NEW! Article for professionals:  Enigma 2009 (69kb) 

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Dr. Stoebner would like to thank all who attended the COVD 38th Annual Meeting this past October, and took the time to visit his booth!

The following note is EXTREMELY important for those wishing to expand their practices within the community:

From informal interviews with Optometrists and Vision Therapists alike, Dr. Stoebner and his staff determined that, although the materials presented are specifically designed for one-on-one (working with patients), there arose an added benefit to this program: Vision Therapist and staff training.

As a conservative estimate, an Optometrist/Vision Therapist will spend 4 - 6 weeks training assistants and interns to work in-house with patients.  If a work day consists of 6 hours, that is a MINIMUM of 120 hours of valuable professional time spent "just learning" office procedures and courses of treatment.  And, depending on your case load, multiply that times the number of assistants that are needed per patient.  As you may already know, hiring and training a qualified professional is the most time-consuming task for an Optometrist/Vision Therapist, to ensure the highest quality of care for each patient.

If it were possible to reduce that time by 25% to 50%, would that make an impact on your practice?  How much more attention could you give each patient to further their personal success?

This program, especially the DVD's, IS NOT meant to replace your current procedure, only simply to enhance what you have already established, and give a basic framework to the parents of those you wish to help!  Consider the literature you now give to each family you treat... chances are that they themselves have a difficult time grasping the concepts of your work.  How much easier would it be for you to be able to hand each family, along with your regimen, a set of DVD's that would enable them to become involved in understanding the process ON THEIR OWN TIME.  The sheer amount of frustration that will be alleviated by helping the parents understand the process is immeasurable!

How about referrals?  Your best patients will always be those who come by word-of-mouth (in all the years of Dr. Stoebner's successful practice, not once did he ever have to advertise).  How much faster would your practice grow if parents and patients could give more confident description of your processes and goals?

This combination of reducing training time and dramatically increasing parent confidence could significantly impact your practice in a positive way!  Dr. Stoebner invites you to explore his 50-years of Developmental Vision Concepts starting here.