The Optometric Guidelines for Independent Continuing Education are now in draft format and published for comments. According to the document, the purpose is to establish voluntary guidelines for the profession to help ensure the independence of accredited optometric continuing education. Voluntary self-regulation and adherence to the guidelines by the entire optometric community is essential in order to create a culture of scientifically sound and commercially unbiased optometric education.
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