Elective Courses

Below are the names and descriptions of the elective courses offered through OPSIS.

NOTE: Those who enroll in the OPSIS Core Course (15-days) will receive a coupon which can be redeemed for attendance in one of these electives. If you enroll in an elective and have a coupon, please let us know at the time your register.

Current Elective Offerings

Vision and Motor Development

Instructor: Caroline Hurst, BSc, FCOptom

This is a 3-day course which is offered in-person only. It is highly experiential and covers child, human, and visual development. Attendees will understand the primitive reflexes and will leave equipped with observational tools as well as activities to promote the full use of the primitive reflexes, when life demands require them, to perform activities in life. Having this knowledge will allow you to help your patients move towards grace in movement as well as a more symmetrical use of self, including all aspects of binocularity and the use of space.

Caroline is recognized as a world leader in this niche of the field and having the opportunity to learn from her is not to be missed.

Elective Offerings Coming Soon

Sports Vision

Instructors: Amar Sayani, Elin Hansson, Paul Harris

This 3-day course will be co-presented by at least 2 of the instructors listed above. Each instructor is heavily involved in working with top level athletes from Internationally recognized Biathletes, to profession Major League Baseball players. Each will be sharing from their direct experience about how best to help athletes reach their full potential from the weekend warrior to the professional athlete with special emphasis on working with children as the explore sports and develop.

Optometric Care of the Brain Injured

Instructors: Amar Sayani, Elin Hansson, Paul Harris

This 3-day course will be co-presented by at least 2 of the instructors listed above. Each instructor has worked with numerous brain injured patients in various settings from the private office, to home visits, to the rehab hospital. They will share the basis for their clinical work with lots of case examples.

Prescribing Lenses

Instructors: Eric Weigel, Paul Harris, Rob Lewis

This course is currently under development. Check back for more details in the near future.

Strabismus and Amblyopia 2

Instructors: Primary instructor to be indentified and assisted by Rob Lewis

Often optometrists and vision therapists want more to help them feel comfortable with working with people who exhibit outward asymmetries. This course will address these concerns and will be case-based, often on cases attendees bring.