Continuing Education
ABO and NCLE do not sponsor or provide continuing education. To meet your requirements for continuing education, the following providers do offer continuing education programs. This is only a partial listing of the many organizations and companies that provide ABO and NCLE approved continuing education.
Why Do I Need Continuing Education?
Continuing education contributes to your professional growth as an optician or contact lens technician. You will benefit by keeping pace with new technology, products and ideas. Take a few minutes to take a personal inventory of your strengths and weaknesses and then select your continuing education to fit your particular needs. If you need help finding continuing education courses for your professional growth and for fulfilling your recertification requirements, try the following suggestions:
- Contact your state society. (See Key Provider List.)
- Check the calendar of events in trade magazines and newsletters for educational meetings.
- Watch for notices of trade shows and conventions where education is offered.
- Ask colleagues at work for suggestions.
- Contact sales representatives of vendors and manufacturers; many offer courses to small groups.
- Enroll in a homestudy course. (See Key Provider List.)
KEEP IN MIND: Planning ahead for your continuing education enables you to choose more appropriate courses and also to control your expenses more effectively. ABO and NCLE approve courses for recertification credit; they do not provide courses. If you are in doubt whether or not a meeting is approved, please call ABO/NCLE, (800) 296-1379, to verify the approval status of the meeting before attending.