The International Association of Contact Lens Educators 2016

The International Association of Contact Lens Educators 2016 IACLE Update © The International Association of Contact Lens Educators www. iacle. org

IACLE SPONSORS Development and delivery of contact lens education by IACLE is supported through educational grants and in-kind contributions Industry Supporters Major In-Kind Supporter © The International Association of Contact Lens Educators www. iacle. org

International Association of Contact Lens Educators UPDATE ON GLOBAL STRATEGIC INITIATIVES © The International Association of Contact Lens Educators www. iacle. org

OUR MISSION IACLE is dedicated to maintaining high standards of contact lens education and promoting the safe use of contact lenses worldwide Achieved through the following 6 Strategic Initiatives…

STRATEGIC INITIATIVES 1 DELIVERY OF EFFECTIVE TEACHING 2015 Fellowship Exam Distance Learning Program 131 members worldwide 40 + new Fellows of IACLE Next administration November 2017 Accessible online for all members Student Trial Exam Available in English , Spanish, Chinese {simplified}, Korean, French, German, Italian and Bahasa 1, 229 students 39 institutes (China, Korea, India, France) in 2015!

STRATEGIC INITIATIVES 1 DELIVERY OF EFFECTIVE TEACHING NEW Discussion Forums in 2015 5 conducted at 15 institutes 2015 Discussion Forums: Peru: 5 Colombia: 5 Argentina: 4 Ecuador: 1 Web Lectures in 2015 13 Conducted at 23 institutes 2015 Web Lectures: Broadcast live online covering various CL topics Asia Pacific: 8 (2 India, 6 China) Americas: 5 (5 Peru, 4 Argentina, 3 Colombia, 2 Ecuador , 1 Mexico)

STRATEGIC INITIATIVES 2 EDUCATOR MEETINGS/TRAIN-THE-TRAINER PROGRAMS Didactic lectures and hands-on workshops to: - Improve knowledge levels and skills of educators - Address ‘how to teach’ and ‘how to use IACLE resources’ - Establish network of educators in countries and regions Based on educational needs in priority countries (using Fellowship and Student Trial Exam results) 2015 Activity: India: 1 EM China: 1 EM & 1 TTT (Tianjin) Europe: 2 EMs (Germany, UK) Americas: 3 EMs (Peru, Argentina, Colombia) & 2 TTTs (Colombia, Peru)

STRATEGIC INITIATIVES 3 DEVELOPMENT OF EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES • • NEW The New IACLE Contact Lens Course Longest established, most popular, most important IACLE resource for CL educators worldwide Now completely updated Covers all aspects of CL practice from anatomy of cornea to business Five modules and 30 PPT lectures Each lecture revised by global experts in the CL field Open to all IACLE members View sample lecture at www. iacle. org

STRATEGIC INITIATIVES 3 DEVELOPMENT OF EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES IACLE Case Reports • 20 interactive, problem-based PPTs available in English • Translated into Spanish, Korean, Portuguese and Chinese • More pending release in 2016 Online Resources (member log in www. iacle. org) • Member / industry contributed resources, image galleries, videos / animations • CL fitting sheets and assessment forms, IACLE PPT library • Over 1, 000 likes and counting. . • Share news, carry out surveys / polls and deliver post educational resources

STRATEGIC INITIATIVES 4 COLLABORATING WITH INSTITUTIONS • Priority institutes identified – awarded IACLE Certificate of Affiliation • Conduct meetings with heads of institutes • Promote / conduct IACLE educational programs (Student Trial Exam) and use of IACLE resources (New ICLC, Case Reports) • Research > identify > encourage membership > deliver education • Live Web Lectures and NEW online Discussion Forums between institutions 2015 Update • 20 institute visits, met with 268 faculty and students • 13 Web Lectures, 506 attendees • 39 institutes in 4 countries conducted STEs for 1, 229 students • IACLE Certificate of Affiliation awarded to: - India: 1 institute - China: 3 institutes

STRATEGIC INITIATIVES 5 FACILITATING RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN MEMBERS AND INDUSTRY • Host IACLE Train-the-Trainer Programs and Educator Meetings to provide a platform for members and industry to interact • Encourage members and FIACLEs to be involved with industry CE programs and to become Key Opinion Leaders • Request donations (CLs, solutions etc) from industry for institutes in need • Update industry on member activities via Industry Informer

STRATEGIC INITIATIVES 6 INSTITUTIONAL DEMOGRAPHICS DATABASE Developed to gain knowledge about the level of CL activity in institutions • Information collected focuses on the practical experience of students • Snapshot of resources and clinical facilities available at institutions, patient load and number of fits required by students, etc • Identifies how IACLE and local industry can work with institutions ensuring CLs, solutions, instrumentation, etc are available for practical teaching of students Identifies areas of need for practical training

