Contact lenses can be a challenge for novice wearers. However, even long-time contact wearers pick up bad habits with care and use from time to time.
The Contact Lens Institute (CLI) has produced a series of short videos to help eyecare professionals teach and promote best practices.
The first eight videos in CLI’s “Make It EASY” video series are available online. The videos highlight safe and healthy contact wear with an emphasis on cleaning, replacement and trusting the professionals. All have a runtime between 1-2 minutes.
Each video features an example of an exam room conversation with a Doctor of Optometry. Most were filmed from the perspective of a doctor speaking directly to a patient. However, one video provides a demonstration, one features doctor/client interaction, and one effectively uses the people at LEGO to educate.
The series’ contributing physicians include:
- Nathan Bonilla-Warford, OD, Bright Eyes Family Vision Care, Tampa, Florida
- Melanie Denton, OD, Salisbury Eyecare and Eyewear, Salisbury, NC
- Klaus Ito, OD, University of Virginia Department of Ophthalmology, Charlottesville, VA
- Essence Johnson, DO, Parkland Hospital, Dallas
- Elise Kramer, OD, Miami Contact Lens Institute, Miami
- Jennifer Lyerly, DO, TrueVision Eye Care, Raleigh, NC
- Caitlin Morrison, OD, In Focus: Specialty Contact Lenses and Vision Solutions, Scottsdale, AR
- Mark Schaeffer, DO, MyEyeDr, Birmingham, AL
“Eyecare professionals are routinely pressed for time when interacting with patients, and many are interested in finding ways to fit into a conversation about contact lens wear and care,” said the Chairman of the Board of the Contact Lens Institute, Bill Reindel, OD, MS, in a recent press release. “Our new ‘Make It EASY’ videos illustrate several simple and effective ways to put wearing and care tips into practice – examples that can be adopted and adapted to meet the needs of every office and wearer.”
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The videos are the latest resources from CLI’s The EASY Way (Eyes, Awareness, Safety and You) program. CLI markets the program as a tool “that helps the eye care community promote healthy contact lens wear and care habits among patients in an informative, memorable, and simple way.”
The main tenants of the program are: 1) Think Clean. 2) Remember that fresher is better. 3) Trust your eye doctor. You can find out more about the program online.
Make it easy with Jennifer Lyerly, OD
Make it easy with Mark Schaeffer, OD
Make it easy with Essence Johnson, OD
Make it easy with Nathan Bonilla-Warford, OD
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