Opticianry (NACOR) Standard Membership - Asynchronous Distance Learning

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Guiding Opticians: Navigating Ocular Emergencies in Patient Care - NACOR 79.157 (1 EC Hour)

Expires 2026-09-27, NACOR 79.157 (1 EC Hour) This presentation provides opticians with the essential knowledge to confidently address and manage common symptoms with ocular emergencies. This presentation delves into recognizing urgent symptoms, ...

$20

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The ABCs of Sclerals - NACOR 79.173 (1 CL)

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Expires 2027-06-04, NACOR 79.173 (1 CL) In this lecture, we will delve into the fundamentals of scleral lenses, focusing on their fitting process and troubleshooting techniques. We will explore the intricacies of custom fitting, emphasizing precise..

$20

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Prisms: Compensatory and Therapeutic Applications - NACOR 78.174 (1 EC)

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Expires 2027-06-13, NACOR 78.174 (1 EC) In this lecture, Dr. Quaid will outline the vital importance of understanding prisms and their use in cases of diplopia and asthenopia/eyestrain and in cases of traumatic brain injury/ post-concussion ...

$20

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Myopia Management Strategies - NACOR 79.169 (1 RF)

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Expires 2027-05-08, NACOR 79.169 (1 RF) This presentation will explore effective strategies for myopia management with a focus on spectacle lens treatments that incorporate innovative technologies to control myopia progression. To ensure success, ...

$20

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Measure Twice, Cut Once: Lens Measurement Troubleshooting - NACOR 79.167 (1 EG)

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Expires 2027-04-18, NACOR 79.167 (1 EG) This lecture will review box and PD measurements, provide techniques to measure optical centres and seg heights, review the impacts of inaccurate measurements, how to troubleshoot lens measurement related ...

$20

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Lens Materials and You - NACOR 79.166 (1 EG)

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Expires 2027-02-11, COO 4266 (1 EG) In this course, we will explore lens materials, the trade-off between index and Abbe value and how you can use these properties to make the best choice for your patient. NOTE: Courses are removed 2 DAYS BEFORE ...

$20

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Anatomy and Physiology of the Eye - NACOR 79.172 (2.5 EC PEI 1 EC)

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Expires 2027-06-04, NACOR 79.172 (2.5 EC PEI 1 EC) This course will provide attendees with an understanding of the eye and how it works from the source to the brain. The three layers of the eye and the three chambers in the eye will be reviewed ...

$60

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Opticianry Previous Courses

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Explore this collection of previously accredited content to enhance your learning experience.

$99

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The Everyday Dispensing Issues That Drive Us Nuts - NACOR 79.164 (2 EG PEI 1 EG)

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Expires 2027-02-23, NACOR 79.164 (2 EG PEI 1 EG) This course is designed to help you better understand the daily concerns we encounter in our optical and how to troubleshoot them.

$20

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Review of Optics in 3D - NACOR 79.165 (1 EC)

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Expires 2027-03-19, NACOR 79.165 (1 EC) A picture is worth a thousand words, but a video is worth at least a million words. This presentation incorporates videos of hands-on laser demonstrations that make key ophthalmic concepts easy to understand.

$20

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Let’s Strip Bare: Essentials for Progressives - NACOR 79.162 (2 EG PEI 1 EG)

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Expires 2026-12-22, NACOR 79.162 (2 EG PEI 1 EG) Progressive lenses have more than come of age. Advances in manufacturing technology provide us with lenses to answer today’s digital lifestyle needs, the needs of those who prefer to focus on the ...

$40

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Common Visual Disorders Every Optician Should Know - NACOR 79.163 (1 EC)

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Expires 2027-01-12, NACOR 79.163 (1 EC) This course covers a broad spectrum of common eye disorders. Participants will learn insights into the diagnosis, treatment and optical considerations for various common ocular disorders, equipping them with...

$20

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Visual Stress and the Neurodiverse - NACOR 79.158 (1 EC)

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Expires 2026-10-12, NACOR 79.158 (1 EC) This course reviews the use of coloured filters chosen individually for optimum comfort, clarity and reduction of photophobia. Research is presented on the use of these filters on neurodiverse individuals ...

$20

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The Winning Formula: Mastering the Psychology of Sales with Emotional Intelligence - NACOR 79.156 (1 RF)

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Expires 2026-09-08, NACOR 79.156 (1 RF) Learn about the psychology of sales and how it can be applied in your day-to-day work life. Discover specific tools and techniques that will help you establish stronger human connections with your patients ...