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REACH BY REGION 2015 ASIA PACIFIC EUROPE / AFRICAMIDDLE EAST AMERICAS 469 Members 172 Members 135 Members Regional Coordinator: Cheni Lee Regional President: Judith Morris Latin America Regional Coordinator: Guillermo Carrillo National Coordinators: Qu Xiaomei - China (Shanghai) Wang Haiying - China (Tianjin) Jungmi Kim – Korea

GLOBAL PRIORITY COUNTRIES 2015 50% of members are from Global Priority Countries Member Totals 172 India Total Membership Type in Global Priority Countries China 128 Korea 48 Taiwan 10 Mexico 17 Brazil 7 Russia 5 TOTAL 387

REGIONAL PRIORITY COUNTRIES 2015 REGIONAL Asia Pacific Europe / Africa Latin - Middle East America China Russia Brazil Korea Germany Mexico Taiwan Poland Argentina India Colombia 57% of members are from regional priority countries

MEMBERSHIP WORLDWIDE IN 2015 MEMBERSHIP TOTAL Total Members 776 Educator Members 569 Associate Members 87 Industry Members 120 Membership has reached more than 1, 990 members! Currently we have 776 active members 110 new members joined IACLE in 2015

COUNTRY REPRESENTATIVES We appoint ‘Country Representatives’ worldwide • • Educator Members actively teaching Voluntary position • Assist IACLE to: § Identify CL educators and eye care institutions § Recruit appropriate educators for IACLE membership § Identify unique educational developments, needs and/or opportunities for IACLE § Report on local CL markets and CL activities

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FELLOWSHIP EXAM Internationally recognised means of measuring contact lens educators’ knowledge Conducted worldwide every 2 years Administered online (English), paper (Spanish, Chinese {simplified}, Korean and Bahasa)

2015 FELLOWSHIP EXAM OUTCOMES 10 th administration in 2015, 131 participants, 29 countries, 39% achieved successful outcome 56% of participation in Global Priority Countries 40+ new FIACLEs!!

FELLOW OF IACLE (FIACLE) 397 members have achieved FIACLE status 288 members currently active More than 40 new FIACLEs in 2016!

2015 STUDENT TRIAL EXAM 1, 229 students in 4 countries at 39 institutes worldwide sat for the STE (Administrations: Korea 17, China 11, India 8, France 3)

IACLE RESOURCE CENTRES IACLE has 128 Resource Centres in 37 countries worldwide - 48% in Global Priority Countries • Small library/reference centres equipped with educational resources • Educators and students access resources provided by IACLE

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AMERICAS UPDATE IN 2015 Total of 135 active members • 93 Educator Members • 15 Industry Members • 27 Associate Members 24 from Global Priority Countries (7 Brazil, 17 Mexico) 14% of active FIACLEs total 10 members attended the 3 rd IACLE World Congress (WC 3) 15 members are editors of the New ICLC of 10 lectures IACLE Americas Contact Lens Educator of the Year: Martín Giraldo of La Salle University, Colombia

AMERICAS PRIORITY COUNTRIES UPDATE 2015 3 Educator Meetings: • Peru – 220 attendees • Argentina – 124 attendees • Colombia – 94 attendees 2 Train-the-Trainer Programs: • Peru: 30 attendees • Colombia: 15 attendees 5 Web Lectures conducted at 15 institutes for 285 attendees: Argentina (4), Perú (5), México (1), Colombia (3), Ecuador (2) 5 Discussion Forums at 15 institutes for 60 attendees: Perú (5), Colombia (5), Argentina (4), Ecuador (1)

ASIA PACIFIC UPDATE 2015 Total of 469 members • 355 Educator Members • 75 Industry Members • 39 Associate Members 8 Web Lectures • India: 2 • China: 6 76% from Global Priority Countries (41% of these are FIACLEs) 62% FIACLEs from Asia Pacific Educator Meetings and Train-the-Trainer Programs in 2015 • India – 1 EM • China – 1 EM & 1 TTT 26 members from Asia Pacific attended the 3 rd IACLE World Congress (WC 3)

