2015 POA Spring Congress MAY 15 17, 2015 OMNI BEDFORD SPRINGS RESORT BEDFORD SPRINGS, PA REGISTRATION BROCHURE
O.D. Schedule Friday, May 15 7:30 a.m. Golf Outing Noon - 5:00 p.m. Noon - 1:00 p.m. 1:15-3:15 p.m. 3:45-5:45 p.m. Registration Financial Benchmarking for the Optometric Practice (includes lunch) Bob Teale, COE; OCS Senior Eye Care Business Advisor - Allergan Primary Care Electrodiagnostics Peter Kehoe, O.D. Supported by an unrestricted grant from Diopsys Evidence-Based Eye Care of Patients with Diabetes Mellitus Peter Kehoe, O.D. 6:00-9:00 p.m. Dinner on your own 9:00 p.m. Saturday, May 16 Reception hosted by Dr. and Mrs. Richard Christoph Everyone Welcome 7:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Registration 7:30-8:30 a.m. 8:45 a.m. - 9:45 a.m. 10:00-11:00 a.m. Ocular Surface and Lid Margin Disease Thomas Kislan, O.D. Supported by an unrestricted grant from MiboMedical Scleral Lenses: Specialty Lens Education for the Novice and the Expert James Deom, O.D. Supported by an unrestricted grant from Valley Contax Scleral Lens Wet Lab Hands-On Scleral Lens Applications and Evaluation James Deom, O.D. Thomas Kislan, O.D. Supported by an unrestricted grant from Valley Contax and MiboMedical 11:00-2:30 p.m. Exhibits with lunch 2:45-5:45 p.m. House of Delegates 6:00-7:30 p.m. POA Awards Program 7:30 p.m. Horsing Around Celebrating the Triple Crown Fun/Food/Entertainment Sunday, May 17 8:00-10:00 a.m. 10:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m 12:45-2:45 p.m. Paraoptometric Schedule Friday, May 15 7:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Registration We are pleased to announce that Lynn E. Lawrence, CMSgt (ret), CPOT, ABOC will be providing our educational programming for this weekend. 1:00-2:00 p.m. 2:00-3:00 p.m. 3:00-4:00 p.m. Personally Growing in My Profession What Every Tech Should Know About Ocular Emergencies In Office, Non-Ocular Emergencies 4:00-5:00 p.m. Employee vs Process? 9:00 p.m. Saturday, May 16 President s Reception hosted by Dr. and Mrs. Richard Christoph Everyone Welcome 7:00-8:00 a.m. Registration 8:00-11:00 a.m. Hands-On Skills Workshop 11:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. Exhibits and Lunch 2:30-3:30 p.m. General Business Meeting 3:30-4:30 p.m. Dispensing Standards for Beginners 4:30-5:30 p.m. HIPAA Now 6:00-7:30 p.m. POA Awards Program 7:30 p.m. Essential Topical Formulary Joseph Pizzimenti, O.D. Carlo Pelino, O.D. Conversations in Glaucoma Joseph Pizzimenti, O.D. Carlo Pelino, O.D. Update on Oral Medications (with box lunch) Joseph Pizzimenti, O.D. Carlo Pelino, O.D. Horsing Around Celebrating the Triple Crown Fun/Food/Entertainment 2
Doctor of Optometry Course Descriptions Financial Benchmarking for the Optometric Practice (1 hour practice management) What is Benchmarking? Why Should I Benchmark My Results? What Should I Benchmark? These questions will be answered, and additional information on how to use the benchmarking data, monthly benchmark reports (excel spreadsheet), and benchmark cautions and caveats will also be presented. Must pre-register as this session includes lunch. Conversations in Glaucoma (2 hours TPA/Glaucoma) The goal of this presentation is to provide a case-based review of current topics in glaucoma, with an emphasis on new knowledge and the future of glaucoma diagnosis, treatment, and research. Optometrists are faced on a daily basis with the responsibility of making decisions in the management of their patients who have glaucoma. Some decisions are easily made while others present a significant challenge. This course provides a survey of new knowledge and recent developments in the area of glaucoma pathogenesis, diagnosis, and management. Covered topics include neuroprotection, angle-closure glaucoma, normal tension glaucoma, first-line drug therapies, laser and surgical developments, and new technology. Essential Topical Formulary (2 hours TPA) The ability to use pharmaceutical agents has enabled optometrists to become true primary health care providers. This course includes the use of drugs that are topically applied. Clinical cases are used to illustrate indications, mechanisms of action, contraindications, adverse effects, and dosage of these therapeutic agents. Update on Oral Medications (2 hours TPA) This course reviews