Key Takeaways
- IACLE members can directly access the WCO Alcon Dry Eye Wheel and Dry Eye Management Map through the IACLETOP learning management system.
- The updated WCO Alcon Dry Eye Wheel incorporates recommendations from the TFOS DEWS III report and organizes dry eye care around mitigation, measurement, and management.
- Both educational resources are available in Arabic, Chinese, French, and Spanish, with additional languages planned.
The World Council of Optometry (WCO) and Alcon have partnered with the International Association of Contact Lens Educators (IACLE) to expand access to digital educational resources from the WCO-Alcon dry eye initiative for university instructors, educators, and students.
IACLE members can now directly access the initiative’s WCO Alcon Dry Eye Wheel and Dry Eye Management Map through the IACLE Teaching Online Platform (IACLETOP) learning management system. IACLE has more than 1,100 members in 86 countries representing more than 600 academic institutions.
The recently updated WCO Alcon Dry Eye Wheel incorporates recommendations from the Tear Film & Ocular Surface Society Dry Eye Workshop III (TFOS DEWS III) report. The interactive resource is intended to help eye care professionals approach dry eye care through 3 steps: mitigation, measurement, and management.
The complementary Dry Eye Management Map is an online interactive resource designed to help eye care professionals, educators, and students navigate evidence-based dry eye disease management. Both resources are available in several languages, including Arabic, Chinese, French, and Spanish, with additional languages planned.
According to the organizations, the collaboration is intended to make dry eye educational tools more readily available to instructors and students and to support consistent approaches to dry eye disease education and patient care.
