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It's time to end lecture-only training venues for Opticians.
It's
time for Opticians to get real, hands-on, tactile training POINTS TO PONDER
"If
you do not touch the consumer at the time "Opticians
must exercise multi-dimensional
opticianry, "Opticians
are vision experts who serve Patients with "What
are the chances of today's eyewear consumers getting a "More
and more eyewear is being purchased online. "Hand
crafted multi-dimensional adjustments, including tactile, hands-on,
"It
is time for direct, touch-and-feel, Hands-on-the-Patient
training to happen. Contact Opticians For Change here, or call 407-628-4443 to arrange a Workshop session. INTRODUCTION The
Intermediate Level Workshop is for those apprentice level and-or
more recently licensed Opticians who wish to either learn new
techniques or otherwise improve their current skills, and will
fulfill 2 hours of continuing education requirements. (Also see
Advanced Workshop.)
This Workshop has been accredited by ABO, the American Board of
Opticianry and approved by the Florida Board of Opticianry. (Special
Note This last and most important topic, Final Fitting, is addressed with special emphasis on the necessity for the qualitative dispensing of eyewear using 1) Visual-tactile, hands-on, in-place, on-the-face assessment, and 2) Highly evolved handcrafted, 'touch and feel' techniques of frame fitting. See the following example. (Also see Custom Frame Fitting, Up Close and Personal.) Old Fashioned Hands-on Craftsmanship THE
NO TOUCH - NO HOLD PRINCIPLE Every
Patient deserves a sufficiently handcrafted,
OBJECTIVES "Successful
dispensing requires the careful and thoughtful Although the Full Discovery and Disclosure Interview, and Frame Fitting Techniques are not the only aspects of what is called Ophthalmic Dispensing, today they are much underrated, even subordinated skills. The Frame Fitting skill set, which can be acquired only through direct, practical experience, must include a) Visual and tactile, 'touch and feel,' hands-on assessment of the eyewear in-place, on-the-face, b) Basic Frame Alignment, i.e., correcting the most obvious misalignments, and c)The application of more Subtle Frame-Temple Adjustments, i.e., the personalized, handcrafted multi-dimensional adaptations such as reshaping the temple-ends relative to the skull-mastoid complex, and then 90 degrees relative to the ears, are the most important considerations for long-term visual comfort and eyewear-ability. Not only is a poorly fitted frame likely to cause discomfort and inconvenience to the Patient, but in cases of higher lens powers and high astigmatic corrections it can even adversely effect the prescription, thus creating additional visual problems. See example. Upon completion of this workshop the Eye Care Professional will:
WORKSHOP PROTOCOL AND REQUIRED MATERIALS PROTOCOL:
Each attendee will assume an alternating role as 'Dispenser' and
'Patient' in order to acquire a direct 'touch and feel' experience,
and a more comprehensive perspective of handcrafted frame fitting.
All work will be critiqued by an experienced and licensed, 'Hands-on-The-Patient
Trained' Optician. MORE POINTS TO PONDER "The
most perfect ophthalmic Rx can be "There
is no right or wrong way to dispense "Patients
deserve a pleasant experience. "When
Opticians relate to consumers as customers, "Opticianry
is ultimately defined by how well the eyewear
makes "Just
as a Dentist cannot practice dentistry without direct
Patient contact, the "Our
mission: Re-humanize the dispensing of prescription eyewear."
HANDS-ON-THE-PATIENT FREE COURSES ONLINE HERE
HANDS-ON-THE-PATIENT
WORKSHOP TRAINING AVAILABLE
HERE American
Board of Opticianry accredited and Florida
State Board approved workshops OpticalWorkshops.com Grateful
appreciation is hereby expressed to
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