BABO Courses

This list starts with courses run by BABO, followed by a list of courses run by other organisations that may be of interest to people looking at this site. The details are published in good faith and no responsibility can be accepted for errors, omissions or exceptions. Please check with the course organiser before booking to check details are correct.

Some courses have only outline details listed below - BABO is keen to give dates and names of speakers as they become available and will update the listing as soon as relevant information is known.

General Information on core courses:

OVT1A – Introduction to Behavioural Optometry (2 days) - next course May 2010

OVT1B - Further Courses in Behavioural Optometry (2 days) - next course September 2010

OVT2 – Nuts and Bolts - Optometric Vision Therapy (3 days) - next course 21-23 March 2010

OVT3 - Vision and Learning (3 days) - next course September 2010 subject to demand

OVT4 - (3 days) next course 5-7 October 2010

Dates and outline information will be announced as soon as possible.

Certification Course

The Certificate in Behavioural Optometry is open to BABO members who have completed OVT1, 2, 3 and 4 (or comparable). It is intended to be in recognition of evidence of further study and experience in the field of Behavioural Optometry.  Candidates should have completed at least fifty patient cases before enrolling on the Certification Course.  Candidates who successfully pass the course will become a Fellow of the British Association of Behavioural Optometrists (FBABO) and this will be noted on the list of accredited members. Maintenance of FBABO membership will be dependent upon maintaining regular CET.

The Certification course started for the second time on 2nd January 2008 and comprises:-

Part 1

i. 4 open book questions; to be successfully completed by 1/10/08, before registering on Part 2 of the course. Candidates can choose to take more time on their open book question answers and defer completion to 1/10/10, before taking the exam day in April 2011.

Part 2

ii. 4 case studies to be handed in by 31/1/09, or by 31/1/11 if taking 3 years to complete the open book questions.
iii.Exam Day - 4th October 2009 in Warwick; April 2011

- 60 min examination of 40 MCQs.

- Viva – a one hour oral examination, with two examiners, covering any aspect of behavioural optometry, detailed discussions of the case studies, and may include a discussion of the open book answers.

Revision days will be arranged as required before the examination day.

Costs as at 2008:

Part 1 Open Book Questions £400

Part 2 Case studies and Examination £550

Payment may be made by installments.

For further information contact Mary Hayward, BABO Administrator, on 01242 575107 or by email to admin@babo.co.uk

Non-BABO Courses

The following events are run by organisations other than BABO, and are included as they may be of interest to people looking at this site.  The details are published in good faith and no responsibility can be accepted for errors, omissions or exceptions.  Please check with the course organiser before booking to check details are correct.

Click on the following link to find a list of optometric events around the world:    www.oepf.org

For further information please contact:

Membership services - Secretary:
Mrs Mary Hayward, 21 Hartlebury Way, Charlton Kings,
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire GL52 6YB
Tel: 01242 575107
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