Eye care professionals are navigating one of the most rapidly evolving visual landscapes in history. Patients are spending more time on digital devices, relying on multiple working distances throughout the day, and experiencing symptoms driven by visual behaviors that didn’t exist a decade ago.
To support clinicians in meeting these changing needs, ZEISS is sponsoring a new continuing education (CE) course in the combined November/December 2025 issue of 20/20 Magazine.
This 1-hour ABO CE course, “Multiple Pairs: Every Job Needs the Right Tool,” offers practical and clinically meaningful education designed to help ECPs better understand, identify, and recommend activity-specific eyewear solutions.
Understanding Why One Pair Is No Longer Enough
Modern visual demands have shifted dramatically. Patients now transition rapidly between digital screens, handheld devices, indoor spaces, and bright outdoor environments. A single, general-purpose pair of glasses often cannot meet all these visual challenges—especially for patients who experience fatigue, glare sensitivity, headaches, postural discomfort, or changing accommodation needs.
This CE explains why multiple pairs are often clinically appropriate, and provides guidance on how to match lens designs to the environments patients navigate each day.
Clear, Evidence-Based Guidance on Activity-Specific Eyewear
The course breaks down the most common categories of task-based eyewear ECPs should understand and consider, including:
Computer & Office Eyewear
Designed for sustained near-to-intermediate work at desks, scrubs stations, or digital devices.
These lenses reduce digital eye strain, support posture, and maintain clear intermediate fields of view.
Reading & Near Work
Occupational readers and near-optimized progressives can relieve fatigue for patients who spend extended time reading, sewing, doing paperwork, or performing precision tasks.
Driving Eyewear
Polarized options, anti-reflective coatings, and contrast-enhancing filters address bright daylight, nighttime glare, and reflective road conditions—improving safety and comfort while driving.
Outdoor & Sports Eyewear
Wrapped designs, UV protection, impact resistance, and tints tailored to performance environments help patients see better while running, cycling, playing golf, or engaging in recreation.
Specialty Lenses for Unique Visual Tasks
From occupational eyewear for mechanics, healthcare workers, and assembly tasks to designs tailored for hobbyists and digital-heavy lifestyles, this CE helps ECPs recognize visual requirements specific to each patient.
This practical framework empowers clinicians to confidently prescribe eyewear that helps patients perform at their best—no matter the activity.
Helping ECPs Deliver Personalized, Patient-Centered Recommendations
A major focus of the course is how to incorporate lifestyle-based questioning into the exam, and how those insights guide better lens recommendations.
ECPs will learn how to:
- Ask targeted questions about daily routines and screen habits
- Evaluate symptom patterns like neck/back pain, headaches, and visual fatigue
- Identify red flags for digital overuse, posture strain, and accommodation stress
- Match lens features to specific environments patients move through
- Guide patients toward the right tools for the right tasks
This approach deepens clinical insight while improving patient outcomes and satisfaction.
Improved Communication that Builds Trust (and Reduces Confusion)
Even clinically ideal solutions won’t succeed if patients don’t understand why they need them.
The CE provides practical communication tools, including:
- Analogies that help patients understand how eyewear functions (e.g., comparing lenses to task-specific footwear)
- How to explain tradeoffs between lens designs without overwhelming the patient
- How to present multiple-pair recommendations in a way that feels natural and patient-centered
- Ways to address cost or insurance questions with confidence
- Documentation and follow-up strategies that reinforce value
These strategies help ECPs recommend the right products without discomfort—and stay on top of trends, creating clarity for patients and consistency for staff.
Supporting Clinical Outcomes and Practice Growth
Multiple-pair strategies don’t just improve patient comfort—they support clinical excellence and practice success.
This CE helps ECPs understand:
- How appropriate eyewear reduces symptoms like fatigue, glare, neck strain, and visual discomfort
- Why prescribing task-specific eyewear reduces remakes and adjustments
- How to strengthen the optical handoff with lifestyle-based education
- How offering the right tools increases patient confidence and compliance
When patients understand why one pair cannot meet all their needs, they’re more satisfied with their vision—and more confident in their ECP’s recommendations.
A Practical, Immediately Actionable CE
This course gives ECPs a clear roadmap for delivering more individualized care through:
- Better patient interviews
- Stronger diagnostic reasoning
- Optimized lens recommendations
- Improved communication at the handoff
- Real-world dispensing insights from experienced opticians
It’s a CE that ECPs can use the very next day in their practice.
How to Access the CE
The course appears in the combined November/December issue of 20/20 Magazine, arriving December 5.
ECPs can take the CE online at 2020mag.com/CE.
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