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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Pacific | Rethinking Contact Lens Education in 2019 |
| 2021 | OSU | Myopia Management in 2021 |
| 2022 | NOVA | Keratoconus: What’s the Rub? |
| 2023 | ICO | |
| 1983 | UC Berkeley | Demonstrating & Teaching CL Related Research |
| 1984 | NEWENCO | Teaching Methodologies, CL Curriculum |
| 1985 | Ferris State | Computer Use in Education |
| 1986 | Pacific | Innovative Concepts in CL Education, Research Review |
| 1987 | Houston | Computer Applications, PMP & Clinical Simulations, Research Techniques |
| 1988 | Indiana | 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 | NSU | 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 | Inter-American | Computer-Assisted Teaching Tools |
| 2002 | SUNY | Residency Based Training |
| 2003 | Pacific | 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 | Berkeley | Case report writing |
| 2008 | NECO | Mentorship in an optometric setting |
| 2009 | Houston | Today’s Technology in Teaching for the Contact Lens Educator |
| 2010 | UAB | Fitting Large Diameter and Hybrid Gas Permeable Lenses |
| 2011 | PCO-Salus | Cornea, Cornea, Cornea |
| 2012 | Indiana | Current Controversies in Optometry |
| 2013 | WUHSCO | Teaching with Technology |
| 2014 | MidWestern | 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 | RSO | Look, Learn, Teach |