Annual Technician Course at the Wilmer Eye Institute
Wilmer's 26th Annual Technician Course will take place on Saturday, Oct. 26, 2024, at the Owens Auditorium in the Cancer Research Building of the Johns Hopkins Hospital Medical Campus.
IJCAHPO Group A Credits awarded
Register for the Technician Course here. Questions on the application process can be directed to [email protected].
The deadline to register is Friday, Oct.18, 2024.
Program Agenda
As those of you who have attended our previous courses know, our programs are informal and collegial.
Our speakers aim for open, interactive communication with the audience, so you feel comfortable asking questions.
This year our program consists of 9 speakers with 5.50 IJCAHPO Group A Credits awarded.
Hybrid participation option; participants can choose to attend virtual or in-person
- In-person: Owens Auditorium in the Cancer Research Building of the Johns Hopkins Hospital
- Virtual: A separate email will be sent sooner to the date of the event with Zoom link. Please make sure to provide your email address in the registration form.
Topics include most of the ophthalmic specialties, all aimed at ophthalmic technicians. This is a sample schedule of the program
| Time | Agenda Item |
| 7:45 – 8:00 | REGISTRATION & CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST |
| 8:05 – 8:50 | THE ESSENTIAL ROLE OF THE OPHTHALMIC ASSISTANT IN CATARACT SURGERY EVALUATION – FASIKA WORETA, MD |
| 8:50 – 9:20 | THYROID EYE DISEASE – FATEMEH RAJAII, MD |
| 9:20 – 9:50 | BIOPSY OF THE EYE-FROM THE CORNEA TO THE NERVE – SHAHRIYAR MAJIDI, MD |
| 9:55 – 10:10 | BREAK |
| 10:10 – 10:40 | NEUROPATHOLOGICAL: BRAIN TUMOR – AMANDA HENDERSON, MD |
| 10:40 – 11:10 | SHARPEN YOUR CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS! DOES IT MAKE SENSE? – DONNA VIERHELLER, COT |
| 11:10 – 11:40 | INTRODUCTION TO GOLDMAN VISUAL FIELD – HEATHER CONNORS, BA, COA, CLVT |
| 11:45-12:45 | LUNCH |
| 12:50 - 1:35 | VISUAL PHYSIOLOGY – JENNIFER BASSINGER, COA |
| 1:35 – 2:05 | TECHNICIAN’S ROLE IN REFRACTIVE SURGERY – JOY KELLY, COA |
| 2:05 – 2:20 | BREAK |
| 2:20 – 3:20 | RETINOSCOPY – HISTORY, OPTICS, AND PRACTICAL APPLICATION – DAVID GUYTON, MD |
| 3:20 – 3:30 | COLLECT EVALUATIONS; CEC PAPERWORK AWARDED. |
Tuition
- Wilmer Employees: $125 – use JHU Tuition Remission
- Non-Wilmer Employees: $125
- Full-Time Op. Students: $20
- JHH Employees: $20
- Lecturers: Free
For additional details, please contact [email protected].
