IACLE INDIA

January 2005

IACLE welcomes Mr.Vivek Mendosa (Lawrence and Mayo) and Mr.Kalaiyarasan (Aravind Eye Hospital) as IACLE Members. The membership became active in January 2005.

PRODUCT INFORMATION DAYS

IACLE would like to propose the following pattern to be followed in the forthcoming Product Information Days wherever possible:

The session can be divided into lectures and workshop. The first half of the session is spent on delivering lectures. The second half of the sessions is dedicated to hands-on workshops. The students who receive free trial lenses will be fitted in this session with CL. It would be useful if the Industry could go through the entire procedure of lens fitting including:

1. Ocular examination
   
2. Refraction of patient
   
3. Trial lens selection
   
4. CL fitting and evaluation
   
5. CL insertion and removal
   
6. Dispensing and after care

This would also help us track how many students actually continue to wear lenses after been given a free pair.

A section of Industry could also deal with the care and maintenance aspect. The students could be rotated between the different stations.

IACLE would also like to get your feedback on the idea of giving students a questionnaire pre and post session in order to evaluate the knowledge they have gained through program. We are aware that all this would require more time and we therefore encourage schools to allot a full day towards conducting Product Information Days.

All your feedbacks on the above suggestions are welcome.

No IACLE Product Information Days were held in the month of January 2005.

Tentative dates for IACLE Product Information Days have been scheduled for
the following resource centers:

1. Venu Eye Institute, New Delhi : Postponed
   
2. Elite School of Optometry, Chennai : 21st April 2005
   
3. Lotus College of Optometry, Mumbai : 20th May 2005
   
4. Dr.Shroff’s Charity Eye Hospital, New Delhi : TBA
   
5. Government Medical College, Chandigarh : 21st October 2005
   
6. Municipal Eye Hospital, Mumbai : TBA
   
7. PostGrad Institute of Medical Sciences, Chandigarh : TBA

STE :

The IACLE Student Trial Exam is confirmed to be held at the following resource centers:

1. SNDT : 25th March 2005
   
2. Sri Sankaradeva Nethralaya : 26th March 2005
   
3. College of Optometry & Ophthalmic Sciences, Nasik : 12th April 2005
   
4. Elite School of Optometry : 21st April 2005
   
5. AIIMS : 24th May 2005
   
6. Lotus College of Optometry : 24th May 2005
   
7. Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed College of Optometry : June 2005 (date to be confirmed by RC)
   
8. Municipal Eye Hospital : TBA
   
9. L.V Prasad Eye Institute : TBA
   
10. Bangalore West Lions Hospital : TBA

We request the resource co-ordinators who have not submitted their filled in STE registration form to submit to us at earliest.

EDUCATOR MEETING

An IACLE educator meeting is scheduled to be held on the 27th & 28th of March at Bharati Vidyapeet, Pune. IACLE invites all its members to attend the meeting.

The agenda for the IACLE meeting, which will run until noon on the 28th, shall be circulated shortly. The post lunch session on the 28th March will be run by IASCO, in conjunction with the IACLE educators’ meet.

We request all institutes to sponsor their contact lens educator(s) to attend the meeting. If support is required, we request that you contact our office and we will work with you to determine how we can subsidize travel and accommodation expenses for full members.

We also request our members to inform us of any new optometry schools that have emerged in the last year. We would like to invite all new and emerging schools to the meeting so that they are informed of IACLE and its projects.

INTERNET DISCUSSION GROUP

The discussion topic was posted in the month of December 2004 on “CL market in India” and we have received some good comments regarding the discussion topic. A summary of all the comments was circulated. IACLE hopes that this was a good exchange of ideas and information to all educators.

We have now posted our views regarding product information days and we hope to have a healthy discussion on the same. I look forward to your suggestions and comments on the topic please.

FIACLE:
We hereby inform the candidates who are successful in the IACLE Accreditation Exam to apply for their Fellow of IACLE (FIACLE) status. We have been sending repeated emails regarding the submission of the FIACLE form. Please note that once we receive the filled in FIACLE application form, it will be helpful to process your FIACLE status, so we request all the successful candidates to submit FIACLE application forms at the earliest.

Please download the FIACLE application form, please go to below link:
http://www.iacle.org/education_page/programs/fellows_of_iacle.asp

We would like to encourage members to send in your comments and suggestions
regarding this newsletter.

