Susan MacDonald, MD, Cathleen McCabe, MD, Laura M. Periman, MD, and Dagny Zhu, MD, chat about meeting hacks live from ASCRS.

·       Welcome to another episode of Mend the Gap :00

·       The topic :11

·       The mechanics: what to do when participating and how to prioritize time 1:12

·       Opportunities at ASCRS: networking 5:38

·       Comfortable conference clothes 7:57

·       Comfortable footwear 9:49

·       Briefcases 14:10

·       Etiquette: manners 15:08

·       Shutting down the negative self-talk 22:49

·       Self-talk 23:18

·       Say what needs to be said: body language and being bold 25:26

·       Improv theatre game: “Yes and” 28:25

·       Command the stage 29:45

·       Thank you 34:11

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Susan MacDonald, MD, is president of Eye Corps and associate clinical professor at Tufts School of Medicine.

Cathleen McCabe, MD, is chief medical officer of Eye Health America and medical director of The Eye Associates in Sarasota, FL.

Laura M. Periman, MD, is founder and director of DryEye Services and Clinical Research at Periman Eye Institute in Seattle, WA. She can be reached @Dryeyemaster on Twitter.

Dagny Zhu, MD, is a cornea, cataract, and refractive surgeon and medical director and partner at NVISION Eye Centers in Rowland Heights, CA. She can be reached on twitter @DZEyeMD.

Disclosures: MacDonald, McCabe, Periman and Zhu report no relevant financial disclosures.