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• Treasure Coast Chapter Education

  • When
    October 11, 2025
  •  
    11:00 AM - 3:00 PM
  • Location
    Advanced Eyecare Center, 2710 SW Port St. Lucie Blvd Port St. Lucie, FL 34953
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  Treasure Coast Chapter

  Continuing Education

  October 11, 2025 - 11:00 am - 3:00 pm

  4 Hours of CE Available

  
  

  Advanced Eyecare Center

  2710 SW Port St. Lucie Blvd

  Port St. Lucie, FL 34953

  
  

  10:45 am - 11:00 am 
  Registration & Check In

  
  

  11:00 am - 11:50 am

  Leveling Up Your Customer Service and Dispensing Game

  Steve Apat, LDO (1 hour) Elective

  12:00 pm - 12:50 pm

  Second Pair Lens Options For All Patients

  Steve Apat, LDO (1 hour) Technical

  1:00 pm - 2:40 pm

  Reduction of Medical Errors

  Samantha Gaines, LDO (2 hours) Medical Errors

  
  

  *Refreshments Provided*

  *No On-Site Registrations*

  POF Member Registration Rate:  $35             

  Standard (non-member) Rate: $35 registration, plus $20 per hour of education

  *Prices increase by $10 the week prior to the event​​​​​

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• Gulf Coast Chapter Education

  • When
    October 12, 2025
  •  
    9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    Florida SouthWestern State College, 8099 College Parkway, Ft Myers, FL 33919, Bldg U, Room U-106
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  GULF COAST CHAPTER PRESENTS

  4 HOURS OF CONTINUING EDUCATION

  October 12, 2025

  
  

  Florida SouthWestern State College

  Bldg U, Room U-106

  8099 College Parkway

  Ft Myers, FL 33919 

  
  

  9:00 a.m. – 10:40 a.m.  - Reduction of Medical Errors

  Anna Cox, LDO - Two (2) Hours Medical Errors

  11:00 a.m. - 11:50 a.m.  - Maintaining Excellence in the Dispensary
  

  Carole Bratteig, LDO - One (1) Hour Technical

  12:00 p.m. – 12:50 p.m.  -  Advance Your Dispensing Expertise Using Freeform Lenses

  Carole Bratteig, LDO - One (1) Hour Technical

  *Refreshments will be provided*

  Members - $35.00 education included

   

  Nonmembers - $35.00 + $20.00 per hour

  
  

  *Rates increase $10 one week prior to the event-Early registration is recommended  

  *No Onsite Registrations*

  POF is happy to offer an optician-friendly cancellation policy. If you need to cancel for any reason, POF will give you a 100% credit towards a future event, no explanation needed. Just send us a note confirming you cannot attend & we will credit your account after the event.
  

  (CE Provider #50-1645)

  
  

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• Space Coast Chapter Education

  • When
    October 25, 2025
  •  
    10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
  • Location
    Catherine Schweinsberg Rood Central Library,
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  SPACE COAST CHAPTER PRESENTS

  4 HOURS OF CONTINUING EDUCATION

  October 25, 2025

  Catherine Schweinsberg Rood Central Library

  308 Forrest Avenue

  Cocoa, FL 32922

  
  

  9:45 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. - Check In

  
  

  10:00 a.m. - 10:50 a.m.  -  Fitting and Adjusting of the Frame, But Why?

  Tom Neff, LDO- One (1) Hours Technical

  
  

  11:00 a.m. – 11:50 a.m. - Abbe Value and Refractive Index: The Ongoing Battle
  

  Tom Neff, LDO - One (1) Hour Technical

  
  

  12:00 p.m. – 12:50 p.m. - Vision and Learning: The ABC's of How We See
  

  Jeanne Parker, LDO - One (1) Hour Technical

  
  

  1:00 p.m. – 1:50 p.m. - Innovation and Vision: Past, Present & Future
  

  Nick Veliz, ABOC - One (1) Hour Technical

  
  
  

  *Refreshments & Drinks Provided*

  
  

  Members - $35.00 education included

  Nonmembers - $35.00 + $20.00 per hour

  
  

  *Rates increase $10 one week prior to the event-Early registration is recommended  

  *No Onsite Registrations*

  POF is happy to offer an optician-friendly cancellation policy. If you need to cancel for any reason, POF will give you a 100% credit towards a future event, no explanation needed. Just send us a note confirming you cannot attend & we will credit your account after the event.
  

  (CE Provider #50-1645)

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• POF's West Coast Chapter Education

  • When
    October 26, 2025
  •  
    8:00 AM - 1:30 PM
  • Location
    Bay Area Eye Institute, 3242 Cove Bend Dr. Tampa, FL 33613
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  WEST COAST CHAPTER PRESENTS

  6 HOURS OF CONTINUING EDUCATION

  October 26, 2025

  
  

  Bay Area Eye Institute

  3242 Cove Bend Dr.

  Tampa, FL 33613

  
  

  7:45 a.m. – 8:00 a.m.  - Check In 

  8:00 a.m. – 9:40 a.m.  - Reduction of Medical Errors

  Anna Cox, LDO  - Two (2) Hours Medical Errors

  9:40 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. - Thick or Thin, What Really Matters When It Comes to Lens Thickness

  Professor Laurie Pierce, LDO, ABOM  - One (1) Hour Technical

  10:30 a.m. - 11:20 a.m. - Introduction to Contact Lenses 

  Carole Bratteig, LDO  - One (1) Hour Contact Lens

  11:20 a.m. – 11:50 a.m.  - Lunch Provided
  

  11:50 a.m. - 12:40 p.m. - Art and the Eye 

  Professor Laurie Pierce, LDO, ABOM  - One (1) Hour Technical

  12:40 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. - The Technology & Benefits of Polarized Lenses 

  Candace O'Keefe Culp, ABOC  - One (1) Hour Technical

  *Lunch Provided*
  

  Member Rate - $35.00         

  Standard Rate - $35.00 + $20.00 per hour of education

  
  

  *Rates increase $10 one week prior to the event-Early registration is recommended  

  *No Onsite Registrations*

  POF is happy to offer an optician-friendly cancellation policy. If you need to cancel for any reason, POF will give you a 100% credit towards a future event, no explanation needed. Just send us a note confirming you cannot attend & we will credit your account after the event.

  (CE Provider #50-1645)

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