current oral medications and their treatment of specific eye diseases. The classes of medications that will be reviewed are antibiotics, antivirals, antifungals, analgesics, and hypotensives. Routes of drug administration, pharmacological principles, and FDA classes of safety will also be reviewed. Ocular Surface and Lid Marginal Disease (1 hour) This course will cover the diagnosis, treatment and management of all aspects of ocular surface and lid margin disease. Case studies will present examples of how this information is used in clinical practice. Evidence-Based Eye Care of Patients with Diabetes Mellitus (2 hours) The future of health care will require optometrists to understand and practice based on evidence based clinical guidelines. The course will thoroughly review the 2014 American Optometric Association Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guideline Eye Care of the Patient With Diabetes Mellitus. Primary Care Electrodiagnostics (2 hours) An in-depth review of electrodiagnostic basics of VEP and ERG; how the information can be incorporated in a primary optometric practice for the diagnosis and treatment of a variety of diseases. Scleral Lenses: Specialty Lens Education for the Novice and the Expert (1 hour) The explosion of scleral lens care in specialty lens practices throughout the country has made this once antiquated treatment a mainstay in the contact lens practice. The practitioner should at the conclusion of the course be able to implement scleral lens practice into their practice comfortably. Scleral Lens Wet Lab: Hands on Scleral Lens Applications and Evaluation (1 hour) In this split group, hands on workshop, doctors will learn how to proficiently place the scleral lens on eye, remove the lens, evaluate the lens on eye, and pick the best diagnostic lens from a fitting set. Doctors will become comfortable with different techniques to insert and remove the lens as well as different techniques to troubleshoot a complicated fit. Doctors will then switch groups and will learn how to manually treat meibomian gland disease using the ThermoMiboFlo technology. Proper technique, treatment schedules, follow up and setting patient expectations will be discussed. 3
Paraoptometric Course Descriptions Personally Growing in My Profession (1 hour) This course is designed to assist attendees in discovering how to develop into an ophthalmic professional. It will identify available certifications and organizations where those certifications are used. It will open the eyes of ophthalmic professionals in every ophthalmic aspect. The attendee will learn how to develop a plan that will be successful in attaining their personal goals in the profession. What Every Tech Should Know About Ocular Emergencies (1 hour) Presents an overview of how phone triage and walk-in office visits should be handled from an assistant s perspective. Key elements of triage, and the difference between an emergency and urgent care and testing procedures required before treatment by the optometrist. In office, Non-Ocular Emergencies (1 hour) This course is designed to educate attendees on the possibilities of encountering emergencies not eye related to the eye. The course will assist attendees in identifying the signs of patient in distress and techniques for acquiring the proper assistance. Attendees will learn how to address office emergencies in a prompt and professional manner. Employee vs Process? (1 hour) This course is designed to assist attendees in identifying and documenting key processes within an office/clinic environment. Attendee wills learn how to flow chart a process and identify when a process is failing or an employee is failing. This useful course will aid all office leadership in teaching and developing their staff s knowledge on office flow and key processes. By the end of the course, attendees will understand the value of a process and flow chart. Hands-On Skills Workshop (3 hour lab) This lecture is designed to aid the assistant in understanding the prescreening process. The course will provide scenarios to provoke conversation among the attendants to answer the question of what next when screening patients. This lecture will cover case history, visual acuity, pupillary response, cover testing, Muscle-H testing, confrontation