The AOCLE holds an annual 3-4 day educators workshop as a means to exchange ideas and share new teaching modalities in the field of cornea and contact lenses. This industry-sponsored workshop is hosted by a different school each year. Topics of interest are identified and serve as a theme for the workshop. As well as the contact lens educators from each school, industry representatives are also active participants. A separate time is allotted during the workshop for members of industry to share with the educators the latest industry news.
| Past Workshop Locations and Themes |
| YEAR |
HOST |
THEME |
| 1983 |
UCBSO |
Demonstrating & Teaching CL Related Research |
| 1984 |
NECO |
Teaching Methodologies, CL Curriculum |
| 1985 |
MCO |
Computer Use in Education |
| 1986 |
PUCO |
Innovative Concepts in CL Education, Research Review |
| 1987 |
UHCO |
Computer Applications, PMP & Clinical Simulations, Research Techniques |
| 1988 |
IUSO |
Ocular Microbiology Techniques, Statistics, Video Taping of CL Fitting |
| 1989 |
PCO |
Clinical Assessment Techniques, Procedures in Diagnosis and Management |
| 1990 |
UAB |
Research Techniques, Computer Support Systems, Writing for Publication |
| 1991 |
UMSL |
Audio-Visual Aids, Development of Soft Lens Video Tapes |
| 1992 |
TOSU |
Clinical Teaching Methods, Student Evaluations, Teaching Specialty Lenses |
| 1993 |
Montreal |
Interactive Video, Specular Microscopy, Tear Analysis |
| 1994 |
Waterloo |
Interactive Educational Media, Computer Communications, Imaging & Teaching Tools |
| 1995 |
SCCO |
Teaching Clinical Problem Solving, Providing Effective Supervision to Students |
| 1996 |
NSUOK |
Therapeutic and Refractive Lasers, Theory and Hands-on Workshop |
| 1997 |
ICO |
Teaching Clinical Concepts in a Didactic Setting |
| 1998 |
SCO |
Enhanced Development of Multiple-Choice Examinations |
| 1999 |
NOVA |
Web Page Design and Distance Learning Course Design |
| 2000 |
Waterloo |
Advances in Technology for Clinical and Didactic Education |
| 2001 |
IAUPR |
Computer-Assisted Teaching Tools |
| 2002 |
SUNY |
Residency Based Training |
| 2003 |
PUCO |
Specialty CL design and Leadership Skills Development |
| 2004 |
SCCO |
StrengthFinders, Prosthetic Eye Laboratory, Definition of Entry Level CL Curriculum |
| 2005 |
MCO |
Lifelong Learning Through Interactive Technologies |
| 2006 |
Montreal |
Aberrometry, eLearning, Immersive Reality and Virtuality, Building Relationships |
| 2007 |
UCBSO |
Case report writing |
| 2008 |
NECO |
Mentorship in an optometric setting |
| 2009 |
UHCO |
Today’s Technology in Teaching for the Contact Lens Educator |
| 2010 |
UAB |
Fitting Large Diameter and Hybrid Gas Permeable Lense |
| 2011 |
PCO |
Cornea, Cornea, Cornea |
| 2012 |
IUSO |
Current Controversies in Optometry |
| 2013 |
WUCO |
Teaching with Technology |
| 2014 |
AZCOPT |
Case Based Learning in Contact Lens Education |
| 2015 |
SCO |
Challenges in CL education |
| 2016 |
NSUOK |
Anterior Segment Lasers and Corneal Crosslinking |
| 2017 |
UMSL |
The Bad, the good and the technology |
| 2018 |
UIWRSO |
Look, Learn, Teach |
| 2011 |
PCO |
Cornea, Cornea, Cornea |
| 2019 |
PUCO |
Rethinking Contact Lens Education in 2019 |
| 2021 |
TOSU |
Myopia Management in 2021 |
| 2022 |
NOVA |
Keratoconus: What’s the Rub? |
| 2023 |
ICO |
Ocular Surface Updates |
| 2024 |
MSO |
Managing Kids with Contact Lenses & More |
| 2025 |
SCCO |
Collaborations in Cornea and Contact Lenses |
| 2026 |
CCO |
… |
| 2027 |
SUNY |
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