Online Continuing Education Courses for ODs

      The continuing education courses presented by the IU School of Optometry offer a wide range of educational opportunities for optometrists and are designed to help practitioners fulfill their requirements for license renewal. Optometrists seeking credits for licensure should check with their state boards for number of online CE credits allowed. The Council on Optometric Practitioner Education (COPE) Website houses a collection of CE requirements for all state regulatory boards in the US.
      Feel free to browse the contents of the courses with no obligation. In order to receive CE credit for an online course, please complete the registration and payment information and the certification examination. Upon receipt of your registration, payment, and exam responses (online or written), we will mail to you a certificate with the number of CE credit hours received. Instructions regarding registration, fee, and examination submission can be found on the certification section of each course. We normally mail certificates within a day of receiving registration and payment. No refunds will be made for online courses once the certificates have been mailed.
      We hope you find these courses informative, useful, and convenient. We appreciate any feedback you may have about the online courses.
      Attention Indiana-licensed optometrists: The number of IOB continuing education hours required per licensure period is 20. Optometrists maintaining a legend drug certificate must obtain 20 IOB hours and an additional 20 therapeutics/pharmacology (formerly OLDPAC) hours for a total of 40 hours every 2 years. Therapeutics COPE categories are AS, GL, NO, PD, PH, PO, PS, RS, and SD. All categories (including the therapeutics categories) EXCEPT the practice maintenance type courses PM and EJ are acceptable toward IOB credits.

Attention Illinois-licensed optometrists: As per Illinois Board of Optometry guidelines, all licensed optometrists must follow these guidelines: When submitting an online education exam, please print a hard copy, fill in the appropriate answers and sign and date the bottom of the exam. Mail to Online CE, Indiana University – Bloomington, School of Optometry, 800 E. Atwater, Rm 525, Bloomington, IN 47405. You may use up to 4 hours of verified self- instruction to meet the requirements for regular (not tested) CE.

The Indiana Optometry Board accepts accepts a total of 8 self-study CE hours. These 8 hours can be therapeutic or non-therapeutic in any combination totaling 8 hours. Also, NO (neuro) courses no longer count as therapeutic. (In other states, please check with your state board for specific requirements.)

COURSES

Anterior Segment Manifestations of Ocular Herpes Simplex Infection : Diagnosis and Management
Author: Brad M. Sutton, OD, FAAO
COPE #30344-AS (Exp 12/1/2014)
CE credit: 1 hour Course description Cost: $30
Anterior Uveitis in the Primary Care Setting
Author: Julie K. Torbit, OD, FAAO
COPE #35397-AS (Exp 8/10/2015)
CE credit: 1 hour Course description Cost: $30
Caring for the Plaquenil Patient
Author: Julie K. Torbit, OD, FAAO
COPE #30739-SD (Exp 04/01/2014)
CE credit: 1 hour Course description Cost: $30
Diagnosing and Managing Ocular Allergies
Author: Julie K. Torbit, OD, FAAO
COPE #30314-AS (Exp 12/1/2013)
CE credit: 1 hour Course description Cost: $30
Don't Let Swollen Optic Nerves Make You Nervous
Author: Bradley Sutton, OD, FAAO
COPE #31552-NO (Exp 4/1/2014)
CE credit: 2 hour Course description Cost: $60
  Five Layers - A Thousand Mysteries
Author: Khashayar Tonekaboni, OD
COPE #37403-AS (Exp 3/26/2016)
CE credit: 2 hour Course description Cost: $60
Glaucoma - Making the Diagnosis
Author: Victor E. Malinovsky, OD, FAAO and Jane Ann Grogg, OD, FAAO
COPE #30473-GL (Exp 12/01/2014)
CE credit: 3 hour Course description Cost: $90
Overview of Non-Diabetic Retinal Vascular Disease
Author: Brad M. Sutton, OD, FAAO
COPE #30437-PS (Exp 12/1/2014)
CE credit: 2 hour Course description Cost: $60
Sleep Apnea and the Eye
Author: Brad M. Sutton, OD, FAAO
COPE #33587-SD (Exp 12/1/2014)
CE credit: 1 hour Course description Cost: $30

Questions about online CE? Contact Cheryl Oldfield at the IU School of Optometry.