fields. Great prep course. Attendees will need to bring the following materials with them: color vision testing, stereo testing, a light source and a pair of contact lenses. Dispensing Standards for Beginners (1 hour) This lecture covers testing and adjustments required before dispensing glasses. The lecture covers ANSI standards for spectacles verification. This lecture will use pictures and some instrumentation to demonstrate standards and quality (checklist provided). HIPAA Now (1 hour) This course is designed to cover the Health Information Portability and Accountability Act from the basics to current trends in the practice. It will assist attendees in setting up their own HIPAA compliance program and understand the value in having a HIPAA Compliance Officer. 4
Doctor of Optometry/Guest/Student Registration Form Name ARBO Tracker Number Address/City/State/Zip E-mail address (for confirmation) Guest(s) Name(s) Registration Options (please circle appropriate numbers) AOA Member Non-AOA Member #1 Three day package includes 13 hours of CE, Friday Allergan program, Saturday lunch, $465.00 $828.00 Saturday dinner event, and Sunday lunch #2 Friday CE only (4 hours), Allergan program $140.00 $280.00 #3 Saturday CE only (3 hours) $105.00 $210.00 #4 Sunday CE only (6 hours) and lunch $230.00 $440.00 #5 Students - includes 13 hours of CE, Allergan program, Saturday lunch, Sunday lunch $45.00 $45.00 #6 Saturday lunch ticket # $30.00 $30.00 #7 Saturday evening dinner event ticket # $50.00 $50.00 #8 Golf Outing $140.00 $140.00 TOTAL DUE POA m I will attend the Friday Allergan presentation/lunch Payment Method Check # Credit Card Visa MC Disc Amex Card Number Expiration Date Name on Card Signature Complete and return to: POA, 218 North Street, Harrisburg, PA 17101 Fax (717) 233-6833 5
Paraoptometric Registration Form Name E-mail Address/City/State/Zip Your O.D. s Name Guest(s) Name(s) Registration by Course. Please circle appropriate numbers #1 PPA Member: Friday/Saturday education, Saturday lunch $175.00 #2 Non-Member: Friday/Saturday education, Saturday lunch, PPA dues $215.00 #3 PPA Member: Friday only education $100.00 #4 Non-Member: Friday only education and dues $140.00 #5 PPA Member: Saturday only education and lunch $150.00 #6 Non-Member: Saturday only education, lunch and dues $190.00 #7 Additional Saturday lunch ticket # $30.00 #8 Saturday evening dinner event ticket # $50.00 TOTAL DUE POA Payment Method Check # Credit Card Visa MC Disc Amex Card Number Expiration Date Name on Card Signature Complete and return to: POA, 218 North Street, Harrisburg, PA 17101 Fax (717) 233-6833 6
Join Us In Welcoming Back Our Vendors Our vendors are very eager to return and support POA, and we encourage you to enjoy lunch on Saturday in the hall and visit with all the vendors. Make sure to bring along business cards to enter into the many drawings for prizes offered by our vendors. President s Reception Please join Dr. Richard Christoph and his wife Tammy for a reception at 9:00 p.m. on Friday, May 15. It s a great opportunity to catch up with old friends and meet some new ones, as well as enjoying a late-night snack. This event is open to all registrants and their families. CE Certification Via ARBO Tracker POA is now using the ARBO Tracker mobile application for attendees to quickly certify their course attendance. Optometrists can use the new OE TRACKER mobile app to record attendance at continuing education courses and receive instant course credit. Not only is it easy, but the app is FREE and can be used by anyone with an OE TRACKER number. The OE TRACKER app is available for both iphones and Android phones. Go to the app store or itunes on your iphone or Google Play on your Android phone and search for OE TRACKER. Follow the instructions to download the app. Please also make sure that you open the app and have created a user ID and password prior to attending the first CE session. Alternate certification will be available to those who do not have access to a mobile device. Cancellation Policy There will be a $50 fee if cancellation is received by POA by May 8, 2015. There is no refund available after that date. No refunds will be issued for no-shows. Cancellations must be received in writing by the POA via mail, fax or e-mail to Ilene@poaeyes.org. Handout