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Florida Apprentice Contact Lens Certificate Program @ Vision Preview

  • October 27, 2017
  • 5:00 PM
  • October 29, 2017
  • 5:00 PM
  • 2017 Vision Preview at DoubleTree Miami

**Online Registration Has Closed**

Registration Can Be Done On Site at 

Vision Preview (We Have Room for You!)



Florida Apprentice Contact Lens Certificate Program

This new 32 hours of training in Contact Lenses meets and exceeds the FL Admin Rule 64B12-16.003; Apprenticeship Requirements and Training Program for an Apprentice with a sponsor that is not Board Certified. The Contact Lens Society of America (CLSA) and POF have combined their experience and resources to offer a contact lens program designed specifically for Apprentice Opticians in Florida. This new 32-hour course will be offered in two parts: 13 hours of on-line training, plus 19 hours of live and hands-on clinical training offered at this conference.

PART 1: Available Online in advance of workshop

The first part of the program is delivered on-line and covers contact Lens theory in carefully designed modules that can be completed at your own pace and in advance of the live hands-on clinical Part 2.

Part 2: Clinical Workshop at POF’s Vision Preview

This part of the program is offered as a clinical workshop model, which is delivered over a three-day weekend. You will spend nineteen (19) hours with highly skilled contact lens instructors learning the key concepts of Contact Lens fitting firsthand. 

Clinical Workshop Schedule:

Friday October 27, 2017  5pm-8pm

Florida & Federal Laws and Rules, Professional Ethics

Saturday October 28, 2017  9am-5pm

Anatomy & Physiology, Pathology, Keratometer, Slit Lamp

Sunday October 29, 2017   9am-5pm

Fitting & Evaluation, Insertion & Removal, Solutions

Be sure to register for the Certificate program now and complete the 13 hours of training online in Part 1 before Friday, October 26  to be eligible to take the clinical workshops listed above. 

Discounted POF Members Registration Total: $425 (including a complimentary one-year POF apprentice membership)

For additional information on any of these Apprentice Training programs or to register, visit:  POF.org/apprentice.

Register online, by phone, or mail or fax in our convenient PDF Registration Form.

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