The Academy of Ophthalmic Education

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Student - The Everyday Dispensing Issues That Drive Us Nuts - COO 4260 (2 EG)

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Expires 2027-02-16, COO 4260 (2 EG) This course is designed to help you better understand the daily concerns we encounter in our optical and how to troubleshoot them.

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Student - Anatomy and Physiology - COO Self Directed (3 Hours)

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Student - Let’s Strip Bare: Essentials for Progressives - COO 4248 (2 EG)

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Expires 2026-12-11, COO 4248 (2 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 printed ...

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Student - Common Visual Disorders Every Optician Should Know - COO 4257 (1 EG/CL/RF)

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Expires 2027-01-20, COO 4257 (1 EG/CL/RF) 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 ...

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Student - How to Build a Proficient and Profitable Practice - COO 4210 (2 PG)

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Expires 2026-10-03, COO 4210 (2 PG) 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 participate ...

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Student - Visual Stress and the Neurodiverse - COO 4207 (1 EG)

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Expires 2026-09-22, COO 4207 (1 EG) 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 whose ...

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Student - The Winning Formula: Mastering the Psychology of Sales with Emotional Intelligence - COO 4195 (1 PG)

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Expires 2026-09-15, COO 4195 (1 PG) 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 and ...

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Student - Myopia Management: The Optician’s Role in the Fight Against Myopia - COO 4233 (1 EG/CL)

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Expires 2026-11-07, COO 4233 (1 EG/CL) 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 ...

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Student - Mastering Macular Degeneration: A Comprehensive Guide for Opticians - COO 4206 (1 EG/CL/RF)

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Expires 2026-10-11, COO 4206 (1 EG/CL/RF) 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 ...

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Student - Guiding Opticians: Navigating Ocular Emergencies in Patient Care - COO 4202 (1 EG/CL)

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Expires 2026-09-25, COO 4202 (1 EG/CL) 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, assessing..

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Student - Colour Vision - COO 4241 (1 EG)

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Expires 2026-11-29, COO 4241 (1 EG) 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.

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Student - 8 Proven Strategies That Increase Capture and Revenue - COO 4144 (2 PG)

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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

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Student - Understanding Amblyopia: Causes, Diagnosis and Treatment - COO 4176 (2 EG/CL/RF)

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Expires 2026-06-30, COO 4176 (2 EG/CL/RF) 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 know about ...

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Student - Therapeutic and Compensatory Lenses and Prisms: Applications Outside Simply Correcting Refractive Error - COO 4170 (2 EG/CL/RF)

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Expires 2026-06-05, COO 4170 (2 EG/CL/RF) 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 assessment, ...

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Student - No Wonder You Don't See Well - COO 4119 (1 EG/CL/RF)

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Expires 2026-02-28, COO 4119 (1 EG/CL/RF) 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 ...

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Student - How to Be a Better Than Average Employee - COO 4157 (1 PG)

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Expires 2026-03-12, COO 4157 (1 PG) 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.

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Student - Eye-Opening Retail Team: Enhancing Social Intelligence in First Impressions - COO 4158 (1 PG)

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Expires 2026-03-12, COO 4158 (1 PG) 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 ...

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Student - Conflict Avoidance and Resolution - COO 4164 (2 PG)

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Expires 2026-03-12, COO 4164 (2 PG) 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 good experience...

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Student - Rigid Lenses 101 - COO 4102 (1 CL)

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Expires 2025-12-21, COO 4102 (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 equipment w

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Student - The Science of Blue Light - Unlocking the Impact On Our Health - COO 4110 (1 EG/CL/RF)

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Expires 2025-12-22, COO 4110 (1 EG/CL/RF) 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

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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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Student - Visual Acuity Testing - COO 4096 (1 EG/CL/RF)

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Expires 2025-11-09, COO 4096 (1 EG/CL/RF) 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 pl

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Student - Therapeutic Application of Various Tints in Ophthalmic Lenses - COO 4076 (1 EG)

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Expires 2025-09-21, COO 4076 (1 EG) 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 the

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Student - The Power of Prisms: Optical Considerations for Intended and Induced Prism - COO 4011 (1 EG/CL/RF)

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Expires 2025-01-10, COO 4011 (1 EG/CL/RF) 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 bifo

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Student - The Business of Refractive Surgery Co-Management - COO Self-Directed (0.5 Self)

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Expires 2024-12-27, COO Self-Directed (0.5 Self) This lecture focuses on how to implement refractive surgery co-management into a primary care optometric practice. The benefits of co-management, what equipment and processes will be needed to start an

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Student - The Basics of Screws, Hinges and Temples - COO 3998 (1 EG)

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Expires 2024-11-30, COO 3998 (1 EG) This course will take an in-depth look into the everyday products and items that Opticians take for granted. We will delve deeper into these products and provide Opticians with information and guidance on how to us

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Student - Specialty Contact Lens Practice - COO 4111 (1 CL)

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Expires 2025-12-22, COO 4111 (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 lif

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Student - Soft Contact Lens Fitting, Evaluation and Troubleshooting - COO 4009 (1 CL)

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Expires 2024-12-19, COO 4009 (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 fundamentals