$20

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Myopia Management: The Optician’s Role in the Fight Against Myopia - NACOR 79.160 (1 EC)

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Expires 2026-11-08, NACOR 79.160 (1 EC) Globally, we are seeing the onset of myopia earlier and earlier, with more patients progressing to high myopia. Refresh your knowledge on myopia and why it is so important that every practice includes myopia...

$20

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Mastering Macular Degeneration: A Comprehensive Guide for Opticians - NACOR 79.159 (1 EC)

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Expires 2026-10-12, NACOR 79.159 (1 EC) This informative course is designed to equip opticians with a general understanding of macular degeneration, a prevalent eye condition affecting a significant portion of the population, particularly older ...

$20

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How to Build a Proficient and Profitable Practice - NACOR 79.146 (2 RF PEI 1 RF)

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Expires 2026-04-13, NACOR 79.146 (2 RF PEI 1 RF) This course will focus on common and frequent problems an independent practice faces in their day-to-day operations. Case presentations will be presented, upon which attendees will be encouraged to ...

$40

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Colour Vision - NACOR 79.161 (1 EC)

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Expires 2026-11-20, NACOR 79.161 (1 EC) This presentation will highlight parts of our vision that make up colour vision and what can go wrong. Learn how colour vision defects can be genetic or acquired, how to test for it and how to manage it.

$20

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8 Proven Strategies That Increase Capture and Revenue - NACOR 79.147 (2 RF PEI 1 RF)

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Expires 2026-04-03, COO 4144 (2 PG) In this lecture, participants will learn how to better engage their patients and help them understand how and why what is being prescribed will add value to their eye health, lifestyle and wellbeing. Participants w

$40

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Understanding Amblyopia: Causes, Diagnosis and Treatment - NACOR 79.153 (2 EC PEI 1 EC)

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Expires 2026-07-04, NACOR 79.153 (2 EC PEI 1 EC) Early detection of amblyopia is key to avoiding learning difficulties, boosting quality of life and preventing long-term vision loss. In this lecture, we will review what every optician should ...

$40

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Therapeutic and Compensatory Lenses and Prisms: Applications Outside Simply Correcting Refractive Error - NACOR 79.152 (2 EC PEI 1 EC)

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Expires 2026-06-16, NACOR 79.152 (2 EC PEI 1 EC) This lecture will discuss what ‘dynamic visual skills’ are and how lenses and prisms are often vital in the treatment of these cases. This lecture will also explain why a much more in-depth ...

$40

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No Wonder You Don't See Well - NACOR 79.137 (1 EC)

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Expires 2026-02-16, NACOR 79.137 (1 EC) This lecture will focus on common eye diseases and their impact on vision. It will identify the disease, characteristics of the disease and the effects of the disease on a patient’s vision. This lecture ...

$20

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How to Be a Better Than Average Employee - NACOR 79.149 (1 RF)

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Expires 2026-05-26, NACOR 79.149 (1 RF) This course will teach attendees what it takes to be an outstanding employee by reviewing traits that will set them apart from the rest of the pack and stand out in excellence and performance.

$20

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Eye-Opening Retail Team: Enhancing Social Intelligence in First Impressions - NACOR 79.150 (1 RF)

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Expires 2026-05-26, NACOR 79.150 (1 RF) Learn about the importance of a welcoming a retail team who possess strong social intelligence skills. This course will provide valuable insights and knowledge to help optical teams improve their social ...

$20

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Conflict Avoidance and Resolution - NACOR 79.151 (2 RF PEI 1 RF)

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Expires 2026-05-26, NACOR 79.151 (2 RF PEI 1 RF) Conflict avoidance is always the best policy. Our hope is that each patient has a good experience and there is no conflict to resolve. This lecture will cover how to set the patient up to have a ...

$40

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23 Life Skills Every Staff Member Should Know - NACOR 79.109 (1 RF)

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Expires 2025-01-14, NACOR 79.109 (1 RF) Some things just shouldn’t be assumed and too often, that’s what occurs in day-to-day life. This course is designed to set a minimum standard of performance. It can be used as a guideline for new employees or a

$20

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Team Effort by Optometrists and Opticians in Primary Vision Care and Dispensing - NACOR 79.143 (1 EG)

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Expires 2026-03-20, NACOR 79.143 (1 EG) This course covers best practices to increase productivity and success within a primary care setting. The important roles of opticians and optometrists are examined along with how to best establish a ...

