New, annual alternating format.

Since 2022, the ACVO has offered the Basic Science Course annually in an alternating in-person and online format. Please note that this is still in the trial phase and that these proposed dates are tentative.  Firm plans regarding attendance and residency training programs should NOT be made based on this guideline. However, the following draft schedule gives a guide as to future course plans.  

It is expected that each of the course formats will appeal to different groups.  The online course typically provides 8 weeks’ access to recorded (asynchronous) lectures, and live (synchronous) discussions and image recognition rounds, as well as virtual social events. The in-person course is a more intensive 3-week residential experience with opportunities for live interactions with the speakers, attendance at the retinoscopy and cytology labs, and live image recognition rounds, as well as in-person social events.

2022: Was offered in-person (see the syllabus here)

2023: Was offered online (see the syllabus here)

2024: Will be held as an in-person event at UC Davis, June 24-July 12, 2024. More details here.

2025: Planned as an online event. Summer 2025. More details to follow