| Friday, 10:00am - 12:00pm [see other Friday courses] |
 OD Education
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Category: GO |
A task-analysis approach is used to
determine the pertinent visual skills utilized
in sports. Rationale and research results are
presented to support testing of specific
sports vision performance skills, and normative
data for athletes is provided. Strategies are
discussed for organizing a comprehensive
evaluation for athletes competing in any sport
or position. Strategies to build sports vision
services into an optometric practice are
discussed. Successful communication tools
for developing this specialty service are
highlighted with an emphasis on patient and
community education. Strategies for providing
sports vision services to athletic teams are
presented.
COPE Approval Pending
| Optometry's Meeting® is the official annual meeting of the American Optometric Association and the American Optometric Student Association. | |
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