COS2025: STCs and SAPs in Vancouver
✅Looking to enhance your COS Annual Meeting and Exhibition experience?
✅Seeking Royal College MOC Section 3 credits?
Participate in a Surgical Skills Transfer Course or a Self-Assessment Program!
Surgical Skills Transfer Courses (STCs)
STC Programs involve hands-on wet labs or interactive workshops developed and led by physicians, providing valuable instruction, demonstrations, discussions, and simulations of surgical, diagnostic, and management techniques.
The STCs serve as an excellent platform for trainees, residents, and practicing ophthalmologists to refine their surgical skills. Through personalized one-on-one training led by expert physicians in their specific fields, participants gain the expertise to seamlessly incorporate new treatments into their professional practices.
✅STCs are accredited for Royal College MOC Section 3 credits.
Cataract
Manual Small Incision Cataract Surgery (MSICS) for Global Ophthalmology Work
Friday, June 20
4:00-5:45pm PT
*for residents only
Manual Small Incision Cataract Surgery (MSICS) for Global Ophthalmology Work
Friday, June 20
1:45-3:30pm PT
*for practicing ophthalmologists
Rings and Things – Capsular Tension Rings, Segments and Hooks
Saturday, June 21
1:45-3:30pm PT
Cornea
Advanced Anterior Segment Skills for the Comprehensive Ophthalmologist
Saturday, June 21
11:00am-12:45pm PT
Glaucoma
Minimally Invasive Glaucoma Surgery (MIGS)
Friday, June 20
11:00am-12:45pm PT
Oculoplastics
Oculofacial Plastic Surgery: Foundational Anatomy and Techniques
Saturday, June 21
4:00-5:45pm PT
Neuro-ophthalmology
Botox injections for chronic migraine: The PREEMPT Protocol
Sunday, June 22
11:00am-12:45pm PT
Additional Cost: $250 each (*$150 for MSICS Residents specific session)
Advanced registration is required.
Self-Assessment Programs (SAPs)
SAPs serve as instruments to evaluate specific aspects of knowledge or practice, pinpoint areas for improvement, and bolster competence through supplementary learning.
✅SAPs are accredited for Royal College MOC Section 3 credits.
CAPHGO
“Building blocks” for outreach eye care – Translating models in Eye Care Delivery
Friday, June 20
11:15am–12:45pm PT
The “Sustainable Eye Care ToolKit”: Environmental Guidelines for Eye Care Delivery
Friday, June 20
2:00-3:30pm PT
Ergonomics
Ergonomics: Doesn’t Hurt To Think About It, But It May Hurt Not To!
Saturday, June 21
11:15am-12:45pm PT
Neuro-ophthalmology
Urgent Neuro-Ophthalmology: Case-based clinical approach
Saturday, June 21
2:00-3:30pm PT
Ocular Oncology
Advancements in Ocular Oncology
Saturday, June 21
4:15-5:45pm PT
Refractive Surgery
Candidacy for Refractive Surgery Treatments, Topography-Guided LASIK and Management of Refractive Surgery Complications
Sunday, June 22
11:15am-12:45pm PT
Additional Cost: $50 each. Advanced registration is required.
Register for the COS Annual Meeting and Exhibition, as well as an STC or SAP here.
