An application has been made to the UEMS EACCME® for CME accreditation for the upcoming APAO 2021 Virtual Congress (5 – 11 September 2021). Please note that not only you can obtain CME credit points when attending the Virtual Congress, you will also receive CME credits for on-demand viewing.
The EACCME® awards ECMEC®s on the following basis:
- One hour of LEE CME activity = 1 ECMEC®
- 1 accredited hour of LEE = 60 minutes of actual educational activity.
- A participant can claim a maximum of 8 ECMEC®s per day of the LEE.
However, the maximum amount of CME credit points you can obtain from the following sessions is 25.
| Sunday 5 September | |
| 12:45-14:15 | APAO 2021 Named Awards Lectures |
| 15:45-16:45 | Then & Now |
| Innovative Cataract Technologies and Techniques | |
| 17:00-18:00 | New Approaches to Patient Management in the Era of COVID-19 |
| New Insights in the Diagnosis and Management of Primary Angle Closure Disease | |
| 18:15-19:15 | Gene Therapy and Risk Factors |
| Diabetic Retinopathy and Macular Edema | |
| Monday 6 September | |
| 17:00-18:00 | The Future is Now |
| Imaging in Strabismus-Good, the Bad and the Ugly | |
| 18:15-19:15 | Cell Therapy |
| NANOS Symposium: Neuro-Ophthalmic Emergencies You Cannot Afford to Miss! | |
| Challenging Scenarios in VR Surgery: A Video Based Series | |
| 20:45-21:45 | Clinical Challenges and Controversies in Neuro-Ophthalmology |
| APMS Symposium: Highlights of the 2nd APMS Congress | |
| Rapid Fire Retina 2 (Medical – other) Update Session | |
| Tuesday 7 September | |
| 17:00-18:00 | YO Symposium |
| APSEG Symposium: Prediction and Prevention of Myopia Progression | |
| Rapid Fire Cataract and Cataract Surgery, Refractive Surgery & Neuro-Ophthalmology Update Session | |
| 18:15-19:15 | Innovations in Ophthalmic Education due to COVID-19 |
| AAO Symposium: The IRIS Registry, Standardization of Ocular Imaging, and Artificial Intelligence | |
| Comprehensive Management of Ocular Complications of Stevens- Johnson Syndrome and Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis in Asians | |
| 20:45-21:45 | Rapid Fire Cornea, External Eye Diseases and Eye Banking Update Session |
| Wednesday 8 September | |
| 17:00-18:00 | Leadership Development Program (LDP) Special Session |
| Posterior Uveitis in the Asia-Pacific Region: From Diagnosis to Successful | |
| Rapid Fire Ocular Imaging Update Session | |
| 18:15-19:15 | What is New in Ocular Imaging |
| APGS Symposium: Lasers and Surgeries for Angle Closure and Angle Closure Glaucoma | |
| Rapid Fire Translational and Visual Sciences Research & Intraocular Inflammation, Uveitis and Scleritis Update Session | |
| 20:45-21:45 | Hot Debates in Glaucoma Surgery |
| APOIS Symposium: New Ocular Imaging Models of Care in the Post COVID-19 Era for Screening, Diagnosis and Prediction | |
| Using GPS to Reach the Destination: Navigation Guided Orbital Surgery | |
| Thursday 9 September | |
| 17:00-18:00 | What Am I Doing Differently?’ |
| IMI Symposium: International Myopia Institute 2021 White Papers – Where the New Evidence Takes Us in Managing Myopia | |
| Rapid Fire Glaucoma and glaucoma surgery, Retina 1 (Medical – diabetes) & Retina 3 (Surgical) Update Session | |
| 18:15-19:15 | What Not to Miss in Paediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus |
| APOTS Symposium: COVID-19 and Ophthalmic Trauma: Lessons Learnt and the Way Forward | |
| 20:45-21:45 | Improving Diagnostic Acumen in Uveitis and Scleritis |
| WGA Symposium: How to Choose the Glaucoma Surgery: From Filtering to MIGS | |
| Rapid Fire Orbital and Oculoplastic Surgery & Ocular Oncology and Pathology | |
| Friday 10 September | |
| 17:00-18:00 | Ocular Oncology: Update for Clinical Care |
| ACS Symposium: Ocular Surface Diseases and Reconstruction | |
| Rapid Fire New Approaches to Patient Management and Dealing With Unmet Need in the Era of COVID-19, Ophthalmic Epidemiology and Prevention of Blindness & Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus Update Session | |
| 18:15-19:15 | Beyond 2020: Challenges and Innovations in Delivering Eye Care |
| AAPPO Symposium: How to Initiate a Research Project | |
| Vitreo-Retinal Surgeon’s Nightmares! | |
| 20:45-21:45 | Cornea and External Disease Update for the Comprehensive Ophthalmologist |
| AOI Symposium: Improving Education and Care by Telemedicine | |
| COVID-19 Associated Mucormycosis: A Battle Within the War! | |
| Saturday 11 September | |
| 12:45-14:15 | APAO 2020 Named Awards Lectures |
| 15:45-16:45 | VISION 2020 |
| Managing Complex Cataract Cases and Complications | |
| 17:00-18:00 | Applying Big Data, Artificial Intelligence and Telemedicine in Ophthalmology in the Era of COVID-19 |
| Evolution of Retinal Detachment Management in the Asia Pacific | |
| 18:15-19:15 | PAAO Symposium: What is Hot in The Americas 2021 |
| Refractive Surgery: Latest Trends | |
Certification can be downloaded from the congress system after the Virtual Congress is closed (31 October 2021).
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