Specialty Contact Lenses

Daddi Fadel, DOptom, FSLS, FBCLA, FAAO, FIACLE Clinical Scientist Center for Ocular Research and Education (CORE); Adjunct Associate Professor University of Waterloo Waterloo, Ontario, Canada; Founder European School of Scleral Lenses (EUROSCOLE)

Section 1: Advancing Specialty Contact Lens Practice 1. Definition and Classification of Specialty Contact Lenses

2. Basic Anatomy and Physiology of the Ocular Surface 3. Digital Photography and Videography 4. Technologies for a Specialty Contact Lens Practice 5. Building and Maintaining a Specialty Lens Practice 6. Telehealth and Contact Lens Practice Section 2: Planned Extended Wear 7. Hydrogel and Silicone Hydrogel Contact Lenses for Planned Extended Wear Section 3: Rehabilitative Contact Lenses 8. Irregular Cornea and Keratoconus 9. Customized Soft Contact Lenses 10. Corneal Lenses 11. Scleral Lenses 12. High-Order Aberration Correction 13. Hybrid Contact Lenses 14. Specialty Multifocal Contact Lenses Section 4: Therapeutic Contact Lenses 15. Therapeutic Bandage Contact Lenses 16. Combined Contact Lens and Medical Indications Section 5: Prosthetic and Cosmetic Contact Lenses 17. Prosthetic and Cosmetic Contact Lenses Section 6: Myopia Control 18. Introduction to Myopia 19. Preliminary Myopia Management Evaluation and Follow-up 20. Myopia Management and Treatment Methods: Spectacles, Specialty Contact Lenses, and Environmental Factors Section 7: Ortho-Lenses 21. Ortho-k Lenses Section 8: Pediatric Applications 22. Pediatric Applications 23. Geriatric Applications Section 9: Enhanced Contact Lenses 24. Contact Lens Enhancement Section 10: Smart Contact Lenses 25. Future Applications of Contact Lenses Section 11: Handling and Care 26. In Office Disinfection 27. Care and Handling of Soft Contact Lenses 28. Care and Handling of Rigid Contact Lenses 29. Care and Handling of Hybrid Lenses 30. Contact Lens Case Care