Low Vision Educators Special Interest Group
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Low Vision Educators Special Interest Group
Met: July 10-11, 2021; Virtual
Chair(s): Katie Boland, UMSLCO (chair); Swati Moti, UHCO (chair-elect)
Actions:
- Approved minutes from Fall LV Educators SIG meeting (virtual)
- Voted for next year’s steering committee members and leadership
- Announced time and date of Fall AAO SIG meeting in Boston: Thursday, November 4, 2021; 6:30 a.m. - 8 a.m. EST (location TBD)
- Made announcement of next year’s Summer meeting at MCPHS
Topics Discussed/Speakers:
- Collaborative Programming (Nicole Ross, NECO)
- iBook Updates (via note from Richard Jamara, NECO)
- Clinical Education, LV Section, Interim Survey Results (Nicole Ross, NECO & Rebecca Marinoff, SUNY)
- Sub-Specialization Task Force (Kierstyn Napier-Dovorany, WUCO, with introduction by David Heath, SUNY, ASCO Board Liaison)
Further discussions:
- Relevant AAO & AOA section meetings as well as AAO Diplomate process for LV
- LV & NBEO Part 3
- Updating Entry Level Competencies
- New CPT coding rubric
Sponsors: Mattingly Low Vision, Lighthouse for the Blind Industries (St. Louis), Spark Therapeutics, and Envision University
- Sponsor presentation: Spark Therapeutics (Dan Burkhard, Genetic Diagnostic Liaison for the Midwest)
Contact LaShawn Sidbury, Director of Meetings and SIGs, for additional questions.
