AOA intro to Top Posters Presentation

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Dominick Maino, OD, MEd, FAAO, FCOVD‐A
Moderator
Featuring the Best of AOA's 2017 Poster Presentations
Current Research that You Should Incorporate
into Your Mode of Practice Now!
Current Clinical Case Reports and Research
You Should Incorporate into your Mode of
Practice Now!
Dominick M. Maino, OD, MEd, FAAO, FCOVD‐A, Moderator
This fast‐paced, dynamic, interactive course features the latest in clinical care as presented in
the AOA's 2017 Poster Session in a course format. This timely, clinically relevant course
presents the AOA's Best of 2017, as chosen by the content experts/peer reviewers of the AOA
Poster Abstract Review Committee. Five of your colleagues present the latest in contact lenses,
primary care, ocular disease, pediatrics, binocular vision, Public Health and more. This course
provides the evidence based clinical practice tools necessary to maintain your high‐quality
mode of practice. During the 2016 course presentation an almost standing room only crowd
was present!
Current Clinical Case Reports and Research You Should Incorporate
into your Mode of Practice Now!
Abstract Review Committee
Dominick M. Maino, OD, MEd, FAAO, FCOVD‐A, Chair
Luanne Chubb, Elizabeth Wyles, William H.
McAlister, Sunny Sanders, Sarah B Hinkley,
Aurora Denial, Christine Allison

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Cochrane Reviews
http://www.cochrane.org/
… a global independent network of
researchers, professionals,
patients, carers, and people
interested in health…
Cotter SA, Cyert LA, Miller JM, Quinn GE; National Expert
Panel to the National Center for Children’s Vision and Eye
Health. Vision screening for children 36 to <72 months:
recommended practices. Optom Vis Sci. 2015 Jan;92(1):6‐
16.
Clinician’s View of Researchers

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Researcher’s view of Clinicians
Current Clinical Case Reports and Research You Should Incorporate
into your Mode of Practice Now!
E‐Posters New!
Accept/Reject
How it happens…
How to get your posters accepted!
Reasons for non‐acceptance:
Did not follow instructions
Data does not support conclusions
>>>Not unique<<<

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Poster Session
Please submit Case reports, Case series, Clinical research, etc. in all areas
of optometry for 2018 when the call for abstracts goes out!
Informational Posters Accepted (These also need to be well done and
cannot be a sales pitch for a particular product or service)
The committee judged these posters to be notable and worthy to be
highlighted in this fashion
Questions welcome at the end of today’s presentations
Current Clinical Case Reports and Research You Should Incorporate into your
Mode of Practice Now!
Presentation #1
Thomas G. Urosevich: Concussive effects (mTBI) in veterans from the Iraq and
Afghanistan conflict era in relation to other physical and psychological health
problems.
Presentation #2
Shi‐Ming Li: Prevalence, Incidence, Progression and Risk Factors for Myopia and
High Myopia among Children in Central China: the Anyang Childhood Eye Study
Current Clinical Case Reports and Research You Should Incorporate into your
Mode of Practice Now!
Presentation #3
Katrina Hrubiec: Corneal edema secondary to Amantidine
Presentation #4
Roya Attar: Management Options for Central Serous Retinopathy
Presentation #5
Justin Paul Kozloski: Low Vision Rehabilitation and management of Choroideremia

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Questions
Roya Attar:Management Options for Central Serous Retinopathy
1) What are the characteristic OCT findings of CSR
2) What are some of the risk factors for CSR
3) Does stress causes CSR?
Justin Paul Kozloski: Low Vision Rehabilitation and management of Choroideremia
1. Have you come across any research that supports your major claim that use of electronic magnifiers helps to
improve emotional well‐being?
2. What information should I take from this lecture?
3. What else can be done directly by the optometrist to decrease depression besides simply referring to
counseling and support groups?
4. In the low vision device evaluation process, would you still evaluate traditional optical magnifiers for a
patient similar to this case?