening and treatments as a shotgun approach for beginners. Then discover how to grow into the diagnostic tools and techniques needed to scientifically pinpoint the underlying etiology, and pair targeted treatments to gain truly predictable outcomes.

Sponsor: Vision Source

8:30 am - 9:20 am

Treating Dry Eye: The why, what, when, and who of it all

Description: Join us to hear my current perspective on dry eye disease and how I integrate MIEBO (perfluorohexyloctane ophthalmic solution) and XIIDRA (lifitegrast ophthalmic solution) 5% into my practice. Learn which patients can benefit and where to fit these therapies into The VS Dry Eye Protocol, as illustrated by real patient success stories from my clinic.

Sponsor: B&L Pharma Group

8:30 am - 9:20 am