IACLE EUROPE

IACLE EUROPE NEWSLETTER - OCTOBER 2005

Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) - a great educational tool

Make a difference in CL education through becoming involved in the IACLE MCQ project by submitting five or more multiple choice questions to the databank each year. Members contributing to this databank will also receive a copy of the full databank to aid their teaching through having standardized evaluation mechanisms for their students.

Submitted questions can be within either of the 20 identified categories, but more especially in the categories where there are fewer questions. Click here for further information, including the list of categories and a guideline on how to write multiple-choice questions.

The 2005 submission date is due to close shortly so submit these as soon as possible in order to receive a complimentary copy of the 2005 IACLE MCQ databank.

ECOO/AUESCO Update

IACLE Member Shehzad Naroo reports on the ECOO/AUESCO meeting in Krakow, Poland in May, "looking at a unified approach to optometry qualification in Europe ...' (Naroo, 2005, June 17 No 60006 Vol 229). Click here to access a copy of the report written for Optician Online.

Shehzad Naroo is a FIACLE, IACLE Area Representative, and lecturer at the School of Life and Health Sciences, Aston University. Shehzad is an examiner for the College of Optometrists, the treasurer of the British Society for Refractive Surgery and the editor-in-chief of Contact Lenses and Anterior Eye. For further information or to order this journal online,
visit http://intl.elsevierhealth.com/journals/clae.

Shehzad also visits Pakistan this month, his third of such visits since 2003, where he will meet with IACLE Area Representative and FIACLE Tayyab Afghani (Al-Shifa Trust Eye Hospital). Shehzad is working towards further development of primary eyecare in the region and is instrumental in furthering collaboration between the two universities.

Area Representatives

The cooperation of our members on a local/regional level has been enlisted in growing IACLE's presence in the region. These members are more knowledgeable of their local regulations and the contact lens education climate. IACLE now has Area Representatives in 12 countries within the Europe region, and extend appreciation to the representatives for their
commitment towards raising the standard of contact lens education.

Fellows of IACLE (FIACLEs)

Following new, and recent FIACLE renewals, we are pleased to boast 21 FIACLEs in the Region:

1. Gythe an Grosemans, Bausch & Lomb, Belgium
2. Bezalel Schendowich, Sha'are Zedek Medical Centre, Israel
3. Fabrizio Zeri, Istituto Superiore di Scienze Optemetriche, Italy
4. Pietro Gheller, Istituto "B.Zaccagnini", Italy
5. Jose Gonzalez-Meijome, University of Minho, Portugal
6. Javier Gonzalez-Cavada, Escuela Universitaria de Optica, Spain
7. Gloria Rueda-Ordax, Escuela Universitaria de Optica, Spain
8. Maria Jesus Gonzalez-Garcia, IOBA, Spain
9. Andres Martinez Vargas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
10. Javier Gonzalez-Perez, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Spain
11. Montse Auge, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Spain
12. Juan Carlos Ondategui Parra, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya,
Spain
13. Carmen Seres, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Spain
14. David Thomas Austin, Anglia Polytechnic University, United Kingdom
15. Robert Conway, Anglia Polytechnic University, United Kingdom
16. Shehzad Naroo, Aston University, United Kingdom
17. Christine Purslow, Aston University, United Kingdom
18. James Wolffsohn, Aston University, United Kingdom
19. Ron Loveridge, Ciba Vision, United Kingdom
20. Judith Morris, The Institute of Optometry, United Kingdom
21. Nathan Efron, UMIST, United Kingdom

Click here for further information on FIACLEs, or contact your nearest IACLE office.

IACLE Welcomes New Member:

- Ann Van Kets, Syntra-AB, Belgium
- Cesar Villa Collar, Clinica Novovision, Spain
We are also pleased to announce the establishment of a new Resource Center at Policlinica Universitaria (Spain), coordinated by Javier Gonzalez Cavada.

CL Educational Meetings

Click here for a listing on international contact lens related meetings.

Please also see IACLE Europe webpage for the IACLE 2005 BCLA Meeting update and a picture of the wonderful IACLE Europe members attending the meeting and making a difference to CL Education.

Any news items, questions or feedback can be sent to any member of the IACLE Europe Regional Council or the IACLE Secretariat.

Contact details are as follows:
IACLE Europe President, Judith Morris
IACLE Europe Vice President, Eef van der Worp
IACLE Europe Secretary, Bernard Barthelemy
IACLE Secretariat

IACLE would like to thank the industry sponsors who support global contact lens education
CIBA Vision
Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.
Bausch & Lomb
AMO
Ocular Sciences Inc. A CooperVision Co.
Alcon Laboratories
CooperVision
Menicon Europe

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