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)
    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 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

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