Clinical Optometric Methods and Procedures Educators SIG

Clinical Optometric Methods and Procedures Educators SIG

Meeting Date: Oct. 12, 2020, virtual

Chair:  Dr. Kim Kohne, OD, FAAO (IUSO)

Actions: The COMP SIG is looking for a new chair and co-chair. Please submit nominations to Ms. LaShawn Sidbury, lsidbury@opted.org.

Additional Topics Discussed/Speakers:

• Mental Health of Students in these current times and what schools are doing to try to help them
• Increased failures of tests and proficiencies since moving to online learning and how we are dealing with that at each school. What is each schools plan for students that fail during this COVID time? Will there be remediation? Is there a “catch-up” opportunity? 
• Also discussed the changing boards outline for Part III and what they are discussing doing in the future.  Wondered if schools will be consulted before making those changes. Sounds like they are considering taking ret and refraction off of the skills that will be done. Many are against that.
• Discussion of schools staying in hybrid through spring and hoping for in-person in the summer, but feel doubtful.

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