• 3:1 credit for creating and presenting an instruction course on AOC® Core topics for orthoptists and/or orthoptic students (1hour course = 3 credits)

Credits for an instruction course can be used once per renewal cycle

Maximum of 12 credits per renewal cycle for instruction courses

Credits are not awarded to program directors and instructors for teaching within their own program

• 10 credits for publication of a paper in an ophthalmology refereed journal
• 5 credits for a talk/presentation at AOC® approved meetings (core or non-core topic)
• 5 credits to author or as presenter of AOC® approved instructional video
• 5 credits per author for a poster at an AOC® recognized meeting

Note: If a presentation or poster follows the publication it may earn 2 not 5 credits. In combination the same material may earn 12 hours of CE. If the publication follows the presentation or poster the same work will receive 7 not 10 credits.