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2024 New Graduate Webinar: Grow your contact lens prescribing skills & meet patients’ needs with ACUVUE®

Date: 27/02/2024 (AEDT)

Venue: Webinar Registration - Click on or copy & paste this link into your browser: rb.gy/kt8r7n

Provider: Johnson & Johnson Vision Care

Contact: Alex Koutsokeras, [E] akoutsok@its.jnj.com, [P] +61 427 789 681

Activity Outline

Welcome to the incredible profession of Optometry!

If you'd like to grow your contact lens prescribing skill set to meet your patients’ ever-increasing needs at different stages of life, then this Live Zoom Webinar is for you. At Johnson & Johnson Vision, we are committed to supporting you throughout your career. This event will introduce the ACUVUE® Portfolio of lenses, with a focus on our latest innovations that will give you the best chance of success with your patients in practice.

Speaker: Alex Koutsokeras (B Optom, B Arts (Psych)) is a therapeutically endorsed Optometrist with a psychology background. Prior to joining Johnson & Johnson, Alex spent over 6 years in independent clinical optometric practice providing complex contact lens fitting for corneal ectasias, trauma, dry eye, and myopia control. During that time, Alex was frequently invited to present at industry conferences on the topics of advanced contact lens fitting and dry eye management, and was a founding member of the Early Career Optometrists NSW/ACT.

Learning Objectives

  • Discover how the technology behind ACUVUE® lenses can help your patient’s achieve excellent comfort and vision, especially in the digital age
  • Learn about different types of astigmatic soft contact lens designs currently available, including EYELID STABILISED DESIGN, and the clinical considerations when prescribing them
  • Understand how to apply modern, patient-centric, multifocal contact lens fitting protocols using Johnson & Johnson Vision’s multifocal contact lens technology, PUPIL OPTIMIZED DESIGN

Max CPD hours awarded: 1.5

Session Information

Name
2024 New Graduate Webinar: Grow your contact lens prescribing skills & meet patients’ needs with ACUVUE®
Clinical?
Yes
Interactive?
Yes
Therapeutic?
No
Duration of CPD Session/Module
1
Duration of CPD Session/Module inclusive of Assessment Component
1.5

Acknowledgement of Country

In the spirit of reconciliation Optometry Australia acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.