ACE 2010 - Registration Open
Registration is now open for JCAHPO & ATPO’s 2010 Annual Continuing Education (ACE) program.
This year’s program will be held October 15-18, at the Hilton Chicago, and feature new courses, workshops, wet labs, and a variety of unique educational opportunities.
Visit the 2010 ACE pages for the completed schedule, housing, travel information, and everything you’ll need to get registered for this fall’s meeting.
Click here to register today.
ACTIONED - A New Way to Earn Credits Online
Introducing JCAHPO's ground-breaking educational online resource for eye care professionals, www.actioned.org. Short for Assessment, Certification, an Interactive Ophthalmology Network, ACTIONED provides online educational resources for the entire eye care team.
- Complete courses and assessments online
- Earn CE credits online
- 20 Ophthalmic content categories
- Access courses on-demand - on your schedule
In a landmark alliance, JCAHPO united the Association of Technical Personnel in Ophthalmology (ATPO), the American Society of Ophthalmic Registered Nurses (ASORN), the Canadian Society of Ophthalmic Medical Personnel (CSOMP), the Ophthalmic Photographers' Society (OPS), and the American Society of Ophthalmic Administrators (ASOA) to establish this innovative resource for eye care professionals.
Spread the word to colleagues, administrators, and physicians about this new online resource for ophthalmic professionals. Visit www.actioned.org to start your online educational development today.
ACE 2010
The 2010 Annual Continuing Education (ACE) program in Chicago, IL, will be held this fall, October 15-18, at the Hilton Chicago downtown. This year’s program will feature new and captivating courses, workshops, wet labs, and a variety of unique educational opportunities. Watch for upcoming news, housing, registration dates, and the program bulletin coming the first week of July.
Visit the ACE 2010 pages for more information.
The program location is the Hilton Chicago, 720 South Michigan Avenue. All room blocks for this meeting are managed by the AAO. To receive more information regarding room rates, hotels, and lodging information, please visit the AAO Web site.
Centrally located on the “Cultural Michigan Avenue Mile”, this year’s meeting site overlooks Grant Park and beautiful Lake Michigan. Chicago’s great magic lies in its mix: sophisticated yet friendly, bustling city streets adjacent to long stretches of green parks and sparkling blue Lake Michigan, and a year-round list of things to see and do.
Check out these simple, FREE ways to enjoy Chicago! Discover why so many visitors fall in love with the city every year. For more information on all that Chicago has to offer, visit www.choosechicago.com/meetinchicago.
JCAHPO RSS Feed
This month, we proudly launch a new way to get JCAHPO news, information, and updates: the JCAHPO RSS feed.
RSS feeds deliver news and information directly to your RSS reader or e-mail inbox. You’ll be automatically notified when new information is available, saving you time and effort.
How to Subscribe?
- Click on the RSS icon anywhere on JCAHPO’s Web site
- Choose your RSS reader
- Receive updates instantly
Subscribe to the news feed as a way to stay informed about JCAHPO, certification and CE for OMP, and information that impacts the ophthalmic allied health profession.
Click here to subscribe!
Read more about RSS feeds, including how to download a reader and how it works.
Earn Credits Online – JCAHPO’s New Webinar Series
The latest way to take courses and earn continuing education credits online is through JCAHPO’s new Webinar (Web-based seminar) series.
Together with the Association of Technical Personnel in Ophthalmology (ATPO®), JCAHPO will co-host the online series monthly on
current topics in eye care.
Following successful completion of a post-webinar quiz, registrants will be awarded 1 JCAHPO Group A credit.
Click here to view upcoming broadcasts.
OMP Career: Vision of Opportunity
The ophthalmic assisting and technician profession remains a hotbed for employment opportunities. Click here to read this article highlighting certification pathways for OMP.
JCAHPO Learning Systems®: High-tech Training Tools for OMP Success
This interactive, six-module software is a resource that provides training and professional knowledge to OMP at all levels.
Learning Systems integrates cutting-edge animation, simulation, and video to teach basic skills in six areas vital to many ophthalmology practices:
- Keratometry
- Lensometry
- Ocular Motility
- Retinoscopy/Refinement
- Tonometry
- Visual Fields
Discover what JCAHPO Learning Systems can do for your clinic by trying our FREE Online Demonstration! Learning Systems is available for purchase through the JCAHPO Bookstore (Order Form) or by calling (800) 284-3937.
For contact lens related training, the JCAHPO & CLAO Contact Lens Learning Systems is also available through the JCAHPO Bookstore.(Order Form)