Free CE Available Through End of Year Alexandria, VA (December 3, 2009) – The Vision Council is pleased to announce a new continuing education portal – available at www.thevisioncouncil.org/ecp/CE – developed for eye care professionals. Combining industry research and data with subject matter experts on a variety of optical topics, the … [Read more...]
Jobson 20/20 is offering an ABO & NCLE Approved CE Webinar Facts Every Optician Should Know About H1N1. I have been a victim of this particular flu and I can tell you from personal experience it is particularly nasty and has a long recovery time. I recommend taking this webinar whether or not you need the CE credits as it covers: What do … [Read more...]
Anti-Fatigue lenses designed to reduce eyestrain are an interesting new category. We recently wrote about KODAK Lens that are now available with Anti-Fatigue Progressive Technology. This new technological enhancement, according to the company, is designed to aid presbyopic patients who experience excessive eyestrain and eye fatigue when … [Read more...]
I don't know if any of you have met Robbie Bell or Eye Coach or read any of his columns in 20/20 Mag- but this is a guy who can make selling eyewear fun and when selling eyewear becomes fun- your profits increase. Robbie is the owner, trainer and Eye-Extraordinaire person to go to teach and coach staff on selling techniques and growing patient and … [Read more...]
Everyone learns differently: An approach that works well for one person may not work as well for another. Trainers, therefore, must always be flexible in their approach. As a supervisor, how can you make sure what you are teaching your employees is being retained? Here are some basic methods that every supervisor should include in his or her … [Read more...]
We recently did an interview with Lab Customer Service people and one of the subjects we discussed was digital lenses and issues that can come up if the optical patient does not have a clear idea of what to expect from this new category of ophthalmic lenses. We asked for some input and Signet Armorlite gave us some great pointers form their KODAK … [Read more...]
I have been doing a lot of interviews lately with optical labs, lens and frame vendors. One of the topics that keeps repeating itself is the problem of over promising and under delivering to the optical consumer especially when it comes to new products. I believe that free-form optical lenses are one of the areas that optical consumers can have … [Read more...]
Check out this site- looks like it offers free education for M.D.s. Ophthalmic Hyperguide- an online source for online continuing medical education. … [Read more...]
Another great resource for Optical Education and Staff Training is the Essilor Knowledge Bank, a collection of online ABO Continuing Education courses for opticians. Currently there are (6) ABO courses and plans to release one every two months for the rest of the year. Even if you are not looking for ABO credits- printing these … [Read more...]
We ran across this great optical-eyecare-eye health blog called The Eye Care Blog- by Targana Network. The site offers a huge amount of information on Eye Research Treatment, Eye Diseases, Lasik Eye Surgery, Cataract Surgery, Contact Lens, Glaucoma and more. Great resource if you are looking up medical articles on eye health … [Read more...]
Another great resource for free optical staff education is 20/20 Magazine. - The below is is only a few of the programs they offer. The Price is for submitting it to ABO for CE. Price Lesson Title $14.99 Selling, It's Really a Pain Credits: 1.00 Expires: 3/15/2012 $14.99 The Power of Invention: … [Read more...]
A site we highly recommend, Totally Optical- gives you optical business updates and online staff education and training. Totally Optical brings together all of First Vision Media products. ( Vision Care Product News, Optical Lab Products, Sunglasses, Vision Care Venture, E-newsletters) Online educational resources Webinairs- ABO and Non … [Read more...]
What a great resource! The Lens Guru has complied a list of optical lenses to use as a reference guide. No more hunting through piles of paper to find what you need. Check out this great site! … [Read more...]
Another site that has great information is Laramy K- They just started a FREE Open ABO Study Project, a communty effort to build an open and free study guide for the American Board of Opticianry certification exam. While the study guide is not yet complete, currently available materials may still be useful for exam preparation. Plus they … [Read more...]
Other resources to help train your staff- some are free, some charge, either way- well trained staff are essential to the financial health of your optical office. Another EyeBit- Staff training helps retain employee's. The average cost of losing an optical staff is about 30% of the employee salary! Employees have a clear purpose and are more … [Read more...]
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