Contact lens educators have an essential role to play in ensuring students have the theoretical knowledge and practical skills needed to fit contact lenses. But they must also equip these future practitioners to communicate the benefits of contact lenses to patients and how to continue wearing them successfully.
‘Let’s get more lenses on more eyes’ was the take-home message from the IACLE Congress on Contact Lens Education, held in Hyderabad, India, on September 9-10. The congress was timed to precede the 2nd World Congress of Optometry, also in Hyderabad, where IACLE provided the contact lens stream and was closely involved throughout the programme.
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