Para-Optometric Continuing Education Schedule
Friday, March 12, 2010
8:00 am - 10:00 am
901a:  My Top 10 Dispensing Tips (1)  ABO/AOA
901b:  Troubleshooting the Difficult Rx (1)  ABO/AOA

Phernell Walker
902(a):  Fitting the Generations in
Eyewear  (1) ABO/AOA
902(b):  Challenge of Change in PAL
Technology (1) ABO/AOA

Kathryn Gross-Edelman
10:30 am - 12:20
pm
903(a):  Selecting Software for your Dispensary (1)  
ABO/AOA

903(b):  When is the Right Time to Incorporate an In-Office
Lab (1)  ABO/AOA

Phernell Walker
904:  Hands-on Dispensing Techniques
(2 hrs - limit 25)  ABO/AOA

Kathryn Gross-Edelman
12:30pm - 4:00 pm
SWCO Exhibit Hall and Luncheon
Join your friends for "Lunch on SWCO" in the Exhibit Hall
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
905:  Practice Administrator and Optical Managers
Workshop (2)  ABO/AOA

Phernell Walker
906: Hands-on Dispensing Techniques
(2 hrs - limit 25)
ABO/AOA

Kathryn Gross-Edelman
8:00pm
Improv Comedy Club "Night-Out in Addison"
Featuring John Lajoie
Tickets available online & at Registration
Saturday, March 13, 2010
6:30 am -8:00 am
910:  Breakfast Seminar with VSP
Necessary Contact Lens Coverage and Coordinating
Benefits with Health Plans
Stephen Farebrother, Field Trainer
(Breakfast opens 6:30; Program 7:00 - 7:50)
No Education Approval at this time
8:00 am - 10:00 am
911:  Dealing with Difficult People (2)  ABO/AOA

Mary Schmidt  
912:  Advanced Dispensing (2)
ABO/AOA

Kathryn Gross-Edelman
10:30 am - 12:30
pm
913:  Making Work Fun  ABO/AOA

Mary Schmidt
914(a):  Mirror Coatings:  The Full
Spectrum  (1)  ABO/AOA

Kathryn Gross-Edelman

914(b):  Paraoptometry:  How to Turn
from Job to Career (1)  AOA

Jill Luebbert
12:30 pm - 3:00 pm
"Lunch on SWCO" in Exhibit Hall
Exhibit Hall Closes
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
915:  Time Management:  How to Prioritize your Day (2)
ABO/AOA
Mary Schmidt
916:  Communication Skills for
Today's Paraoptometric (2)
ABO/AOA
Jill Luebbert
Sunday, March 14, 2010
8:00 am - 10:00 am
921:  The Myths, Mysteries and Essentials of Medical Eye
Care and Medical Coding
Part 1 - 2 Hrs (combined Doc and para course)
AOA

John Rumpakis, OD
922:  Understanding the Contact Lens
and  Workshop (2) Limit: 30
NCLE / ABO


Jill Luebbert
10:30 am - 12:30
pm
923:  The Myths, Mysteries and Essentials of Medical Eye
Care and Medical Coding
Part
2 - 2 Hrs (combined Doc and para course)
AOA

John Rumpakis, OD
924(a):  Eyecare Terminology (1)
ABO/AOA
924(b):  Pharmaceutical Prescriptions:
 Break the Code (1)  ABO/AOA

Jill Luebbert
Southwest Council of Optometry
Hotel and Meeting Address:

InterContinental Hotel
15201 Dallas Pkwy
Addison, TX 75001
SWCO Administration Address:
505 J Davis Armistead Blvd
Houston, TX 77204-2020
W:  713-743-1856  F: 713-743-6541
Executive Director:  Niki Bedell, M.P.H.