2025 Optometry Online Continuing Education Course Listing
The Ohio State University College of Optometry's 2025 library of online continuing education is now live. Thank you for your continued support of the College of Optometry.
Once successfully enrolled for one of our asynchronous online lectures, you have 30 days to complete the course. To receive Council on Optometric Practitioner Education (COPE) Accredited CE credit, a short quiz must be completed at the end of these non-live lectures (online) to verify attendance.
Adult-Onset Strabismus Diagnosis and Management
This evidence-based course reviews the most common causes of new strabismus in adults and how to formulate a differential diagnosis. It will also cover relevant clinical testing and treatment options. A case presentation at the end will offer an opportunity to apply new concepts.
Instructor: Curt Fritts-Davis, OD, MS
1 credit
$40 enrollment fee
Compliance, Hygiene, and Complications: Oh My! How to Keep Contact Lens Bugs at Bay
This lecture will discuss evidence-based clinical practices and recommendations that minimize infectious and inflammatory contact lens-associated complications. The discussion will include disinfection and cleaning systems, storage cases, and lens accessories for both soft and hard contact lenses. This lecture will briefly review some of the most common contact lens-associated complications associated with poor lens care. Finally, we will cover recommendations for handling and storage of multi-patient use diagnostic contact lenses.
Instructor: Kelsy Steele, OD, MS, FAAO
1 credit
$40 enrollment fee
Diagnosis and Management of Uveitis for the Optometrist
Uveitis is a significant cause of blindness globally, and can have significant underlying systemic associations. This course will focus on the classification, management, and clinical findings affiliated with uveitis, with a specific focus on anterior uveitis.
Instructor: Zachary A. Coates, OD, MS, DiploABO, FAAO
1 credit
$40 enrollment fee
Ocular Effects of Nutrition and Exercise
This course will review how oxidative stress manifests in the eyes as ocular disease. It will review the nutrients that are essential in combating oxidative stress and how they primarily can be obtained through diet. It will touch on the role of supplements, their indications, and the types of supplements on the market. Lastly, the early research findings on the benefits of exercise on the eye will be discussed.
Instructor: Jocelyn Daniel, OD, FAAO
1 credit
$40 enrollment fee
Stress Management: The Role of Biomechanics in Ocular Disease
This course will explore how ocular biomechanics can be used in the clinic to detect and to follow glaucoma and keratoconus.
Instructor: Phillip Yuhas, OD, PhD, FAAO
2 credits
$80 enrollment fee
Update on Topical Glaucoma Medications
This course will provide an update on newly approved topical medications for the treatment of glaucoma and ocular hypertension. Emphasis will be placed on each drug’s indications, contra-indications, adverse effects, efficacy, and cost.
Instructor: Phillip Yuhas, OD, PhD, FAAO
2 credits
$80 enrollment fee
Visual Fields and Falls
In low vision rehabilitation, visual field measurement outside of standards automated perimetry protocols can provide valuable data about a patient’s condition. This knowledge can help inform decisions about safe travel as well as fall risk. This presentation covers principles of semi-automated kinetic perimetry, case examples of patients with complex visual field considerations, and a basic review of falls prevention from a visual standpoint.
Instructor: Rebecca A. Deffler, OD, MS, FAAO
1 credit
$40 enrollment fee