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hindsight-22829	Hebert, Kirsten	Hindsight: Journal of Optometry History, Volume 47, Number 4	2016	46	.pdf	application/pdf	19317	789	42	PATIENTS BENEFIT FROM OPTOMETRIC PROFESSIONALISM WHEREAS, the American Academy of Ophthalmology has adopted a policy excluding optometrists from all educational courses offered at American Academy of Ophthalmology meetings; and WHEREAS, the new exclusionary policy of the American Academy of Ophthalmology is offensive to the principles of scientific professionalism, the free exchange of medical knowledge for the benefit of the public, and the ethics of collegiality among all health care professionals that helps to ensure the best care for patients; now therefore be it RESOLVED, that the American Optometric Association shall continue unchanged its long-standing policy of opening all educational courses offered at American Optometric Association meetings to ophthalmologists to attend; and be it further RESOLVED, that, in all educational relationships with ophthalmologists, the American Optometric Association shall, for the benefit of patients, adhere to the principles of scientific professionalism, the free exchange of medical knowledge, and the ethics of collegiality among health care professionals. Hindsight: Journal of Optometry History, Volume 47, Number 4 Bailey: History of Ethics, Part 4 2016| Page 132 #1910 (Combination in 1995 of 1903 (8 of 1993) and 1905 (2 of 1994) into new 1910) (Mod. 2015) DISCLOSURE OF CONFLICTS OF INTEREST WHEREAS, the American Optometric Association continues to recognize the necessity that individuals holding elected or appointed positions within the American Optometric Association embrace the principles of integrity and trust; and WHEREAS, the American Optometric Association continues to recognize that officers, trustees and other volunteers of the American Optometric Association and of its affiliated associations bear a special responsibility to avoid conflicts of interest or the appearance thereof between their association responsibilities and their private business interests; and WHEREAS, the American Optometric Association has adopted a process to identify potential conflicts of interest for volunteers and staff; now therefore be it RESOLVED, that all elected officials of the American Optometric Association, including the American Optometric Association Board of Trustees and Section Officers, all appointed volunteers and staff of the American Optometric Association should disclose any conflict of interest when engaged or about to engage in activities on behalf of the American Optometric Association, provided that an American Optometric Association entity may adopt stricter guidelines; and be it further RESOLVED, that all elected and appointed volunteers and staff of the American Optometric Association shall annually execute a statement that they will reveal personal business interests relating to any activities in which the American Optometric Association is engaged; and be it further RESOLVED, that no person shall hold an elected or appointed position within the American Optometric Association volunteer structure, without having executed the disclosure statement within 30 days of appointment or election to the volunteer structure and then annually thereafter; and be it further RESOLVED, that the affiliated associations are urged to develop conflict of interest disclosure requirements comparable to those of the American Optometric Association.	cache/hindsight-22829.pdf	txt/hindsight-22829.txt