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Jun 13 2022

Secondary Glaucoma from Ocular Trauma

Bud O'Leary, OD

Dr. Elizabeth Muckley discusses the diagnosis and management of an African-American college athlete with hyphema and secondary glaucoma from ocular trauma, the risk of angle recession glaucoma, and the potential role of sickle cell in treatment options.
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»Glaucoma Watch

May 31 2022

Angle Closure Glaucoma

Janet Swartz, EdD

Dr. Danica Marrelli provides an overview of angle closure glaucoma, including its prevalence, etiology, classification, and risk factors.
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Apr 11 2022

Normal Tension Glaucoma

Bud O'Leary, OD

Dr. Mark Dunbar describes an 80-year-old patient with normal tension glaucoma, presents an algorithm for treating NTG, and discusses the potential effect of low profusion pressure.
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»Webinars

Apr 10 2022

Hyperosmolar Eye Drops and Fuch's Disease

Janet Swartz, EdD

During an NGS webinar on endothelial disease, a participating optometrist provided a link to a recent study in the AAO Journal that showed no benefit of hyperosmolar eye drops for Fuch's disease.
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»Glaucoma Watch

Apr 09 2022

Parapapillary Atrophy

Janet Swartz, EdD

Dr. Eric Schmidt discusses parapapillary atrophy and beta zones and their significance in diagnosing glaucoma and glaucoma progression.
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»Case of the Month

Mar 11 2022

Asymmetric IOPs

Bud O'Leary, OD

Dr. Blair Lonsberry discusses a patient with large differences in IOP between eyes and whether to treat or monitor.
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»Webinars

Mar 09 2022

Fundus Autofluorescence

Janet Swartz, EdD

Dr. Brad Sutton presents an overview of fundus autofluorescence technology and its application for the diagnosis of AMD and optic nerve head drusen, as well as potential uses in glaucoma.
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Feb 07 2022

Is it Glaucoma?

Bud O'Leary, OD

Dr. Mark Dunbar discusses a patient with an abnormal optic nerve but normal pressures and the decision whether to treat or monitor.
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NATIONAL GLAUCOMA SYMPOSIUM VIRTUAL IN 2022

The National Glaucoma Symposium will be a virtual program in 2022. We are working on a program with 8 hours of glaucoma CE for Saturday-Sunday, October 1-2. More information will be posted soon.

LIVE WEBINARS = LIVE CE IN MASSACHUSETTS

At their Decmber 15, 2021 meeting, the Massachusetts Board of Optometry specified that a live webinar where speakers and attendees can interact in real-time are considered to be live CE. The Board clarified that distance learning CE courses, which are limited to 6 hours per renewal cycle, are those where the licensees are reading content or observing media on their own with no interaction with the instructor. Thus, the COPE-approved interactive NGS webinars count as live CE for MA optometrists.

NEW HAMPSHIRE ALLOWS 100% VIRTUAL CE IN 2022

The New Hampshire Board of Optometry has issued has a new standing order dated January 11, 2022 that authorizes all credit hours of continuing education to be obtained through virtual or alternative means in 2022. A copy of this order can be found on the New Hampshire Board of Optometry website (oplc.nh.gov) under Laws and Rules.

CE BROKER FOR TEXAS OPTOMETRISTS

The NGS will submit attendance data to CE Broker for Texas optometrists who attend our webinars. We will continue to mail CE certificates so attendees have a copy for their records and also will send attendance data to ARBO's OE Tracker.

NEW COPE RULES FOR INTERACTIVE WEBINARS

COPE has announced a transition period from January through June, 2022, while they develop new guidelines for online CE. During this transition period, live, interactive webinars will go back to being considered Interactive Distance Learning, but post-course tests will NOT be required. Thus, the NGS live webinars will be COPE approved as Interactive Distance Learning CE starting in January 2022. A number of states consider live, interactive webinars to be live CE, without restrictions on the number of credits, including: California, New York, Minnesota, Texas, Virginia and Vermont. For optometrists in those states, the COPE changes will not have an impact. Other states may consider the live webinars to be live CE (e.g., Pennsylvania for this renewal cycle) or may treat the live webinars as online CE with restrictions on the number of hours. Check with your State Board to determine how these hours will be treated for 2022.

PENNSYLVANIA CONTINUES TO ALLOW ONLINE CE

The NGS has just been notified that the Board of Optometry will continue to allow all CE to be online for the renewal period that ends November 30. 2022. There was communication that the waiver in Pennsylvania that allowed all CE to be virtual will end on September 30, 2021. However, to avoid confusion in the middle of the renewal cycle, the Board has decided to continue to allow all CE to be online.

MASSACHUSETTS GLAUCOMA LEGISLATION

On January 1, 2021, a bill was signed into law in Massachusetts giving optometrists the ability to provide glaucoma treatment, the last state in the country to do so. This new certification requires the completion of 20 hours of clinical education and 40 hours of didactic education. The law stipulates that these courses must be offered by the Massachusetts Society of Optometrists in conjunction with the two Massachusetts optometry colleges, NECO and MCPHS. This course is the only one that will meet the requirements of the law and be approved by the Division of Professional Licensure. Thus, none of the NGS webinars can be used toward the new glaucoma certification in Massachusetts.

CALIFORNIA ALLOWS LIVE WEBINARS AS LIVE CE

The California Board of Optometry now recognizes interactive courses offered live over internet platforms such as WebEx as Live CE toward the 30 hours of live continuing education required for license renewal. Courses can be live COPE courses offered by COPE's June 30, 2021 deadline or courses approved by the Board.

NGS 1-HOUR WEBINARS

The NGS offers one-hour webinars September-December and January - May. These webinars are included in Full NGS Membership.

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»Case of the Month

Secondary Glaucoma from Ocular Trauma

»Glaucoma Watch

Angle Closure Glaucoma

»Case of the Month

Normal Tension Glaucoma

»Webinars

Hyperosmolar Eye Drops and Fuch's Disease

»Glaucoma Watch

Parapapillary Atrophy

»Case of the Month

Asymmetric IOPs

»Webinars

Fundus Autofluorescence

»Case of the Month

Is it Glaucoma?

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NATIONAL GLAUCOMA SYMPOSIUM VIRTUAL IN 2022

LIVE WEBINARS = LIVE CE IN MASSACHUSETTS

NEW HAMPSHIRE ALLOWS 100% VIRTUAL CE IN 2022

CE BROKER FOR TEXAS OPTOMETRISTS

NEW COPE RULES FOR INTERACTIVE WEBINARS

PENNSYLVANIA CONTINUES TO ALLOW ONLINE CE

MASSACHUSETTS GLAUCOMA LEGISLATION

CALIFORNIA ALLOWS LIVE WEBINARS AS LIVE CE

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