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The Optometric Extension Program Foundation (OEPF) is an international, non-profit organization dedicated to the advancement of the discipline of optometry through the gathering and dissemination of information on vision. The mission of OEPF is to advance human progress through research and education on vision, the visual process, and clinical care. The OEPF has been credited as furthering the post-graduate education of optometrists, with recent emphasis on behavioral optometry and vision therapy.[1] The OEPF produces the monthly OPTOMETRY & VISUAL PERFORMANCE (OVP) - JOURNAL as well as the former Journal of Behavioral Optometry. OEPF also reprints writings and lectures relating to vision.

The OEP Foundation has its origins in a continuing education program developed by the Oklahoma Optometric Association for its members in the 1920s.[1] Optometrists E.B. Alexander (the secretary of the Oklahoma Extension Program) and A.M. Skeffington ("the father of behavioral optometry") have been credited as establishing the OEP Foundation in 1928.[2][3][4] The OEP Foundation began with 51 members and has developed into an international organization with 3,500 members worldwide.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ a b David A. Goss. "History of Optometry." Web posted lecture handout. Accessed September 19, 2006.
  2. ^ a b http://www.opt.indiana.edu/ohs/sample.htm Archived 2006-09-18 at the Wayback Machine Hindsight: Newsletter of the Optometric Historical Society. Vol. 29, Jul. 1998, No. 3. Accessed September 19, 2006.
  3. ^ a b "A.M. Skeffington, O.D.: The Father of Behavioral Optometry." Archived 2006-10-17 at the Wayback Machine Visionaries (Reprinted from January-December 1991 Issues of Review of Optometry) Copyright 1999 Review of Optometry. Accessed September 19, 2006.
  4. ^ "Team of the Century. Oklahoma Association of Optometric Physicians. Accessed September 19, 2006. [Note: This reference credits E.B. Alexander and Billy Farmer as co-founders of the optometric extension program.]


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