- Jan 2, 2012
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- 2,899
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- School/Org
- SUNY Stonybrook/SUNY/MIT
- City
- Matawan
- State
- NJ
3. How many continuing education credits can I obtain from Internet or correspondence courses?
A maximum of 20 of the mandatory 50 continuing professional optometric education credits,including a maximum of 10 of the mandatory 30 TPA credits required (these 10 can be ORAL CE credits to satisfy the required amount), from any or all of the following:
1. Videotape, audiotape, computer media, Internet, journal, or correspondence courses or programs. The course or program shall include an examination at the end of the course or program.
2. Structured grand round, which is a presentation, with a formal outline of the course or program material, of clinical cases involving actual patient encounters and the lecture and discussion of the diagnosis and treatment of the particular patient condition.
3. Hands-on demonstration of instrumentation when accompanied by didactic lectures.
4. Interactive workshops which include demonstrations and applications of hands-on techniques and skills in optometric procedures and instrumentations accompanied by didactic lectures.
5. Preparation and presentation of a continuing professional otpometric education lecture.
6. Preparation of an educational or scientific article authored and published in a professional refereed journal.
A maximum of 20 of the mandatory 50 continuing professional optometric education credits,including a maximum of 10 of the mandatory 30 TPA credits required (these 10 can be ORAL CE credits to satisfy the required amount), from any or all of the following:
1. Videotape, audiotape, computer media, Internet, journal, or correspondence courses or programs. The course or program shall include an examination at the end of the course or program.
2. Structured grand round, which is a presentation, with a formal outline of the course or program material, of clinical cases involving actual patient encounters and the lecture and discussion of the diagnosis and treatment of the particular patient condition.
3. Hands-on demonstration of instrumentation when accompanied by didactic lectures.
4. Interactive workshops which include demonstrations and applications of hands-on techniques and skills in optometric procedures and instrumentations accompanied by didactic lectures.
5. Preparation and presentation of a continuing professional otpometric education lecture.
6. Preparation of an educational or scientific article authored and published in a professional refereed journal.