WEBSITE INFORMATION

SILICONE HYDROGEL WEBSITE
http://www.siliconehydrogels.org/

Featured Topics:
The Use of Silicone Hydrogels Around the World
The Basis for Corneal Shape Change During Contact Lens Wear
In-Eye Lubricants and their effect on comfort with silicone hydrogel and conventional hydrogel lens wear
Silicone Hydrogels - Where did we get to?

RGPLI WEBSITE AND ONLINE MONTHLY SYMPOSIUM
http://www.rgpli.org/

Next Online Monthly Symposium is February 8, 2005
Topic: GP Toric Applications in High Astigmatism With Joel Silbert, OD

The RGPLI, in association with The Contact Lens Manufacturers Association, hosts monthly live online symposium sessions in which contact lens fitters can communicate with industry experts. The symposia are held the second Tuesday of each month at 9 PM Eastern Time. The first hour of discussion is limited to the month's topic; attendees may ask any GP lens-related question during the remaining 30 minutes. This live session is a unique opportunity to enter into discussions with practitioners and fitters that you may not have access to otherwise. We encourage all IACLE members to join the dialog. Click on http://www.rgpli.org/chat.htm for more information.

CONTACT LENS SPECTRUM - JANUARY 2005 ISSUE
http://www.clspectrum.com/

Featured Topics:
2004 Annual Report
Claims and Outcomes of Safer, More Comfortable Contact Lens Materials
Reassessing Toric Soft Lens Fitting
International Contact Lens Prescribing 2004

OPTOMETRIC MANAGEMENT - DECEMBER 2004 ISSUE
http://www.optometric.com/
Featured Topics:
Practice Excellence in Two Clicks of a Mouse
Identify the Right Lens for the Right Lifestyle
It's Irresponsible Not to Educate Patients

REVIEW OF OPTOMETRY ONLINE - JANUARY 2005 ISSUE
http://www.revoptom.com/

Featured Topics:
Is Optometry Abandoning Its Roots?
GP Lenses Can Slow Myopia in Children
Lead, Follow, Or Get Out of the Way
The Silicone Hydrogel Question

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That’s all for this month.

IACLE India Region
Lakshmi Shinde, Asia-Pacific Co-ordinator, IACLE India
#21, 14th Cross AECS Layout, Sanjay Nagar, Banglore 560094
Ph: 080- 23416348, Fax: 080- 23513449

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 Science Inc.
Alcon Laboratories
CooperVision Inc.
Menicon Europe

Please visit the IACLE India webpage

IACLE India welcomes Mr.Pancham Kulkarni, Ms.Amudha Oli, Ms.Rashmi Mahajan, Mr.Vinod Kumar Aurora, Dr. Arun Kumar Jain and Ms.Ruby Kala as new of IACLE members.

Previous News & Views - 2004 - English

December 2004 Accreditation Exam Results Release:

November 2004 PRODUCT INFORMATION DAYS

August 2004 Tentative dates for IACLE Product Information Days have been scheduled for the following resource centers:

July 2004 Tentative dates for Product Information Days have been scheduled for the following resource centers:

June 2004 A Product Information Day was held at Lotus College of Optometry on 7th May with Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Bausch & Lomb and CIBA Vision participating.

May 2004 PRODUCT INFORMATION DAYS

April 2004 A Product Information Day was held at Elite School of Optometry, Chennai on 17th April 2004. Mr.Fazal from Bausch & Lomb and Mr.Arun Peter from Johnson & Johnson attended the program.

March 2004 A Product Information Day was held at Venu Eye Institute, New Delhi on 2nd March 2004. B&L attended the program to give a talk on their CL products and to distribute their company pamphlets to the students.

February 2004 I request all our members to join me in welcoming Mr.Sanjeev Singh our new IACLE member. Mr.Sanjeev Singh has joined us as an Associate educator member and is associated with Ruby Hall Clinic in Pune, India > download - Feb 2004

PRODUCT INFORMATION DAY - January 2004 An IACLE “Product Information Day” was held at Sri Ganapati Netralaya on 22nd January 2004. B&L, was the only sponsor who attended the Product Information Day. Lakshmi, IACLE National Co-ordinator, attended the program & gave a talk on SCL Fitting & Toric SCL Fitting. This wasfollowed by the talk on CL Products > download - Jan 2004