Optometry's Meeting 2020 was prepared to deliver over 140 continuing education and 60 paraoptometric courses-education that doctors and staff are still seeking. Although details are still in flux, select changes to these key elements include: While the in-person schedule of events for Optometry's Meeting is canceled, the AOA and AOSA recognize the importance of several key elements of the annual meeting that will be reconfigured, including a virtual experience for members to continue their professional development. 'We want to thank everyone for their continued patience, support and partnership during these difficult, unprecedented times as we move through this united together.' 'This is the first time that Optometry's Meeting has been canceled, and while this is the right decision to make for everyone's health, it is heartbreaking,' Dr. Horn, O.D., and AOSA President-elect Alex J. This difficult decision is in keeping with the AOA's commitment to prioritize the health and safety of its members, students, staff, exhibitors and other Optometry's Meeting attendees, notes AOA President Barbara L.

Optometry's Meeting, the annual meeting of both the AOA and American Optometric Student Association (AOSA), was originally scheduled for June 24-28 in National Harbor, Maryland/Washington, D.C., but global spread of the new coronavirus has forced the first-ever cancellation of the profession's premier meeting. Out of an abundance of caution amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the AOA has canceled the in-person portion of Optometry's Meeting ® 2020 with key elements to be reconfigured virtually.

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