ASIA PACIFIC PRIORITY COUNTRIES UPDATE 2015 INDIA • 1 Educator Meeting - 40 attendees • 1 priority institution awarded IACLE Certificate of Affiliation • 4 institute visits • 2 Web Lectures (1 for 5 educators, 1 broadcast to 5 institutions for 99 students) • 8 STEs for 149 students • 23 members administered the 2015 Fellowship Exam – 3 achieved a successful outcome • 7 members attended WC 3 • 3 editors from India completed 3 lectures in the New ICLC • 23 IACLE Resource Centres in India Total of 128 members Ø 92 Educator Members Ø 18 Industry Members Ø 18 Associate Members Ø 61 FIACLEs 2015 IACLE Travel Award recipient was Dumpati Srikanth from India

ASIA PACIFIC PRIORITY COUNTRIES UPDATE 2015 CHINA • 172 members (119 Educators, 12 Associates, 41 Industry Members) • 1 Educator Meeting, 1 Train-the. Trainer Program for 42 attendees • 24 members administered 2015 Fellowship Exam - 5 achieved a successful outcome • 68 FIACLEs in China • 6 Web Lectures for 108 students • 9 IACLE Resource Centres • STEs at 11 institutes for 383 students • 6 members attended WC 3 • 100+ members registered / participating in QQ discussion groups (China’s Facebook alternative)

ASIA PACIFIC PRIORITY COUNTRIES UPDATE 2015 KOREA • 48 Member (41 Educator Members, 7 Industry Members) • Korea National Coordinator visited 9 institutes across Korea • 17 STEs conducted, 645 students • 18 completed 2015 Fellowship Exam, 14 achieve a successful outcome • 13 FIACLEs • 5 members attended WC 3 • 14 IACLE Resource Centres TAIWAN • 10 members (9 Educator Members, 1 Industry Member) • 6 FIACLEs • 4 completed 2015 Fellowship Exam, 1 achieved successful outcome • 1 IACLE Resource Centre • 1 member attended WC 3

EAME UPDATE IN 2015 Total of 172 members • 120 Educator Members • 31 Industry Members • 21 Associate Members 14 new members in 2015 • 10 - Europe • 2 - Middle East • 2 - Africa 24% are FIACLEs Russia (global priority country) 5 members - 3 are FIACLEs 46% of IACLE Resource Centres: • Europe 80% • Africa 16% • Middle East 11%

EAME UPDATE IN 2015 IACLE Country Representatives in Jordan & Israel: • working to increase membership • set shared curriculum • arrange member meetings • represent IACLE at meetings and events IACLE Programs • 2015 Fellowship Exam: 6 successful • STE: 53 students, 3 institutes across France • 15 attended WC 3 • IACLE EAME Contact Lens Educator of the Year: Helmer Schweizer, Alcon Vision Care Switzerland Meetings: 20 + CL educators, France IACLE updates / session at ECLF, EAOO & BCLA 9 Editors from EAME completed 10 lectures Original Contact Lens Course Spanish (complete format). German, Portuguese, Russian, (abbreviated format). Italian is pending, French being investigated IACLE Case Reports 20 English, 15 Spanish, 15 Portuguese NEW French translations pending in 2016

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WC 3 2015

WC 3 2015 3 rd IACLE World Congress, hosted by The University of Manchester, UK from 24 -28 May 2015 107 delegates from 30 countries Educators from IACLE’s global regions: Asia Pacific (26), Europe / Africa – Middle East (15) and Americas (10)

International Association of Contact Lens Educators IACLE AWARDS © The International Association of Contact Lens Educators www. iacle. org

IACLE CONTACT LENS EDUCATOR OF THE YEAR AWARDS Awarded to 3 individuals, 1 from each of IACLE’s 3 regions: • • • Asia Pacific Europe / Africa – Middle East Latin America Winners receive: • A bursary of up to US$3, 000 towards cost of attending a major international conference, thanks to generous sponsorship from Cooper. Vision • Permission to use title ‘IACLE Contact Lens Educator of the Year’ • A certificate to mark the award, to be presented at the event attended • Publicity relating to the award in IACLE communications and other media

IACLE TRAVEL AWARD Open to all Educator Members who would not otherwise be able to attend a major international conference Winner receives: • Generous award towards cost of travel and accommodation (supported by IACLE) • Certificate to mark the award, to be presented at the conference • Publicity relating to the award in IACLE communications and other media

2015 AWARD WINNERS IACLE Travel Award 2015 • Dumpati Srikanth Bausch + Lomb School of Optometry, Hyderabad, India IACLE Contact Lens Educator of the Year Awards 2015 • • • Asia Pacific Professor Monica Chaudhry Amity University Gurgaon, India Americas Martín Giraldo La Salle University, Colombia Europe / Africa / Middle East Helmer Schweizer Alcon Vision Care, Switzerland 1 st IACLE Award for Lifetime Achievement in CL Education • Professor Desmond Fonn

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