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World Sight Day: Optometry Council of India
Event Calendar
Good bye 2017 & Happy new year!!
ASCO CME on Binocular Vision and Vision Therapy!!
Asco in partnership with Lotus College of Optometry organized a one day CME on Saturday 25 November, 2017. 29 participants were treated to a daylong interactive, stimulating and hands-on session on Binocular vision and vision therapy. Participants included practitioners with over 40 years experience to M.Optoms to Interns! A participant came all the way from Raipur for the day!!!.
53rd Indian Contact Lens Program (ICLEP)
The 53rd Indian Contact Lens Program (ICLEP) was held at LVPEI's Hyderabad campus from 24-26 November 2017 in association with Bausch + Lomb. 81 delegates from across India as well from Kenya attended this programme. The programme had a good mix of experienced and reputed international, national and in-house faculty. It was packed with thought provoking didactics, interesting discussions, live demos, instruction courses and hands-on sessions.
Trucker's Initiative
Mission for Vision in association with the Optometry Council of India undertook a three day comprehensive eye health checkup camps in Bangalore region. Mission for Vision team members and optometrists arranged by Optometry Council of India participated in the camps in Bangalore which benefitted a lot of community members.
At the end of the three day camp across various locations, a total of 272 people were screened and a total of 105 spectacles were prescribed for the truck drivers, helpers, mechanics and other community members screened.
ACME III.
A One day CME was conducted on November, 19th at Ahalia Campus.
Email from Dean of a Gujarat University of OCI School accreditation Document!!
Date: 5 June 2017 at 5:44:15 PM IST
To: lak.shinde@gmail.com
Subject: Re: Harijyot college of optometry
Dear Madam,
Season’s Greetings!
Happenings in American Optometry Academy, 2015
REPORT of AMERICAN ACEDEMY OF OPTOMETRY VISIT
6-9th October 2015
New Orleans
This year’s American Academy at New Orleans, definitely saw a lot more of Indian optometry than any other previously. The academy was held at New Orleans convention centre from 6th -9th October 2015. As Optometry Council of India representative I participated in the following events:
1.Meeting with Juan Carlos Aragon: Chair of Optometry Giving Sight: 6th October 2015
World Sight Day, Initiative by OCI
World Sight Day Initiative.
The Optometry Council of India (OCI) took upon itself to increase the awareness among general public about the importance of eye examination. The theme as per World health Organization (WHO) and International Agency for Preventable Blindness (IAPB) for the World Sight Day was “Eye Health for all”.
The World Sight Day traditionally is celebrated on October 8th of every year.
Visit to Optometry Colleges of Gujrat and Maharashtra
VISIT TO GUJRAT & MAHARASHTRA
With the overwhelming response received from the visit to Kolkata, it was decided; why not visit the colleges of Gujarat and Maharashtra. The colleges planned in the visit were
Visit to Kolkata
On the 3rd of September, OCI operations manager Ms. Paula Mehta representative visited 2 renowned colleges of Optometry in Kolkata. Vidyasagar College of Optometry and NSHM Knowledge Campus.
The purpose of visit was mainly to present activities of the self regulatory council and interact with young optometry students and other professional bodies such as (IOF and ASCO) for the upliftment of Optometry as a profession.
Faculty Support Program with LVPEI- Binocular Vision I
Faculty Support Program with LVPEI- Binocular Vision I 13-25 July, 2015 India Vision Institute
Objective The program aimed to give the participant, first-hand experience in teaching Binocular Vision from an academic perspective, including curriculum planning & development, teaching methodologies and evaluation & assessment patterns for an undergraduate program.
The 13 day program focused on how binocular vision is delivered in terms of human resources, teaching planning, student assessment and infrastructure set up and educational resources.
Optometrists of Lawrence and Mayo Bangalore register with OCI !!
Lawrence & Mayo, Bangalore would like to thank you for giving us an opportunity to register for OCI Membership at a special concessional membership fee. All of our 21 Optometrists have registered with OCI and will receive the benefits of being an OCI member.
Achievements and Accomplishments of OCI !!
Dear members !!
It gives me immense pleasure to write to all of you about the:
Achievements and accomplishments of Optometry Council of India (OCI).
MOVES 1.0, 2015
Dr Mohd. Zaki Awg Isa( Head of Department of Optomerty and Vision Science, MSU Mr Subhadeep Das ( Lecturer, Department of Optometry and Vision Science, MSU) MSU Optometry and Vision Science Exhibition and Seminar(MOVES) is jointly organized by MSU Eye Centre and Department of Optometry and Vision Science (DOVS) to provide a platform for updatingand exchanging knowledge among the community of optometrist, health care professionals, medical doctors, students, academicians and members of the public.
A conversation between an non OCI member, a young optometrist and Ms.Sangeetha Bhasin !!
This is a conversation between an non OCI member ( young optometrist) and Ms. Sangeetha Bhasin ( OCI registered and a senior optometrist with loads of experience)
Optometrist 1: Hello friends I want to know what will be the benefits an optometrist will receive after registration of OCI? How will changes take place in retail optician shops as
far as the basic requirements of optometrists qualification, salary, skill, experience etc...
Mega event 2 - Dated 21st & 22nd March 2015 byHarijyot college of optometry
WORLD OPTOMETRY DAY 2015
“MEGA EVENT 2”
Organised by
Hari Jyot College of Optometry, Rotary Eye Institute, Navsari
On March 21-22, 2015
Main Venue : Shri Samasta Matiya Patidar Seva Samaj
Rotary Eye Institute, Navsari (For Workshop)
Dignitaries :
- Dr. Dakshesh Thakar
Vice Chancellor, Veer Narmad South Gujarat University, Surat
WCO congratulates OCI on becoming Member
Letter from Dr. Susan Cooper, President of World Council of Optometry:
The World Council of Optometry (WCO) congratulates Optometry Council of India (OCI) on becoming a member of WCO.
Narayan Nethralaya Optometrist Register with Optometry Council of India
25 staff optometrist of Narayan Nethralaya registered with OCI in March 2015. Their document verification was done and certificates dispatched along with OCI badges. The distribution of certificates was held as a small meeting, where the optometrist proudly displayed their badges. The photos of the same are attached.
Dubai OCI Certificate Distribution
In our members list we have around 50-60 optometrist who are working in Dubai. We had recently sent all their certificates along with badges after document verification to Dubai. Mr. Saji an optometrist from Dubai coordinated to entire project. Thanks to Mr. Saji.
First Annual Clinical Symposium on Optometry by Vidyasagar College of Optometry
Vidyasagar College of Optometry & Vision Science was declared as “Accredited Continuing Education Provider” in eastern India by Optometry Council of India (Please find detailed report attached)
FIRST ACCREDITED CE BY OCI: Masterclass Knowledgefest 2015
Dear Members,
I am very proud to announce that OCI had its FIRST CE accredited session as Masterclass Knowledgefest 2015. The CE program was a great success and the enthusiasm with which all the OCI registered members were keen to get their CE credits stamp was also very encouraging.
It was a pleasure to see all the registered members displaying their OCI badges proudly and those who did not receive it were eager to get them and wear them as well. The CE was quiet informative to both practitioners and students of optometry.
Continuing Education: The Key To Improving Optometry As A Profession
Lakshmi Shinde, CEO, Optometry Council of India, talks about the importance of continuing education for an optometrist and how the OCI is facilitating the same.