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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.