There are many other options for OPS credits: Mid Year meetings, CPMC Dept of Ophthalmology Meetings, JCAHPO West Coast Meetings, JMC Eye Photo meetings, to name a few. CPMC is hosting a Disease and Disorder specific OCT course June 2 here in San Francisco. JCAHPO just held a meeting in the LA area. With enough interest, JMC Eye Photo would hold a meeting in Southern California as well. CPMC also hosts an Annual Current Concepts in Ophthalmology the first weekend in Dec. This will be our 12th year of doing so. This meeting is also eligible for OPS credits. Hope this helps. Denice Denice Barsness, CRA, COMT, ROUB, CDOS, FOPS Ophthalmic Diagnostic Center CPMC Department of Ophthalmology 2100 Webster Street Suite 212 San Francisco CA 94115 (415) 600-3937 FAX (415) 600-6563 From: optimal-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:optimal-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Sarah Moyer Sent: Friday, March 23, 2012 8:08 AM To: optimal@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [optimal] Re: Re-Cert. change ? Ben, While the OPS has no control over where the Annual Program is held in conjunction with AAO, we do have the ability to hold our Mid-Year program where we'd like to. In 2013 the Mid-Year program will be held in San Francisco. We'll be sure to announce the exact dates once they are known. You can see additional information about future programs here: http://www.opsweb.org/?page=futureprograms Also, I have been under the impression that Chicago is a nice central location that has easy flights to get to. Perhaps, you can find a way to attend the 2011 Annual program with just one flight. I hope this helps, Sarah Member, Board of Education On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 10:57 AM, ben serar <serarphoto@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Hi, A question for the powers that be. The AAO, thus the OPS, will not be on the West Coast for some time to come. 5 units of the total 15 must be from OPS or OPS approved classes. Some of us may not want to part with the $$$ to go cross country to attend the meeting. So we get to take online classes that are a total waste of time. Is it possible that in the years that there is no West Coast OPS stuff that attending more informative retina meetings or the like be o.k. for the remaining 5 units just like they are o.k. for the first 10 units ? Could this change be made ? Thanks, Ben Serar