$20

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Student - Team Effort by Optometrists and Opticians in Primary Vision Care and Dispensing - COO 4130 (1 PG)

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Expires 2026-03-15, COO 4130 (1 PG) This course covers best practices to increase productivity and success within a primary care setting. The important roles of opticians and optometrists are examined along with how to best establish a symbiotic ...

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Myopia Management - NACOR 79.133 (1 EC)

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Expires 2026-02-09, NACOR 79.133 (1 EC) Myopia has become a growing concern as the world around us has changed. With increased dependence on technology and near work, children are being diagnosed with myopic prescriptions at a young age. It ...

$20

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Most Relevant Eye Diseases Every Optician Should Know - NACOR 79.142 (1 EC)

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Expires 2026-03-20, NACOR 79.142 (1 EC) This course covers several eye diseases that may cause painless decrease or loss of vision. Patients often claim that the issue is due to their glasses, but the actual cause of their vision changes may be ...

$20

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Digital Review of Ophthalmic Optics - NACOR 79.144 (1 EC)

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Expires 2026-03-20, NACOR 79.144 (1 EC) Manipulating light is the foundation of ophthalmic technology. Understanding the basic physics of how light and our eyes work is critical for truly understanding the vision errors that corrective glasses ...

$20

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Visual Acuity Testing - NACOR 79.129 (1 EC)

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Expires 2025-11-14, NACOR 79.129 (1 EC) This course will discuss the evaluation of the visual ability of the eye. It will cover basic methods of acuity testing and will also present the procedure for the Amsler grid, contrast sensitivity, colour plat

$20

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Therapeutic Application of Various Tints in Ophthalmic Lenses - NACOR 79.127 (1 EC)

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Expires 2025-10-05, NACOR 79.127 (1 EC) This course will cover the therapeutic application of various tints in spectacle lenses. The content includes how lens tints are applied to spectacle lenses and the purpose of them. In addition, an overview of

$20

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The Science of Blue Light - Unlocking the Impact On Our Health - NACOR 79.131 (1 EC)

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Expires 2025-12-21, NACOR 79.131 (1 EC) If our eyes are open and we can see, it is highly likely that we are exposed to blue light. Beyond vision, blue light has some major potentially harmful impacts. This session provides a primer for blue light he

$20

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The Power of Prisms: Optical Considerations for Intended and Induced Prism - NACOR 79.107 (1 EC)

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Expires 2025-01-07, NACOR 79.107 (1 EC) This course will review what prism is, its primary uses and common forms. This course will discuss the induced prismatic effects of anisometropia and how to manage these effects with slab off, customized bifoca

$20

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Specialty Contact Lens Practice - NACOR 79.132 (1 CL)

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Expires 2026-01-11, NACOR 79.132 (1 CL) The advanced field of specialty contact lenses continues to evolve at a rapid pace to keep up with the demands of an aging population, an increase in myopia worldwide and consumer demand for a better quality of

$20

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Soft Contact Lens Fitting, Evaluation and Troubleshooting - NACOR 79.106 (1 CL)

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Expires 2024-12-21, NACOR 79.106 (1 CL) With so many contact lens options available on the market today, it is important to distinguish the differences amongst each in order to select the best options for each patient. The course covers the fundament

$20

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Scleral Lenses in the Modern Opticianry - NACOR 79.105 (1 CL)

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Expires 2024-12-21, NACOR 79.105 (1 CL) Want to add scleral lenses to your practice? The demand for scleral lenses is growing rapidly and the indications for scleral use are greater than ever. Offering this option to your patients can have life-chang

$20

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Sales and Patient Psychology - NACOR 79.119 (1 RF)

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Expires 2025-03-09, NACOR 79.119 (1 RF) This lecture will highlight different aspects of increasing your sales including improving your presentation (displays, lighting, mirrors and security), general laws of commerce, patient’s behaviour, internet s

$20

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Rigid Lenses 101 - NACOR 79.130 (1 CL)

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Expires 2025-12-21, NACOR 79.130 (1 CL) This lecture is designed to teach an understanding of rigid contact lenses. It will cover the history of rigid lenses and the evolution to modern materials and designs. Lens verification, techniques and equipme

$20

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Put a Lid On It - NACOR 79.128 (1 EC)

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Expires 2025-11-01, NACOR 79.128 (1 EC) This course teaches anatomy of the eyelid, functional issues with the eyelid, diseases of the eyelid and surgeries associated with the eyelid. This lecture is a graphic pictorial of the eyelid and its function.

