News From Continuing Education Directors Special Interest Group

News From Continuing Education Directors Special Interest Group

Met: November 12, 2021 from 12-2 p.m. ET; Virtual

Chair(s): SIG Co-Chairs: Katherine Clore & Kathryn Trammell (UABSO)      

SIG Chair-elect: Tiffany Witherspoon (WUCO)

Actions:

• Approved minutes from October 2020 SIG meeting (virtual)
• Voted for next year’s steering committee co-chair member and welcomed new 2022 chair
• Congratulations to Tiffany Witherspoon, WUCO as the new CED SIG Chair, and Melissa Vitek, Salus University as CED SIG Chair-elect 2022                                                                          
• Announced time and date of Fall 2022 AAO SIG meeting in San Diego, California (location TBD) Academy in-person meeting scheduled for October 28, 8-12 p.m. Working meetings and additional meetings will be scheduled as needed
• A working group was formed to include Dr. Richard Madonna, SUNY and Melissa Vitek, Salus to look at questions used at Academy as a resource and create a survey to collect data for better educational outcomes

Topics Discussed/Speakers:

• Opening Remarks & Introductions- Co-Chairs: Katherine Clore & Kathryn Trammell (UABSO)
• Sponsor Presentation-Tom Duchardt, FAAO, Alcon
• Education Committee Update- Kathryn Trammell (UABSO)
• COPE-Donna Delay and Sierra Powell presented COPE updates and green sheet category revisions
• National Optometric Association-Dr. Sherrol Reynolds, Immediate Past President opens the conversation about more diverse faculty providing CE.

Further Discussions:

• Suggestions to provide to COPE for easier submittals for CE’s with multiple topics.
• ARBO CE
• Educational outcomes 

Sponsored by Alcon

• Sponsor presentation by Tom Duchardt

Contact LaShawn Sidbury Duckett, Director of Meetings and SIGs, for additional questions – lsidbury@opted.org