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44 | 2021 ASCRS Annual Meeting Preview Program ASOA PROGRAM ASOA LEARNING The 2021 ASOA Annual Meeting: Learning Featuring exceptional education within a nurturing, comfortable environment, this meeting transforms the educational experience into an extraordinary peer-to-peer knowledge-sharing event. Attendees consistently rank the ASOA programming as best in class. The hands-on learning opportunities, interactive session formats, and depth of topic coverage provide attendees with a rich, expansive learning experience that yields insights and information to improve business practices and the patient experience from beginning to end. ASOA empowers ophthalmic leaders to elevate the business of ophthalmology through education, innovation, support, and collaboration. This year, ASOA offers more than 70 educational courses covering an array of topics essential to effective practice management. These topics include coding, reimbursement, leadership and strategic management, human resources, health information technology, marketing, business operations, and many other strategies for successful practice management. This Preview Program lists courses by day and knowledge pathway, allowing attendees to easily see at a glance all the courses in a knowledge pathway on a given day. This design also provides practice leaders with an effective way to educate staff on topics that directly affect their work. Look for the courses tagged with MD Business Essentials for physicians, ABC for new administrators and, NEW in 2021, courses tagged as recommended for mid-level managers. ASOA Program: Joint Registration The 2021 meeting offers a joint registration category for those interested in attending both the ASOA and Technicians & Nurses Programs. Crossover is easy because the programs are just steps away from each other. Crossover between the ASOA Annual Meeting and Technicians & Nurses Program is only permitted for those registered in the joint registration category. Handouts Course handouts for the ASOA Annual Meeting will be provided via the ASCRS ASOA Meetings app and online beginning in June 2021. To properly plan and prepare, please print or download the handouts in advance for the sessions you plan to attend. Printing of handouts will NOT be available onsite.