TIME: 9:00am-4:00pm LOCATION: Best Western Royal Plaza Hotel (directions) RATE: $165 nonmember / $110 MSO Member SCHEDULE:
9:00am-11:00am - AMD - A Practical Proactive Approach - Jeffrey Gerson, O.D. 11:00am-1:00pm - Controversies in Retinal Care - Jeffrey Gerson, O.D. 1:00pm-2:00pm - Lunch 2:00pm-4:00pm - Ocular Surface Disease - Peter Rapoza, M.D.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17, 2010 - 3 hours - SOLD OUT
TIME: 9:30am-12:30pm LOCATION: (NOTE LOCATION CHANGE) Best Western Royal Plaza--Marlborough (directions) RATE: $80 nonmember / $50 MSO Member TOPIC: Medical Billing & Reimbursement - Rob Rebello
SUNDAY, MARCH 28, 2010 - 6 hours
TIME: 9:00am-4:00pm LOCATION: Best Western Royal Plaza Hotel (directions) RATE: $165 nonmember / $110 MSO Member SCHEDULE:
9:00am-11:00am - Structure and Function in Glaucoma - Robert Wooldridge, O.D. 11:00am-1:00pm - Neuro-Ophthalmic Grand Rounds - Robert Wooldridge, O.D. 1:00pm-2:00pm - Lunch 2:00pm-4:00pm - Novel Therapeutics for Retinal and Macular Degeneration - Shalesh Kaushal, M.D.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14, 2010 - 3 hours - SOLD OUT
TIME: 9:30am-12:30pm LOCATION: Clark University Southborough Campus (directions) RATE: $80 nonmember / $50 MSO Member TOPIC: Low Vision Rehabilitation - Lou Frank, O.D.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2010 - 3 hours - SOLD OUT
TIME: 9:30am-12:30pm LOCATION: Clark University Southborough Campus (directions) RATE: $80 nonmember / $50 MSO Member TOPIC: DSEK and Premium IOL's - Parag Parekh, M.D.
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2010 - 6 hours
TIME: 9:00am-4:00pm LOCATION: Best Western Royal Plaza Hotel (directions) RATE: $165 nonmember / $110 MSO Member SCHEDULE:
9:00am-11:00am - Sailing Through Anterior Segment Disease - Paul Karpecki, O.D. 11:00am-1:00pm - Building a Therapeutic Practice: Billing & Coding - Paul Karpecki, O.D. 1:00pm-2:00pm - Lunch 2:00pm-4:00pm - Retinal and Macular Degeneration - Shalesh Kaushal, M.D.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2010 - 3 hours - SOLD OUT
TIME: 9:30am-12:30pm LOCATION: Clark University Southborough Campus (directions) RATE: $80 nonmember / $50 MSO Member TOPIC: Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma - Bridget Hendricks, O.D.
MA License CE Requirements:
Optometrists in Massachusetts must complete eighteen (18) hours of continuing education (CE) annually to renew their license. These hours must be either COPE-approved, Board-approved or given by a continuing education entity such as the New England College of Optometry. The MSO CE courses are all COPE-approved unless otherwise indicated.
State Board regulations state that optometrists can only be credited for up to six (6) CE hours in the combination of the following areas: CPR, child abuse recognition, infection control, office procedures, record keeping, legislation or optometric statutes and regulations.
Furthermore, no more than four (4) CE hours can be credited for distance-based courses such as a webinar or journal article.
All eighteen (18) hours of CE credit must be completed by December 31st of each year.