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Student - Scleral Lenses in the Modern Opticianry - COO 4008 (1 CL)

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Expires 2024-12-19, COO 4008 (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-changing

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Student - Sales and Patient Psychology - COO 4030 (1 PG)

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Expires 2025-03-17, COO 4030 (1 PG) 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 sales

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Student Put a Lid On It - COO 4091 (1 EG/CL/RF)

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Expires 2025-11-02, COO 4091 (1 EG/CL/RF) 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 functio

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Student - Pre-Testing Essentials - COO 4075 (1 EG/CL/RF)

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Expires 2025-09-21, COO 4075 (1 EG/CL/RF) 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 (c

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Student - Practice Management: Living to Work, Working to Live - The Practice - COO 4023 (1 PG)

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Expires 2025-02-18, COO 4023 (1 PG) 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 personal

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Student - Practice Management: Living to Work, Working to Live - Practice Layout and Quality of Product - COO 4022 (1 PG)

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Expires 2025-02-18, COO 4022 (1 PG) 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 to

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Student - Personalities in the Workplace - COO 4079 (1 PG)

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Expires 2025-09-28, COO 4079 (1 PG) 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 mos

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Student - Personal Space and Financial Management - COO 4051 (1 PG)

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Expires 2025-07-05, COO 4051 (1 PG) 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 lectur

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Student - Optical Frames Materials and Manufacturing - COO Self-Directed (1 Self)

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Expires 2026-04-29, COO Self-Directed (1 Self) This lecture takes attendees on a unique journey inside the Baus Eyewear manufacturing process. From choosing the raw materials, designing the frames, workmanship, processing, quality control, adjustment

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Student - Ophthalmic Lenses and Prisms 101: How They Can Be Used in a Compensatory and Therapeutic Manner - COO 4026 (1 EG/CL/RF)

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Expires 2025-03-05, COO 4026 (1 EG/CL/RF) 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 (su

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Student - Oculomotor and Binocular Vision Deficiencies: What You Need to Know as an Optician - COO 4025 (1 EG/CL/RF)

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Expires 2025-03-05, COO 4025 (1 EG/CL/RF) 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 popu

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Student - Ocular Surface Testing - COO 4055 (1 EG/CL/RF)

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Expires 2025-07-26, COO 4055 (1 EG/CL/RF) 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

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Student - Ocular Motility and Vision Testing - COO 4056 (1 EG/CL/RF)

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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

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Student - Ocular Anatomy for Techs and Opticians - COO 4014 (1 EG/CL/RF)

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Expires 2025-01-21, COO 4014 (1 EG/CL/RF) This course takes the participants on a tour of the eye, starting at the tear film and ending at the visual cortex....

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Student - Myopia Management - COO 4113 (1 EG/CL/RF)

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Expires 2026-01-25, COO 4113 (1 EG/CL/RF) 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 ...

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Student - Most Relevant Eye Diseases Every Optician Should Know - COO 4131 (1 EG/CL/RF)

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Expires 2026-03-15, COO 4131 (1 EG/CL/RF) 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 ...

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Student - Key Performance Indicators that Drive Revenue and Optimize Your Cash Flow - COO Self-Directed (1 Self)

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Expires 2024-12-27, COO Self-Directed (1 Self) Key performance indicators (KPIs) assess the overall financial and operational efficiency and performance of a practice compared to industry averages to drive revenue and optimize cash flow. Learn which

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Student - How to Create a Successful Practice in These Challenging Times - COO Self-Directed (1 Self)

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Expires 2024-12-27, COO Self-Directed (1 Self) This course will offer business pearls to create a successful optometric practice in challenging times. It will review business basics to pandemic-proof a practice and discuss helpful checkpoints to ensu

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Students - Finding and Creating Great Social Media Content - COO 4024 (1 PG)

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Expires 2025-02-18, COO 4024 (1 PG) 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 marke

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Student - E-Commerce in Eyecare - COO Self-Directed (1 Self)

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Expires 2024-12-27, COO Self-Directed (1 Self) While e-commerce has been booming in almost every industry for many years now, COVID-19 has accelerated its acceptance into the mainstream population. Unfortunately, over the past decade, our industry ha

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Student - Digital Review of Ophthalmic Optics - COO 4134 (1 EG/CL/RF)

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Expires 2026-03-27, COO 4134 (1 EG/CL/RF) 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 ...

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Student - Customer Service - Top 10 Absolutes - COO 4067 (1 PG)

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Expires 2025-09-07, COO 4067 (1 PG) 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 lear

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Student - Astigmatism From 0 to 99 - COO 4012 (1 EG/CL/RF)

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Expires 2025-01-10, COO 4012 (1 EG/CL/RF) 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

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Student - A Visionary Experience Harnessing the Best of Retail Innovation, Merchandising - COO Self-Directed (1 Self)

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Expires 2024-12-27, COO Self-Directed (1 Self) Retail as we know it is dying or dead. The ongoing pandemic has only fast-tracked the demise of traditional retail. Everything from groceries, to tires, to high fashion is available online reducing the n

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Student - 23 Life Skills Every Staff Member Should Know - COO 4013 (1 PG)

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Expires 2025-01-10, COO 4013 (1 PG) 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 tra