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2026 HOAECC Lecture Materials

Improving Outcomes across the CKM Continuum: The Importance of Comprehensive Ophthalmic Care and Collaboration - 101832-SD (Magwire)

"Are You Okay?" Recognizing Warning Signs of Patient Mental Illness in Optometric Practice - 102123-PB/HP-0001-26 (McGhee)

10 Things That Make The Workplace Difficult and What To Do About It - PM-0091-25 (Lawrence)

10 Ways to Lose a Patient and Not Even Know It - PM-0056-25 (Schmidt)

2026 HOAECC Poster Session
5:45 pm - 7:00 pm - 102025-GO (Polk)

No materials for this course.

8 Steps That Will Elevate Your Team's Performance - PM-0044-24 (Schmidt)

A Review of Contact Lenses from Application to Removal - CL-0034-25 (DeKinder)

Advances in Dry Eye - 98744-TD (Quint)

Aesthetics in Eye Care - 98743-TD (Quint)

Avoiding Drops in Glaucoma: SLT and Injectable Medications - 96953-GL (Gaddie)

Avoiding Redos - OP-0001-26 (Gibb)

Be the Team Member You Wished You Worked With - PM-0038-25 (Gibb)

Boxing Out Unconscious Bias: Don't Let Your Unconscious Biases Put People In A Box! - 97300-PB (Chous)

Collaborative Diabetes Care: Saving Vision & Lives - 101808-SD (Chous / Cooper / Magwire)

Communicating with the Dry Eye Patients - ED-0083-024 (Drake)

Contact Lens Business Strategies - 98742-PM (Quint)

CPR Workshop (Kansas City Fire Department)

No materials for this course.

Cry Me a River: Dry Eye - 99683-SD (Gaddie)

Defining Success with AMD and GA - 100859-TD (Kannarr)

Diagnosis & Management of Herpes Viruses: Zoster vs Simplex - 102111-SD (Gurwood)

ER: From Red Eye To Retina - 100222-TD (Kannarr)

Four Paths, One Purpose, Reimagining Diabetes Together - 101820-SD (Cooper)

Frame Selection and Styling Techniques - OP-0017-25 (Gibb)

Front Office Success and Scheduling Strategies - PM-0005-26 (Gibb)

Front to Back and Everything Inbetween: Keratoconus and Cross Linking - 101804-TD (Morgenstern)

Glaucoma Grand Rounds - 102033-GL (Gaddie)

How to Deal with Employees Who Don't Get Along - PM-0067-25 (Schmidt)

Hug Your Patients - OP-0021-25 (O'Keefe Lincoln)

Hypertensive retinopathy: Ophthalmic and Systemic Management - 102105-SD (Myers)

I Can't See: Troubleshooting RX Complaints - OP-0015-23 (O'Keefe Lincoln)

Insurance Matters - CW-0012-25 (Gibb)

Intense Pulsed Light - Understanding Treatment Mechanisms and Therapeutic Applications - 102098-TD (Myers)

Internet Sales and Your Office - PM-0087-25 (Gibb)

It Has Prism…YOU Do It! - OP-0022-24 (Schmidt)

It is All in Your Head: What a Stroke Patient May Say About Their Vision - ED-0061-25 (Lawrence)

Lies and Damn Lies About Diabetes & Diabetic Retinopathy - 101803-SD (Chous)

Making the Sale - OP-0037-25 (Lawrence)

Management of Ocular Pain: Considerations when Prescribing Opiates - 102114-PH (Myers / Gurwood)

Managing Difficult Frame Fits - OP-0034-24 (Drake)

Managing the Irregular Cornea - 97276-TD (DeKinder)

Multifocal Contact Lens Selection and Evaluation - CL-0035-25 (DeKinder)

Multiple Sclerosis and Other Demyelinating Masqueraders - 99051-NO (Chous)

Myopia Management in 2026 - 101729-GO (DeKinder)

Not All Myopia Needs Control - 101458-GO (Morgenstern)

Ocular Anatomy: How the Eye Works - AP-0001-26 (Gurwood)

Ocular Urgencies and Emergencies - 102157-TD (Gurwood)

Optical Crosses: I Don't Get It! - OP-0041-24 (Schmidt)

Optical Dispensing Standards - OP-0050-25 (Lawrence)

Optical Jeopaordy - OP-0016-23 (O'Keefe Lincoln)

Optometry and Women's Health - 102128-SD (McGhee)

No materials for this course.

Ordering Blood Labs - 102124-SD (McGhee)

Papilledema, Pseudopapilledema and Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension - 101753-NO (Messner)

Periocular Emergencies - 101748-TD (Myers)

Periocular Malignancies - 101749-SD (Myers)

Preventing Diabetes & Diabetes Complications - ED-0060-25 (Chous)

Principles of Visual Assessment for Opticians and Technicians - RS-0014-24 (Drake)

Prism-Is it prescribed or is it Unwanted - OP-0048-23 (Drake)

Put a Lid On It - ED-0021-25 (Lawrence)

Round Table (Schmidt)

Streamlining the Fit: Smarter Scleral Lens Selection - 100123-CL (DeKinder)

Surgical Co-Management for the Primary Care OD - 98741-PO (Quint)

TB EYE: Vision Dysfunction Associated with Traumatic Brain Injury - 101582-NO (Morgenstern)

The Chronicles of Digital Devices and Their Relationship to CVS & DES - BP-0026-25 (O'Keefe Lincoln)

The Elderly: A Glimpse Into The Aging Eye - AP-0027-24 (O'Keefe Lincoln)

The Neuro-ophthalmic Manifestations of Alzheimer’s Disease - 101456-NO (Messner)

The Neuro-ophthalmology of Multiple Sclerosis - 101754-NO (Messner)

The Ophthalmic Sequela of Sleep Disorders - 99508-SD (Myers)

The Tale of the Tell-Tale Pupil - 101457-NO (Messner)

Top 10 Common Misconceptions About Non-Compliant Patients - 102125-GO/GO-0001-26 (McGhee)

Top 15 Things You Should Never Miss! - 101460-GO (Morgenstern)

Visual Field Testing: How to get Good Results - PT-0022-25 (Lawrence)

You Deserve a Medal for Handling Patient Complaints - PM-0066-25 (O'Keefe Lincoln)