History 70's & 80's | History 90's | History year 2000+ | Achievements, Acknowledgements & more
Achievemens & Acknowledgements
AOCLE Achievements
- 1983
- Debut of workshops to enhance CL educational exchanges Bank of CL-related exam questions created and distributed to schools (Berkeley) 1985 Contribution o f numerous slides from many schools to the creation of a video Disc
- 1991
- Development of Soft Contact Lens Fitting videocassette IACLE and AOCLE representatives at respective annual workshops to enhance CL education globally
- 1992
- Case and slide compendium produced and given to each school for CL teaching support Debut of biannual AOCLE Newsletter
- 1994
- Participation at the 1st World Congress on CL Education (Waterloo)
- 1996
- Article compendium (a diskette of frequently-referenced CL-related articles) (Chicago) CL faculty Development grant Program E-mail listing appears in AOCLE Newsletter
- 1997
- AOCLE Information pamphlet
- 1998
- Creation of Computer-based patient simulations on CDROM (Memphis)
- 1999
- AOCLE Website (www.aocle.org)
- 2000
- Participation at the 2nd World Congress on CL Education (Waterloo)
- 2001
- AOCLE Living Library
- 2002
- Electronic format of the AOCLE Newsletter Soft Toric Fitting CD
- 2003
- Establishment of the George Mertz New Educator Travel Award
- 2006
- AOCLE CL Clinical Pocket Guide (Montreal)
- 2007
- Establishment of the Lester E. Janoff Memorial Award
- 2008
- AOCLE CL Pocket Guide (2nd ed)
- 2009
- Establishment of the Lifetime Achievement Award
- 2010
- AOCLE CL Wear Healthy Habits Poster
- AOCLE CL Clinical Pocket Guide (3rd ed)
| Past Workshop Locations and Themes | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1983 |
UC Berkeley | Demonstrating & Teaching CL Related Research |
| 1984 | NEWENCO | Teaching Methodologies, CL Curriculum |
| 1985 | Ferris State | Computer Use in Education |
| 1986 | Pacific | Innovative Concepts in CL Education, Research Review |
| 1987 | Houston | Computer Applications, PMP & Clinical Simulations, Research Techniques |
| 1988 | Indiana | Ocular Microbiology Techniques, Statistics,Video Taping of CL Fitting |
| 1989 | PCO | Clinical Assessment Techniques, Procedures in Diagnosis and Management |
| 1990 | UAB | Research Techniques, Computer Support Systems, Writing for Publication |
| 1991 | UMSL | Audio-Visual Aids, Development of Soft Lens Video Tapes |
| 1992 | TOSU | Clinical Teaching Methods, Student Evaluations, Teaching Specialty Lenses |
| 1993 | Montreal | Interactive Video, Specular Microscopy, Tear Analysis |
| 1994 | Waterloo | Interactive Educational Media, Computer Communications, Imaging & Teaching Tools |
| 1995 | SCCO | Teaching Clinical Problem Solving, Providing Effective Supervision to Students |
| 1996 | NSU | Therapeutic and Refractive Lasers, Theory and Hands-on Workshop |
| 1997 | ICO | Teaching Clinical Concepts in a Didactic Setting |
| 1998 | SCO | Enhanced Development of Multiple-Choice Examinations |
| 1999 | NOVA | Web Page Design and Distance Learning Course Design |
| 2000 | Waterloo | Advances in Technology for Clinical and Didactic Education |
| 2001 | Inter-American | Computer-Assisted Teaching Tools |
| 2002 | SUNY | Residency Based Training |
| 2003 | Pacific | Specialty CL design and Leadership Skills Development |
| 2004 | SCCO | StrengthFinders, Prosthetic Eye Laboratory, Definition of Entry Level CL Curriculum |
| 2005 | MCO | Lifelong Learning Through Interactive Technologies |
| 2006 | Montreal | Aberrometry, eLearning, Immersive Reality and Virtuality, Building Relationships |
| 2007 | Berkeley | Case report writing |
| 2008 | NECO | Mentorship in an optometric setting |
| 2009 | Houston | Today's Technology in Teaching for the Contact Lens Educator |
| 2010 | UAB | Fitting Large Diameter and Hybrid Gas Permeable Lenses |
| 2011 | PCO-Salus | Cornea, Cornea, Cornea |
Acknowledgements
We are indebted to Dr. Les Caplan for the completeness of the AOCLE history
during the earlier years (1974-1998) which was reported at the AOCLE business meeting in 1997 and printed in part in the AOCLE Newsletter (1997-1998).
Prepared by E. Bitton (Montreal) and L. Caplan (Consultant)
(Updated March 2008)
| Year | Chair | Vice-Chair | Secretary | Treasurer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974-76 | Maury Poster | Mort Sarver | ||
| 1976-78 | Mort Sarver | Jerry Lowther | ||
| 1978-80 | Jerry Lowther | Woody Kolb | Jim Paramore | |
| 1980-82 | Woody Kolb | Jim Paramore | Sarita Soni | |
| 1982-84 | Jim Paramore | Sarita Soni | Gary Andrasko | |
| 1984-86 | Marc Piccolo | Jan Jurkus | Les Caplan | |
| 1986-88 | Ed Bennett | Roger Boltz | Les Caplan | |
| 1988-90 | Tim Edrington | Joel Silbert | Gina Sorbara | Les Caplan |
| 1990-92 | Joel Silbert | Chris Snyder | Jan Jurkus | Les Caplan |
| 1992-94 | Chris Snyder | Jan Jurkus | Lisa Badowski | Les Caplan |
| 1994-96 | Jan Jurkus | Lisa Badowski | Harry House | Les Caplan |
| 1996-98 | Lisa Badowski | Harry House | Julie Schornack | Ron Watanabe |
| 1998- 2000 | Julie Schornack | Gary Gunderson | Neil Pence | Ron Watanabe |
| 2000-02 | Gary Gunderson | Neil Pence | Jenny Smythe | Ron Watanabe |
| 2002-04 | Neil Pence | Jenny Smythe | Etty Bitton | Ron Watanabe |
| 2004-06 | Jenny Smythe | Ron Watanabe | Etty Bitton | Corzine / Watanabe |
| 2006-08 | Ron Watanabe | Etty Bitton | Vinita Henry | John Corzine |
| 2008-10 | Etty Bitton | Vinita Henry | Bruce Morgan | John Corzine |
| 2010-12 | Vinita Henry | Bruce Morgan | Judy Perrigin | John Corzine |
| AOCLE Sponsorship | ||
|---|---|---|
| Over 30 years | < 10 years | New sponsors for 2010 |
| Bausch & Lomb | X-Cel Contacts | Acculens |
| American Hydron | Essilor Contacts | |
| Barnes-Hind | Truform Optics | |
| Ocular Sciences | ||
| 15 to 30 years | Menicon | |
| Ciba Vision | Sola/Barnes-Hind | |
| Alcon |
Specialty Ultravision | |
| Cooper Vision |
Pilkington Barnes-Hind | |
| Allergan/AMO |
Concise | |
| Vistakon | Synergeyes | |
| American Optical | ||
| 10 to 15 years | Dow Corning | |
| Paragon | Fisons | |
| Wesley-Jessen | Teague Training Group | |
| Polymer Technology | Syntex | |
| Sunsoft | Advance Vision Research | |
| CTL Labs | ||
| RGPLI | ||
| Summit Technology | ||
| Art Optical | ||
| Lens Dynamics | ||
| Contamac | ||
| CLMA | ||