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May 4, 2016

Join us for a Wednesday morning webinar. Log in from the comfort of your home or office to hear Dr. Jim Thimons present "The Role of Ocular Surface Disease in Glaucoma Therapy" from 8-9 A.M. Eastern Time (7-8 A.M. Central Time).

You will be able to see the PowerPoint presentation, hear the lecture and submit questions to the speaker. All you need is a computer, smart phone or tablet with an Internet connection. You can either use a telephone to hear the lecture (toll rates may apply) or use the speakers or a headset from your computer, using Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP).

If you would like to view a sample webinar, click "Topics" across the top of the home page and select "Sample NGS Webinar" under the Webinar heading.

This webinar meets the definition of live CE in New York State and has been approved by the State Board. This webinar also has been approved by the Texas Board of Optometry, the Michigan Board of Optometry and the Pennsylvania Board of Optometry as live CE. The webinar meets the definition of live CE in Washington State, Category 1 CE by the American Board of Optometry (ABO) and Class II Education by the New Hampshire Board of Optometry..While any doctor is welcome to participate in this webinar, we will only be issuring CE certificates for doctors with licenses in states that have approved the webinar or who are working toward or maintaining an ABO certification.

The Early Bird rate for this Webinar is $30 through Friday, April 29. On or after April 30, the fee is $40. Webinars are free for Full Members of the National Glaucoma Society.

In order to get log-in information, you must register by 9 pm Eastern time on Tuesday, May 3. You will get the meeting password, meeting number and link to the webinar website e-mailed to you.

Conference registration is closed.

Wednesday, May 4, 2016

8:00am–9:00am

The Role of Ocular Surface Disease in Glaucoma

J. James Thimons, OD, FAAO

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NGS webinars will take place twice a month in March to May, 2023, followed by a break from the webinars over the summer.

NEW HAMPSHIRE INDICATES LIVE WEBINARS = FORMAL CE

The New Hampshire Board of Optometry announced in August 2022 that courses approved by COPE are automatically approved as Class I Formal CE. In addition, they clarified that live webcasts with real-time active participation by attendees are Formal CE, the same as in-person programs. In contrast, Alternative CE refers to lectures that are not live. More details are on the NH Board of Optometry website under Laws and Rules, Standing Orders.

COPE RULES FOR INTERACTIVE WEBINARS 2023

As of January 2023, COPE will include interactive webinars in the same category as in-person lectures, with no post-test required. CE will be categorized as either Synchronous (lecturer and learner are together at the same time, either in-person or virtually, with real-time communication) or Asynchronous (lecturer and learner are not together at same time, no real-time communication). Interactive webinars will be labeled Synchronous Virtual CE for courses and activities submitted after January 1 (interactive webinars approved before January 1 may still be labeled Online Interactive courses or Interactive Distance Learning events). Please Note: State Boards may restrict the number of Synchronous Virtual hours of CE allowed for license renewal; check with your State Board for the latest regulations.

LIVE WEBINARS = LIVE CE IN MASSACHUSETTS

At their December 15, 2021 meeting, the Massachusetts Board of Optometry specified that a live webinar where speakers and attendees can interact in real-time are considered to be live CE. The Board clarified that distance learning CE courses, which are limited to 6 hours per renewal cycle, are those where the licensees are reading content or observing media on their own with no interaction with the instructor. Thus, the COPE-approved interactive NGS webinars count as live CE for MA optometrists.

CE BROKER FOR TEXAS OPTOMETRISTS

The NGS will submit attendance data to CE Broker for Texas optometrists who attend our webinars. We will continue to mail CE certificates so attendees have a copy for their records and also will send attendance data to ARBO's OE Tracker.

PENNSYLVANIA CE REGULATIONS

The Pennsylvaia Board of Optometry will allow all CE to be online for the renewal period that ends November 30, 2022. Starting December 1, 2022, revised regulations allow for up to 50% of the CE requirements (15 out of 30 ours) to be online.

CALIFORNIA ALLOWS LIVE WEBINARS AS LIVE CE

The California Board of Optometry now recognizes interactive courses offered live over internet platforms such as WebEx as Live CE toward the 30 hours of live continuing education required for license renewal. Courses can be live COPE courses offered by COPE's June 30, 2021 deadline or courses approved by the Board.

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