Please note an important update: the Sunday sessions will now take place in Conference Centre 1/2 (the same as Saturday). This is a change from our planned schedule as the Markham Ballroom has unexpectedly become unavailable. Thank you for your understanding.
7:30 AM - 8:25 AM
Registration & Breakfast
Conference check-in can be done at the registration table in the Markham Ballroom foyer (1st floor) Conference Centre foyer (2nd floor). A buffet breakfast will be available for all registered attendees.
8:30 AM - 8:35 AM
Welcome & Land Acknowledgement
Conference Centre foyer (2nd floor)
8:35 AM - 9:25 AM
Clinical Considerations for Prescribing Oral Antibiotics for Eye Infections
Conference Centre foyer (2nd floor)
Dr. Christina Morettin | COPE ID: 101103-PH (1hr)
As primary care practitioners, optometrists are ideally positioned to diagnose a myriad of ocular diseases, using both topical and oral medications. This course will review the use of oral pharmaceuticals in the treatment of infectious anterior segment eye disease. Topical areas include lid/periorbital infection, MRSA, dry eye disease, herpes simplex and herpes zoster and will be illustrated by interactive case examples.
9:25 AM - 10:15 AM
Clinical Considerations for Prescribing Orals for Viral Eye Infections
Conference Centre foyer (2nd floor)
Dr. Christina Morettin | COPE ID: 101105-PH (1hr)
As primary care practitioners, optometrists are ideally positioned to diagnose a myriad of ocular diseases, using both topical and oral medications. This course will review the use of oral pharmaceuticals in the treatment of viral anterior segment eye infections. Topical areas include lid/periorbital infection, herpes simplex and herpes zoster and will be illustrated by interactive case examples.
10:40 AM - 12:20 PM
Neurologic Dry Eye - What Like it's Hard?
Conference Centre foyer (2nd floor)
Dr. Jacqueline Theis | COPE ID: 99052-NO (2hrs)