MILITARY EDUCATION CONFERENCES
SMO Annual Meeting at AAO www.smonet.net October each year Location varies
Special event: SERI Military Eye Research Symposium Location: SERI/Mass Eye & Ear Infirmary Starr Center in Boston Dates: 30-31 March 2017 Topic: Blast Eye
Military Refractive Session at ASCRS www.ascrs.org Usually Monday from 0800-0930 in the third week of April each year Location varies
San Antonio Ophthalmology Course www.ophthalmologycourse.com March of each year San Antonio, TX *** Note that the Navy is exempt from the usual conference attendance approval process ***
Ocular Trauma Course May each year USUHS, Bethesda, MD *** Note the staff ophthalmologists are often included as instructors ***
Military Refractive Surgery Symposium www.smonet.net Typically early June each year San Diego, CA
Alamo Day April each year San Antonio, TX
FREE ONLINE CME
Ocular Trauma Call Online video tele-conference that offers 1 hour of CME Run by COL Robert Mazzoli, MD, USA (Ret) 3rd Monday of the month
AAO Online OfferingsAAO monthly webinars are free for residents! Sign up for the webinar at https://store.aao.org and choose the Resident price, and the discount will be automatically applied when you check out. List of courses at http://www.aao.org/education-browse?filter=course that are eligible for 0.5-2 CME credits each
List of learning plans on a variety of topics at http://www.aao.org/education-browse?filter=learning-plan that are eligible for 3-5 CME credits each
Choosing Wisely online course at http://www.aao.org/pi-cme/choosing-wisely-course eligible for 20 CME credits.
Medscape Offeringshttp://www.medscape.org/ophthalmology
Need more info? Want to sign up for a program?
Email military.ophthalmology@gmail.com
TO REGISTER FOR VISIT http://ophthalmologycourse.com/
What began as an intensive review for military ophthalmology residents based in San Antonio has grown to be an internationally recognized course with more than 250 civilian and military attendees annually. Formerly known as the Brooke Army Medical Center Ophthalmology Review Course, it was founded in 1993 by William C. Lloyd III, MD, FACS.
This five-day instructional course provides a comprehensive overview of clinical ophthalmology for residents and practicing ophthalmologists. Specific emphasis is placed on assisting participants in organizing their individual studies relevant to the annual OKAP, American Board of Ophthalmology examinations, and Maintenance Of Certificate (MOC). All lectures are delivered by board-certified ophthalmology teaching faculty.
Due to Department of Defense restrictions on conferences and courses, the military no longer sponsors the event. The San Antonio Ophthalmology Course and the Society of Military Ophthalmology partnered in 2014 due to common objective and personnel, and the Society of Military Ophthalmology is now the official course sponsor.
The 2nd Annual Military Refractive Safety and Standards Symposium (MRSSS) was held June 8-10, 2016. Surgeons, optometrists, residents, and technicians were invited to attend. This training course is designed to follow the annual refractive surgery training course given to our residents annually in June and featured didactic presentations and opportunities to learn from each other's experiences. The MRSSS conference is an opportunity for military refractive surgeons and their staff to collaborate and provide safe and effective refractive surgery to our warfighters! Attached is the brochure from June 2016. When information for 2017 is available, it will be posted here.
CLICK ON THE LINKS TO VIEW THE DOCUMENTS:
MRSSS Brochure 2016