Continuing Education
|
Office of Continuing Education |
Phone: 617-587-5586 |
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)
- A written
application for Board approval must be
submitted at least 60 days prior to the
course date
- 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
C.O.P.E.
web site
- 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
Continuing Education Written Course:
These are free Continuing Education Courses found in the Contact
Lens Spectrum and Optometric Management Magazines.
Contact Lens Spectrum
Optometric Management
Special Populations
Grand Rounds
Please join us for
the Special Populations Grand Rounds Wednesdays from 7:15-8:30 a.m.
in Lecture Hall 2, Beacon Street Campus.
These are student
presented, faculty guided cases encountered during the Special
Populations Rotation.
Summer Dates:
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
7:15 - 8:15 am
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
7:15 - 8:15 am
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
7:15 - 8:15 am
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
7:15 - 8:15 am
Wednesday, Aug 5, 2009
7:15 - 8:15 am
CE Offered through the Boston VA
Healthcare System
The Boston VA 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):
Glaucoma: When Is a Disc Hemorrhage a Disc
Hemorrhage and Other Questions
Barry Fisch, OD
2 credit hours of Massachusetts approved
continuing optometric education
Date: Friday, June 19, 2009 at 2:30 pm
Location: West Roxbury VA Medical Center,
Bignami Conf Room 2B-100-3
Sessions
start at 2:30 p.m. and are held at the West Roxbury Campus of the Boston
VA, 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:
Presentations are held
at
7:15 – 8:15 a.m.
and
1 hour MA CE credit will be given. Light
refreshments will be served.
Dates Pending
Please RSVP to Tim Wilson at
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 start at 5pm at The New England College of
Optometry.
The New England College of Optometry
Research Lecture Series
Presents:
One Hour of
MA Continuing Education credits will be given.
Lecture will be followed by a wine and cheese
reception in Lecture Hall 3 on the third floor.
Please direct
questions to Ms. Nika Nunley, Vision Science
Department at
nunleyn@neco.edu
Wednesday June 24th,
2009 at 4:30 pm in Lecture Hall 3
Speaker:
Dr. Mitchell Brigell
Topic: Ethics in Clinical Trial
Registration
Wednesday July 1st,
2009 at 5:00 pm in Lecture Hall 3
Speaker:
Dr. Jane Gwiazda/Lee Johnson
Topic: Update on Berkeley Myopia
Meeting
Wednesday July 8th,
2009 at 5:30 pm in Lecture Hall 3
Speaker:
Chunming Liu
Topic: CNG channel subunits
Wednesday July 15th,
2009 at 5:30 pm in Lecture Hall 3
Speaker:
Yang Yang
Topic: The Optics Nerve as a Model
System for CNS Regeneration
Wednesday July 22nd,
2009 at 4:30 pm in Lecture Hall 3
Speaker:
Lan (Simone) Li
Topic: Stereopsis
Behavioral Scholar Lecture:
Dates pending
Any continuing education questions please contact
the Continuing Education office at
continuingeduc@neco.edu