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Continuing Education for Optometrists
MCO Fall CE 2025
Thank you to all of our CE participants for 2024, we enjoyed hosting you on our campus.
MCO will not be hosting an event in June, 2025
New in 2025 we will be offering CE in a new format.
Dates of Fall CE are: Friday, September 12th- Saturday, September 13th. More information coming soon.
For questions or concerns please email [email protected]
We will continue to host a MCO Alumni Reception.
Practical Training for Opticians
Basic Practical Training for Opticians
Dates:October 17 & 18, 2025
Registration will open the end of August
The Michigan College of Optometry of Ferris State University, in its ongoing role of supporting the educational needs of eyecare professionals, is hosting Basic Practical Training for Opticians.
This course is being offered as a response to the overwhelming requests for training events focused upon basic Opticianry skills.
This course is intended for opticians who desire beginner professional hands-on training. There will be a limit of 20 attendees per event to ensure maximum interaction with our expert instructors.
Advanced Practical Training for Opticians
Advanced Practical Training for Opticians
Date of Program: August 8, 2025
Advanced course for ~6 hours of CE
Registration will open end of June
Michigan College of Optometry of Ferris State University, in its ongoing role of supporting the educational needs of eyecare professionals,is hosting an Advanced Practical Training for Opticians.
This course is being held as a response to the overwhelming requests for an additional training event focused upon more advanced Opticianry skills. There will be a limit of 12 attendees per event to ensure maximum interaction with our expert instructor.
The advanced training program is designed for those who have extensive experience working as an optician and have been able to build a good understanding of the science of optics and ophthalmic lenses. The attendees should have working knowledge of lensometry, lens materials and progressive lenses. If the attendee does not have this working knowledge, they should attend our Basic Practical Training for Opticians course which introduces the basic foundation for working in the optical field.