Certified Dry Eye Lifestyle Specialist™ (CDELS™)
Issued by the Ocular Lifestyle Education Center
What Is a Certified Dry Eye Lifestyle Specialist™?
Offers non-clinical guidance
Dry eye patients often start therapies with good intentions but abandon or misuse them due to discomfort, complexity, or lack of ongoing reinforcement.
Educates patients on triggers
Many patients do not fully understand how screen time, sleep patterns, diet, environment, and daily habits directly impact their symptoms.
Reinforces recommendations
Time constraints during appointments limit the ability of clinicians to provide structured, repeatable lifestyle education and reinforcement.
Clinicians diagnose and treat. But who guides the daily journey?
Having a Certified Dry Eye Lifestyle Specialist™ on your team helps your practice:
Improve outcomes
Improve compliance
A certified specialist reinforces clinician recommendations between visits
Operational efficiency
Reduce Chair Time
Lifestyle education is delivered through a structured framework, allowing physicians and providers to focus on diagnosis and medical decision-making while maintaining high-quality patient guidance.
Dry eye program
Differentiate
Certification signals specialization and commitment to comprehensive care, positioning your practice as a leader in patient-centered dry eye management.
Introducing
Become Certified
This newly established credential is geared towards Ophthalmic Technician, Ophthalmic Assistant, Certified Ophthalmic Assistant (COA), Certified Ophthalmic Technician (COT), Certified Ophthalmic Medical Technologist (COMT), Optometric Technician, Optometric Assistant, Dry Eye Technician, Nutritionists/Dietician, Acupuncturist, Counselors.
Introducing
About Us
The Certified Dry Eye Lifestyle Specialist™ credential is a professional certification issued by the Issued by the Ocular Lifestyle Education Center. This certification does not confer medical licensure or authorize diagnosis or treatment of disease.