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- Consumer Vision/Eye Health Information
EyeCEOnline
Online continuing education (CE) for optometrists and opticians.
New Zealand Society of Contact Lens Practitioners
44th Annual Conference
Taupo, Feb 6-9 2003
Taupo, Feb 6-9 2003
Partnership Foundation for Optometric Education
The Partnership’s purpose is to provide long-term financial support for the advancement of optometric education and related special needs of the profession. Beneficiaries will receive distributions once the fund reaches $25 million.
Vision Aid Overseas
This is the British volunteer optometric organization which was launched after the joint VOSH-Minnesota and UK optometrists (with Denmark & Australian ODs, too!) mission in Tanzania 1985, under the leadership of the late Russ Dorland, O.D., a Past VOSH/International President.
Sound of Knowledge
Audiotapes of Academy Annual Meeting
Antique Spectacles
The on-line museum and encyclopedia of vision aids.
MedSun (Medical Product Safety Network)
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Center for Devices and Radiological (CDRH), Office of Surveillance and Biometrics (OSB), Patient Safety Staff Partnerships (PSS) is responsible for assuring safe use of medical devices after they have been approved for use.
PSS has a program called MedSun (Medical Product Safety Network), which is designed to improve our understanding of medical device use so that the FDA, healthcare facilities, clinicians, and manufacturers can better address safety concerns. Over 350 health care facilities, primarily hospitals, participate in the MedSun network. Trained MedSun Representatives from these sites come from Risk Management, Patient Safety, Quality Improvement, Biomedical/Clinical Engineering, Physicians and Nurses, Materials Management, and Surgical Services.
Eye Help of the California Optometric Association
a public service sponsored by the California Optometric Association (COA) to raise awareness about the importance of routine comprehensive eye exams and vision care in the state of California