$20

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Pre-Testing Essentials - NACOR 79.125 (1 EC)

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Expires 2025-10-05, NACOR 79.125 (1 EC) This course will provide an overview and practical experience in patient pretesting, i.e., visual acuity, pupil evaluation, confrontation visual fields and ocular motility evaluation. Other ancillary tests (col

$20

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Practice Management: Living to Work, Working to Live - The Practice - NACOR 79.118 (1 RF)

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Expires 2025-03-07, NACOR 79.118 (1 RF) Private practice is the ultimate way to define yourself as a practitioner. This lecture will discuss the timing of your entrance into this exciting prospect, where you will gain the freedom to express your pers

$20

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Practice Management: Living to Work, Working to Live - Practice Layout and Quality of Product - NACOR 79.117 (1 RF)

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Expires 2025-03-02, NACOR 79.117 (1 RF) Not all of us are blessed with a fortune. We have to consider start-up capital and determine how we will build a safe financial base. A motivated and entrepreneurial spirit still needs to think carefully on how

$20

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Ocular Anatomy for Techs and Opticians - NACOR 79.110 (1 EC)

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Expires 2025-01-14, NACOR 79.110 (1 EC) This course takes the participants on a tour of the eye, starting at the tear film and ending at the visual cortex....

$20

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Personalities in the Workplace - NACOR 79.126 (1 RF)

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Expires 2025-10-05, NACOR 79.126 (1 RF) Every employee has a different personality and for every position in the practice there is a personality best suited for each position. This course will determine personality types, define where these types are

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Personal Space and Financial Management - NACOR 79.120 (1 RF)

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Expires 2025-06-28, NACOR 79.120 (1 RF) In a multi-cultural society, it is important to behave in an appropriate manner, as different cultures relate to personal space, physical contact and body posture in different ways. In the first part of this le

$20

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Ophthalmic Lenses and Prisms 101: How They Can Be Used in a Compensatory and Therapeutic Manner - NACOR 79.115 (1 EC)

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Expires 2025-02-23, NACOR 79.115 (1 EC) In this presentation, Dr. Quaid will outline the use of +/- lenses in addition to prism (yoked and conventional) in optometric vision therapy and in treating central-peripheral visual functional disorders (such

$20

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Oculomotor and Binocular Vision Deficiencies: What You Need to Know as an Optician - NACOR 79.114 (1 EC)

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Expires 2025-02-23, NACOR 79.114 (1 EC) In this presentation, Dr. Quaid will outline the vital importance of a much more in-depth assessment of eye teaming and eye focusing skills over and above a routine eye examination for specific pediatric popula

$20

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Ocular Surface Testing - NACOR 79.121 (1 EC)

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Expires 2025-07-14, NACOR 79.121 (1 EC) This course will highlight ocular surface testing and techniques used to test the ocular surface. An anatomical review of the eye and tear will be given, along with a discussion on the importance of the tear an

$20

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Ocular Motility and Vision Testing - NACOR 79.122 (1 EC)

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Expires 2025-07-26, COO 4056 (1 EG/CL/RF) This course will discuss issues dealing with ocular motility and testing motility malfunctions. Useful techniques and normal and abnormal results in ocular testing will be discussed. Different eye movements w

$20

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Finding and Creating Great Social Media Content - NACOR 79.116 (1 RF)

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Expires 2025-03-02, NACOR 79.116 (1 RF) Social media is changing and growing. Facebook is no longer the only must have social channel for an eyecare business. Instagram is leading as the fastest growing social channel and a solid part of a business m

$20

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Customer Service - Top 10 Absolutes - NACOR 79.124 (1 RF)

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Expires 2025-08-24, NACOR 79.124 (1 RF) This course is designed to set a baseline for performance expectations for opticians. It will create a sense of responsibility and responsiveness to the needs of your patients and your practice. Attendees will

$20

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Astigmatism From 0 to 99 - NACOR 79.108 (1 EC)

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Expires 2025-01-14, NACOR 79.108 (1 EC) This course provides an overview of astigmatism from ages 0-99. How astigmatism develops in children, how it affects learning, how eye rubbing can lead to keratoconus and how it changes in old age will all be d

$20