News From Low Vision Educators Special Interest Group
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News From Low Vision Educators Special Interest Group
Met: Dec. 2, 2021; Virtual meeting
Chair(s): Swati Modi, UHCO (Chair) Emily Hable, IU (Chair-elect), Katie Boland, UMSLCO (Immediate past Chair)
Actions:
- Approved minutes from Summer LV Educators SIG meeting (virtual)
- Announced time and date of Summer SIG meeting at MCPHS
Topics Discussed/Speakers:
- Medicare and Treating Vision Impairment (Lori Grover, AOA Trustee)
- iBook Updates (Tracy Matchinski, ICO)
- Committee Updates: AAO Low Vision Section (Karen Squier, SCO), AOA Vision Rehabilitation Committee (Sarah Hinkley, MCO), AAO LV Section Program Chair (Roanne Flom, OSU)
Further Discussions:
- Updates on summer meeting projects: interprofessional education, LV grand rounds, author case reports, pipeline of LV student interestRelevant AAO & AOA section meetings as well as AAO Diplomate process for LV
- LV Residency Title/sub-specialization status
- Potential overlap of Summer SIG meeting with Ophthalmic Optics Educators SIG at MCPHS
Sponsors: Eschenbach Optik of America, Lighthouse for the Blind Industries (St. Louis)
- Sponsor presentation: Eschenbach Optik of America, Ken Bradley
Contact LaShawn Sidbury Duckett , Director of Meetings and SIGs, for additional questions – lsidbury@opted.org
