Education
BostonSight is dedicated to advancing scleral lens education for practitioners at every stage of practice, through FitAcademy®, webinars, visiting practitioner rotations, and online content.
Our immersive, world-class programs—offered both live and virtually—span foundational training to advanced skill development, ensuring that geographic or logistical barriers never stand between a practitioner and exceptional education. Grounded in decades of clinical experience and rigor, every program reflects BostonSight’s commitment to a world where no one suffers vision loss from corneal or ocular surface disease.
Clinical Immersion
Hands-on experience with our collaborative care model.
Academic Collaboration
Partnerships with academic institutions and residency programs.
Ongoing Education
FitAcademy, online and live content, webinars, and lectures.
FitAcademy programs
FitAcademy for Residents
Foundational scleral lens training for emerging clinicians
Designed for Cornea and Contact Lens Residents, FitAcademy for Residents provides essential scleral lens education through structured, live instruction. Participants build core fitting skills and clinical confidence early in their careers.
For Cornea and Contact Lens Residents
FitAcademy Immersive
Advanced, hands-on clinical education
An in-depth program for practitioners with prior scleral lens experience. FitAcademy Immersive focuses on foundational and advanced fitting techniques, complex cases, and corneal disease management through live, immersive learning, delivered with patients in the clinic.
For Practicing Clinicians
FitAcademy International
Global collaboration, local impact
BostonSight’s international education initiative delivers live, on-site scleral lens training in partnership with organizations worldwide. This program supports practitioners through standardized education in scleral lens fitting and co-management of corneal disease.
For Practicing Clinicians
BostonSight EyeConnect™
Studio
Coming Soon!
Immersive learning—from anywhere in the world
EyeConnect™ Studio is BostonSight’s central hub for global scleral lens education. Offering virtual live and on-demand learning, it serves practitioners at all experience levels and delivers immersive instruction—including real-patient experiences—directly to your practice, without the cost or logistics of travel.
For Optometrists
Educating future medical professionals
BostonSight is honored to educate future eye care professionals. Each year, cornea fellows, optometry residents, and students come to BostonSight for education and to join our medical staff in clinical research focused on the latest in corneal and ocular surface disease.
New England College of Optometry (NECO)
BostonSight is a clinical site for the NECO Cornea and Contact Lens residency program.
For Optometry Residents
MCPHS University School of Optometry
BostonSight is a clinical site for the MCPHS 4th-year clinical externship rotation program.
For 4th Year Optometry Students
Ophthalmology Resident Lectures
Virtual lectures to educate corneal ophthalmologists early in their careers about the benefits of PROSE treatment and scleral lenses for ocular disease care.
For Opthalmology Residents
FAQs
Which FitAcademy program should I attend?
FitAcademy for Residents is for fourth-year cornea and contact residents and is by invite only. If you are interested in attending, please inquire with your residency director. FitAcademy Immersive is for practicing optometrists who have some scleral lens training or experience. FitAcademy International is open to all levels of scleral lens fitters.
Do you offer virtual training?
Yes, EyeConnect Studio, launching in 2027, will provide virtual live and on-demand training modules.
Do you provide CE or CME credits?
No. BostonSight does not provide continuing education credits.