Information Handouts for the OD/PPA educational programming for this meeting will be available on our website at www.poaeyes.org for download after May 1st. Please print those handouts which pertain to your courses and bring them along to the meeting or download to your laptop. We ll be Horsing Around At Bedford Springs Post Time is 7:30 p.m. Saturday night we will be celebrating the traditions of the Triple Crown. Join us for food and beverages that are associated with the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont. We ll have our own on site-racing, as well as other games and surprises to bring out your competitive side. Ladies, as you know one of the best-know traditions from the Derby (aside from the famous Mint Julep) are the fabulous hats. We encourage you to wear your favorite Derby Day hat (we know you all have a creative side) and show off your finery. Did you know the first Triple Crown winner was Sir Barton in 1919, but the phrase Triple Crown was not used until 1930? Time to study up on your racing history. You never know when it might come in handy. BEDFORD SPRINGS Few properties can boast the historic significance of Bedford Springs Resort, located in the Allegheny Mountains of south-central Pennsylvania. For more than 200 years, the eight mineral springs located on the resort s property served as an important gathering place. In 1905, the resort opened one of the nation s first indoor pools - fed by the property s spring waters. Eventually, the resort would be the site of many significant moments in American history, hosting a long list of celebrities, wealthy clientèle, corporate magnates and dignitaries from around the world. To date, the resort has hosted 10 US Presidents, seven of whom visited during their presidency. In 2007, Bedford Springs Resort was restored to its historic grandeur after a $120 million restoration. The new resort is the most modern of meeting places, featuring state-of-the-art technology and conveniences. Over 200 years ago the mineral springs of Bedford Springs, PA became known as a source of rejuvenation. Today the Omni Bedford Springs Resort s updated facilities and luxurious guest rooms, world-class spa and superbly restored golf course provide all the charm you expect in a historic Pennsylvania retreat with the modern conveniences you look forward to from an Omni Hotel. Golf at Bedford Springs On Friday, May 15, enjoy the beautiful views of the Bedford Springs golf course and start your weekend off with a well-deserved round of golf. Our outing will begin with breakfast at 7:30 a.m. Staff members, spouses, exhibitors and guests are invited to join in the fun. Mulligans and other team assistance will be available for purchase. The Omni Bedford Springs Resort in Pennsylvania, is proud to be home of one of the country s first golf courses. The restored, historic course offers an experience of the highest caliber to rival the most private of clubs. Overlooking breathtaking views of the Allegheny Mountains and Cumberland Valley, this remarkable course spans the work of three golf architectural masters Spencer Oldham, A.W. Tillinghast, and Donald Ross. Bedford Springs Old Course has undergone a total renovation overseen by noted classic golf course restoration architect Ron Forse, restoring it to its original course layout. A round of golf on these historically significant tees is a must-play for golf enthusiasts of all levels. Hotel Reservations POA s group room rate for a deluxe room is $180 per single room, $190 per double room, $200 per triple room and $220 per quad room, plus taxes and resort fees. Upgraded rooms are available at additional cost. Reservations can be made by calling Omni Reservations at 1-800-THE-OMNI. Indicate you are coming in with POA. Reservations must be made by midnight on April 22 to insure the group rate. Rooms will go quickly. Discounted resort fees of $10/room/day covers local telephone calls, high speed and wireless internet throughout the property, valet parking, use of the fitness center, pools, hiking trails and daily afternoon tea. Joining the free Omni Select program will provide you with a variety of gold level benefits during your stay. Log on to www.omniselectguest to join at no cost. 7
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