Live presentations are always stimulating, but the OBC: Opticians of British Columbia and its partner, the Opticians Association of Canada, are working hard to make available to you internet and other online options. We also believe there are many untapped educational resources right within your own community, and our aim is to help you mine those resources.

Important Notice re: Mandatory Continuing Education

There is some misunderstanding about the meaning of the RF category of continuing education credits. This is not a mandatory category. You are required to collect a minimum number of CL and EG credits depending upon whether you are registered to fit eyeglasses only or whether or you registered to fit both eyeglasses and contact lenses.

The RF category means 'Related Field' and is designed as an enabling category. For example if you have completed all but one or two of your credits and have no further opportunity to collect eyeglass or contact lens credits, BUT you have recently volunteered at your child's school to do vision screening, that can count as an RF credit and will allow you to fulfill your requirement.

You are not required to collect RF credits. If you have completed an activity that comes under the RF category you may use that activity towards your total mandatory requirements but you do not have to have any RF Credits.