Continuing Education

We have a new Continuing Education Department

Director of Continuing Education:

 Dr. Alan Lewis

Assistant for Continuing Education:

 Timothy Wilson

Massachusetts Continuing Education Requirements :

Continuing Education Guidelines for Optometrists (taken directly from the website www.mass.gov)

Board regulations require that an optometrist must complete 18 hours of Board-approved continuing education as a condition of annual license renewal. Credit toward renewal of an Optometrist's License in a particular renewal period shall be given only for Continuing Education Hours which were completed during the 12 months immediately preceding January 1st of the licensure year for which renewal of that License is sought.

For a continuing education program to be acceptable for the purposes of license renewal, the following conditions apply:

• "Live" continuing education (CE) programs offered outside of Massachusetts must be approved by the Council on Optometric Practitioner Education (C.O.P.E.)
• "Live" CE programs offered within Massachusetts and that exceed four (4) hours must be C.O.P.E. approved
• "Live" CE courses or programs that are four (4) hours or less, and that are not C.O.P.E. approved may be submitted to the Board for approval (To view approved courses, see the On-Line Lookup System: Continuing Education Courses Approved for (CE) credit in Massachusetts)
  1. A written application for Board approval must be submitted at least 60 days prior to the course date
  2. The application must include the name of the sponsor; a detailed outline of the course material; the speaker's curriculum vitae; the course time and location; provisions for adequate monitoring of attendance; and satisfactory assurances that the course is generally available to all optometrists
• No more than four (4) CE hours for the purposes of license renewal may be taken via distance learning technology
• Approved CE courses are listed on the COPE website 
• To review the Board’s rules and regulations please visit the Statutes and Regulations section of this site.

Submitting Courses:

To submit a course for Massachusetts State CE qualification please complete the following application and include the required information.  All applications must be received two weeks prior to the scheduled event.

Massachusetts State CE Credit Application (pdf)

Special Populations Grand Rounds

Please join us for the Special Populations Grand Rounds Wednesdays from 7:15-8:45 a.m. in Clausen Room, Beacon Street Campus.

These are student presented, faculty guided cases encountered during the Special Populations Rotation; 1.5 hours of MASS CE will be given.

Summer Dates:       

Thursday, June 24, 2010           Clausen Room

Thursday, July 1, 2010              Clausen Room

Thursday, July 8, 2010              Clausen Room

Thursday, August  5, 2010         Clausen Room(Update: This meeting has been postponed to August 12, 2010)

Thursday, August  19, 2010       Clausen Room

CE Offered through the VA Boston Healthcare System

The VA Boston Healthcare System in conjunction with the New England College of Optometry announces the following presentations for two hours of Massachusetts Optometric CE Credit (NOT COPE):

Sessions start at 2:30 p.m. and are held at the West Roxbury Campus of the VA Boston, 1400 VFW Parkway, West Roxbury in Building 3, Second Floor, Bignami Conference Room 2B-100-3

These are free sessions.  Please contact Kevin Toolin, O.D. at kevin.toolin@va.gov if you plan to attend.

Matty in the Morning:

The New England College of Optometry will host the next Matty in the Morning seminar on ___ at 7:15 a.m. on the College campus at 424 Beacon Street, Boston in the Clausen Room.  1 hour MASS CE credit will be given and light refreshments will be served.   

Topic:     "  "

Speaker: 

RSVP to wilsont@neco.edu or telephone (617) 587-5642 if you plan to attend. 

Research Lecture Series:

Under this program, recognized vision scientists are invited to the College to give presentations about their research. These presentations are followed by discussion sessions and informal receptions so the College community has an opportunity to become better acquainted with researchers and their projects in other laboratories. All presentations will be held at The New England College of Optometry, 424 Beacon St, Boston, MA 02115. 

July 1, 2010                    Dr. Mitchell Brigell             

"Ethics in Clinical Trial" Lecture Hall 3 at 12:00 pm

July 8, 2010                    Dr. Min Ahang                   

"The Role of Neuron Growing Guidance in Corneal Nerve Repair"  Lecture Hall 3 at 12:00 pm

July 15. 2010                  Dr. Ann E. Elsner               

"Probing Early Changed in Age-related Macular Degeneration"  Lecture Hall 3 at 12:00 pm 

July 22, 2010                  Dr. Jim Akula                     

"ROP⇔ OIR: From Bedside to Bench and Back Again"                                Lecture Hall 3 at 12:00 pm 

July 29, 2010                  Dr. michael Kozlowski        "Drug Discovery and Development"                                                                    Lecture Hall 3 at 12:00 pm

For further information on these lectures please contact Nika Nunley @ nnunley@neco.edu or at 617-266-2030 EXT. 5664                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   

Behavioral Scholar Lecture:        

Any continuing education questions please contact the Continuing Education office at continuingeduc@neco.edu