Global eye care company Alcon is unveiling the Alcon Experience Academy, aimed at supporting eye care professionals. The robust program offers face-to-face training and online educational resources by leading specialists from around the world to provide the best patient care possible.
The portal went online on Monday at AlconExperienceAcademy.com and houses a growing library of educational materials for healthcare practitioners who engage with the eye, including eye care professionals, nurses, technicians, and students.
The new website includes a robust library of more than 500 training videos, with additional content added regularly to an easy-to-navigate home screen. It will also feature webcasts developed by leading eye care specialists from around the world, along with personalized videos and curricula across several disease states and focus areas. The website materials primarily focus on real-world surgical case studies using the latest innovations in eye care. Resources specific to optometry are due to be released early next year.
The Alcon Experience Academy builds upon Alcon’s industry leadership and long-standing commitment to contributing to the worldwide body of knowledge and development of innovative tools in an effort to eradicate eye diseases. Alcon offers six Alcon Experience Centers around the globe, along with 26 training centers and 42 wet labs, providing eye care professionals with state-of-the-art, comprehensive eye health education, hands-on experiential learning opportunities and cutting-edge virtual reality technology for an immersive training experience.
See the full press release from Alcon.