{"id":40489,"date":"2021-08-31T12:14:54","date_gmt":"2021-08-31T16:14:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reviewofmm.com\/?p=40489"},"modified":"2021-09-01T15:19:36","modified_gmt":"2021-09-01T19:19:36","slug":"professional-leadership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reviewofmm.com\/professional-leadership\/","title":{"rendered":"Professional Leadership"},"content":{"rendered":"

September 1, 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n

By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA<\/strong><\/p>\n

Eye care practitioners often look to professional organizations to provide leadership. Depending on the organization, it may provide clinical, health policy, reimbursement, educational, and research recommendations\/advocacy\/guidelines. Concerning kids, many organizations play it safe and simply recommend that school-aged children have a comprehensive eye examination every year.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In 2021, two leading organizations have stepped forward with important professional guidance regarding childhood myopia: The World Council of Optometry and The American Optometric Association.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The <\/span>World Council of Optometry<\/b><\/a> \u00a0<\/span>Board of Directors unanimously approved a <\/span>resolution<\/b><\/a> advising optometrists to incorporate a standard of care for myopia management within their practices. The resolution states that simply correcting the refractive error is no longer sufficient, and myopia management should not be optional and should instead be an obligation of optometrists. Furthermore, the resolution cites that the evidence-based standard of care should consist of three main components:<\/span><\/p>\n