Sunday, August 18 | 11:00 am – 5:30 pm ET | Zoom Webinar
This 6-hour CE event is a PECAA Max membership benefit at NO COST to PECAA Max members.
Early Bird (available through 8/9/24) – $80
Standard (available through 8/17/24) – $90
Early Bird (available through 8/9/24) – $100
Standard (available through 8/17/24) – $110
PECAA is pleased to announce its next COPE virtual education event: Private Eye: Systemic Clues In Ocular Manifestations. Taking place on Sunday, August 18th, 11:00 am – 5:30 pm ET, this event will provide six (6) hours of COPE-accredited clinical continuing education to optometrists across the country and will be presented in a synchronous, virtual Zoom webinar format. In accordance with current COPE/ARBO guidelines, there are no testing requirements for synchronous virtual formatted courses to count as COPE-approved CE credits.
Each PECAA education event provides impactful instruction on a targeted area relevant to contemporary eye care practice. The August 18th event will help you put on your detective hats and dig those magnifying glasses out as we dive into the systemic clues that ocular manifestations are trying to show you through your patients every day. Attendees will expand their knowledge not only on identifying and diagnosing these manifestations, but also on how they relate and contribute to — and are early indicators of — more serious health issues that affect the entire body. These lectures will reveal how to best expose the more serious health concerns that could be hiding behind these manifestations.
Private Eye: Systemic Clues In Ocular Manifestations is open to all optometrists nationwide, including PECAA Max members, HEA Advantage members and non-members. We look forward to welcoming you to this event.
Autoimmune Disease: Pharmacologic And Functional Interventions 2 COPE-Accredited Hours
Corollaries Between Systemic Disease And Dry Eye 1 COPE-Accredited Hour
Optometric Role In The Diagnosis And Management Of Headaches 2 COPE-Accredited Hours
Sleep Disorders: What Optometrists Need To Know 1 COPE-Accredited Hour
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All times shown below are Eastern (ET).
10:30 am — Webinar Opens 11:00 – 11:10 am — Webinar Begins: Announcements And Introductions
Please Note: All participants must be online at this time in order to receive full credit.
11:10 am – 12:50 pm — Autoimmune Disease: Pharmacologic And Functional Interventions
Speaker: Tracy Offerdahl, PharmD, BPharm, RPh, FAAO CE Hours: 2 — COPE Course ID: 86298-PH Description: This course will introduce and review concepts of allopathic and functional/integrative medicine in the management of autoimmune disease. It will provide clinicians with clinical pearls, diagnostic approaches, and therapeutic opportunities for these multifaceted patients.
12:50 – 1:00 pm — Q&A
1:05 – 1:55 pm — Corollaries Between Systemic Disease And Dry Eye
Speaker: Cory J. Lappin, OD, MS, FAAO CE Hours: 1 — COPE Course ID: 89169-SD Description: This course will cover numerous systemic diseases including autoimmune, cardiovascular, neurological, dermatological, and psychiatric diseases that can cause dry eye. The pathological mechanisms underlying the development of dry eye and management strategies will be discussed.
1:55 – 2:05 pm — Q&A
2:05 – 2:25 pm — Break
2:25 – 4:05 pm — Optometric Role In The Diagnosis And Management Of Headaches
Speaker: Patricia Modica, OD, FAAO CE Hours: 2 — COPE Course ID: 89078-NO Description: The chief complaint of headaches is frequently encountered in optometric practice. This course provides the basic mechanisms of head pain followed by diagnostic red flags and pharmaceutical treatment options. Case studies are utilized to highlight the role of optometrists in directing the patient to the most appropriate management.
4:05 – 4:15 pm — Q&A
4:20 – 5:10 pm — Sleep Disorders: What Optometrists Need To Know
Speaker: A. Paul Chous, MA, OD, FAAO CE Hours: 1 — COPE Course ID: 89157-SD Description: This course considers the impact of common sleep disorders on both ocular and systemic disease. Strategies for diagnosis and treatment will be presented that can immediately be implemented within eye care practices.
5:10 – 5:20 pm — Q&A
5:20 – 5:30 pm — Conclusion And Adjournment
This event is supported by the following PECAA vendor partners. We sincerely thank them for their support!
CooperVision Johnson & Johnson