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Colorado Vision Summit Conference

2010 Colorado Vision Summit Paraoptometric Program

Click on lecture title for specific course descriptions.
For a full list of course descriptions and speaker biographies, click here.

* = ABO CREDIT APPROVED
** = NCLE CREDIT APPROVED

Saturday July 17, 2010

Registration at Steamboat Grand 7:00 am - 5:30 pm
Courses are held at the Sheraton Steamboat Hotel

8:00 - 9:00am


Paraoptometric Breakfast

VSP's Necessary Contact Lens Coverage and Coordinating Benefits with Health Plans

Stephen Farebrother
Sponsored by VSP

9:00-10:00am

Latest in Lens Technology*
Ed DeGennero

Anatomy of Vertical Strabismus
Jennifer Simonson, OD FCOVD

CPOA: Office Procedures

Cynthia Cid OD and Felicia Popowski OD

10:00 - 11:00am

Vision Therapy for Vertical Strabismus
Leanna Dudley OD and Jennifer Simonson OD FCOVD

CPOA: Anatomy and Physiology
Cynthia Cid OD and Felicia Popowski OD

11:00 - 12:00pm

Troubleshooting the Uncomfortable Patient*
Ed DeGennero

CPOA: Basic and Special Testing
Cynthia Cid OD and Felicia Popowski OD

12:00-1:00pm
1:00 - 1:30pm

Paraoptometric Luncheon

Paraoptometrics are encouraged to attend the Paraoptometric Luncheon as lunch in the exhibit hall is not provided as part of the Paraoptometric registration fee.

1:30 - 2:30pm

Attend Exhibit Hall

2:30 - 3:30pm

Five Simple Techniques for Improving Sales*
Ed DeGennero

Beginning Hands-on Dispensing*
Pam Benson
Sponsored by Shamir

NOTE: Seating is limited. You must sign up for the course in person at the Summit Registration Desk (Steamboat Grand). Please bring practice frames and adjusting tools.

Occlusion - A Potpourri of Treatment Strategies

Curtis R. Baxstrom MA OD FAAO FCOVD FNORA

(Held in conjunction with Doctors' Program at the Steamboat Grand)

CPOA: Frame Selection and Dispensing
Cynthia Cid OD and Felicia Popowski OD

 

 

3:30-4:30pm

Optical Patient Expectations*
Ed DeGennero

EOM Paresis & Palsy - To Treat or Not to Treat...Is the Question

Curtis R. Baxstrom MA OD FAAO FCOVD FNORA

(Held in conjunction with Doctors' Program at the Steamboat Grand)

CPOA: Contact Lenses
Cynthia Cid OD and Felicia Popowski OD

 

 

Sunday July 18, 2010

Registration 7:00 am - 12:00 pm

7:00am

Paraoptometric Breakfast

8:00 - 9:00am

Soft Lens Care Update**
Shannon Harper
Sponsored by CIBA

Clinical Pearls in Treating Vertical Strabismus
Jennifer Simonson OD FCOVD

 

Advanced Hands-On Dispensing*
Pam Benson

Sponsored by Shamir

NOTE: Seating is limited. You must sign up for the course in person at the Summit Registration Desk (Steamboat Grand Resort). Please bring practice frames and adjusting tools.

9:00 - 10:00am

Silicone Hydrogel Multifocal Contact Lenses**
Shannon Harper
Sponsored by CIBA

Hands-On Sports Vision Techniques
Sue Lowe OD FAAO FCOVD

10:00 - 12:00 noon

Here's Looking at You: Human Eye Anatomy and Cow Eye Dissection
Donna Ellinger OD

CPOA: Refraction, Binocularity and Optics
Cynthia Cid OD and Felicia Popowski OD