News From Continuing Education Directors Special Interest Group
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News From Continuing Education Directors Special Interest Group
Met: November 12, 2021 from 12-2 p.m. ET; Virtual
Chair(s): SIG Co-Chairs: Katherine Clore & Kathryn Trammell (UABSO)
SIG Chair-elect: Tiffany Witherspoon (WUCO)
Actions:
- Approved minutes from October 2020 SIG meeting (virtual)
- Voted for next year’s steering committee co-chair member and welcomed new 2022 chair
- Congratulations to Tiffany Witherspoon, WUCO as the new CED SIG Chair, and Melissa Vitek, Salus University as CED SIG Chair-elect 2022
- Announced time and date of Fall 2022 AAO SIG meeting in San Diego, California (location TBD) Academy in-person meeting scheduled for October 28, 8-12 p.m. Working meetings and additional meetings will be scheduled as needed
- A working group was formed to include Dr. Richard Madonna, SUNY and Melissa Vitek, Salus to look at questions used at Academy as a resource and create a survey to collect data for better educational outcomes
Topics Discussed/Speakers:
- Opening Remarks & Introductions- Co-Chairs: Katherine Clore & Kathryn Trammell (UABSO)
- Sponsor Presentation-Tom Duchardt, FAAO, Alcon
- Education Committee Update- Kathryn Trammell (UABSO)
- COPE-Donna Delay and Sierra Powell presented COPE updates and green sheet category revisions
- National Optometric Association-Dr. Sherrol Reynolds, Immediate Past President opens the conversation about more diverse faculty providing CE.
Further Discussions:
- Suggestions to provide to COPE for easier submittals for CE’s with multiple topics.
- ARBO CE
- Educational outcomes
Sponsored by Alcon
- Sponsor presentation by Tom Duchardt
Contact LaShawn Sidbury Duckett, Director of Meetings and SIGs, for additional questions – lsidbury@opted.org
