
Visual health, explained for working professionals.
The gist
Podcast Franja Visual Radio serves the visual-health sector with steady, instructional conversations on contact lenses, ophthalmic optics, dry eye, and professional events. Its episodes move between classroom explanation, regional sector updates, and practical questions from clinical work.
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About Podcast Franja Visual Radio
Podcast Franja Visual Radio is a Spanish-language professional broadcast for the visual-health community in Latin America. It is less a personality show than a working audio desk for optometry, contactology, ophthalmic optics, events, and continuing education. The feed gathers several program identities, including IACLE-focused contact-lens episodes, Salud Visual Hoy sector updates, Tallando Conceptos for optical laboratories, and 360 Grados with an academic angle. That variety gives it the feel of a trade station rather than a single interview format. The conversations are usually measured. A topic is named, the terms are defined, and then the speakers connect the concept to clinical use, patient behavior, product choice, or professional training. In contact-lens episodes, the show spends time on dry eye, silicone hydrogel, presbyopia, keratoconus, special conditions, and the reasons patients stop wearing lenses. In ortho-keratology, it distinguishes crude ideas of flattening from controlled corneal molding, hydrodynamic force, tear film behavior, and reversibility. In optical discussions, materials such as polycarbonate, CR39, Trivex, coatings, Abbe value, iridescence, and impact resistance are treated as practical decisions, not abstract specifications. The patient is rarely absent from the technical talk. Comfort at the end of the day, questions asked in consultation, occupational needs, and visual side effects all become part of the professional judgment. The show also keeps one ear on the region’s institutions. It reports on ophthalmology congresses, Franja events, IACLE activity, university programs, and the shift to virtual formats during the pandemic. Some episodes include formal introductions and recurring radio copy, which can make the pacing feel deliberate and broadcast-like. That structure suits the material. It gives dense topics room to breathe and lets guests repeat the important points without turning the conversation into a lecture transcript. Podcast Franja Visual Radio is strongest when it sits between classroom and clinic: technical enough for professionals, but grounded enough to show why the details matter in daily practice.
Made for: For Spanish-speaking optometrists, students, educators, and visual-health practitioners who want regional context alongside clinical explanation. It also suits sector listeners tracking events, lens technology, and professional education in Latin America.
What sets it apart: Its strength is the combination of professional radio structure, Latin American sector coverage, and detailed technical teaching. Few visual-health shows move so naturally from congress updates to lens-material tradeoffs, patient questioning, and specialty contact-lens practice.
In their own words
Ambientamos los establecimientos de Salud Visual en América Latina.
Why you'd press play
Polycarbonate's marketing halo meets optical tradeoffs, making your next lens recommendation much less automatic.
Press play if you want
- to choose lens materials by visual performance, not whichever sales pitch reached you first
- to ask contact-lens wearers questions that reveal discomfort before they quietly give up
Episodes
- 1
DÍA MUNDIAL DE RADIO- SALUD VISUAL HOY 13-02-2020
·2h 8m - 2
EDUCACIÓN COLABORATIVA 06-05-2020
·1h 1m - 3
CUIDADO LC FRENTE AL COVID 08-04-2020
·1h - 4
COMPETENCIAS CANAL ONLINE 22-04-2020
·1h 1m - 5
ALTERNATIVAS EDUCACIÓN CONTINUADA 29-04-2020
·55m - 6
IMPLICACIONES PSICOSOCIALES EN BAJA VISIÓN 24-04-2020
·1h 8m - 7
ANTROPOLOGÍA BAJA VISIÓN 29-05-2020
·1h 6m - 8
GLAUCOMA-DÍ CAPACIDAD 27-03-2020
·50m - 9
LC Y COVID-19 - IACLE 01-04-2020
·1h 13m - 10
LA CONTACTOLOGÍA HOY- IACLE 25-03-2020
·1h 1m - 11
ESPECIAL 6
·1m - 12
ESPECIAL 5
·3m - 13
ESPECIAL 3
·3m - 14
ESPECIAL 4
·3m - 15
ESPECIAL 1 18-03-2020
·14m - 16
ESPECIAL 2 19-03-2020
·18m - 17
DÍA INTERNACIONAL DEL GLAUCOMA-SVH 12-03-2020
·2h 2m - 18
Especiales Franja - Martín Sánchez
·1h 1m - 19
MARTÍN SÁNCHEZ-ESPECIALES FRANJA
·55m - 20
EDUCACIÓN EN LC Y RECURSOS IACLE 11-03-2020
·37m - 21
Entrenamiento deportivo 19-11-2019
·53m - 22
Información básica de LC 23-10-2019
·1h 13m - 23
RETINOPATÍA DEL PREMATURO-DÍ CAPACIDAD CON TODOS LOS SENTIDOS 06-03-2020
·55m - 24
ALTERNATIVAS DE CORRECCIÓN VISUAL SVH 27-02-2020
·1h 55m - 25
DÍA INTERNACIONAL DE LA MUJER-SVH 05-03-2020
·1h 53m - 26
MATERIALES DE LENTES OFTÁLMICOS- TALLANDO CONCEPTOS 03-03-2020
·1h 5m - 27
COMPLICACIONES OFTÁLMICAS EN RECIÉN NACIDOS- 360º 26-02-2020
·53m - 28
AMBLIOPÍA ANISOMETRÓPICA CON LC-IACLE 25-02-2020
·1h 5m - 29
INVESTIGACIÓN CLÍNICA E INADAPTACIONES-TALLANDO CONCEPTOS 25-02-2020
·1h 4m - 30
Mitos y verdades en salud visual - salud visual 20-02-2020
·1h 58m - 31
PROMOCIÓN ADECUADA DE LC-IACLE 19-02-2020
·1h 1m - 32
HIGIENE Y SEGURIDAD EN LAB ÓPTICO-TALLANDO CONCEPTOS 18-02-2020
·1h - 33
DÍA MUNDIAL DE RADIO - SALUD VISUAL HOY 13-02-2020
·2h 8m - 34
LESIONES MUSCULARES EN EL DEPORTE - 360º 18-02-2020
·50m - 35
INVESTIGACIÓN CLÍNICA E INADAPTACIONES-TALLADO CONCEPTOS 11-02-2020
·53m - 36
PELÍCULA LAGRIMAL- IACLE 12-02-2020
·1h 10m - 37
ALTERNATIVAS PARA CONTROL DE MIOPÍA- IACLE 04-02-2020
·56m - 38
Especiales Franja - Patricia Saavedra 31-01-2020
·55m - 39
MARKETING EN ÓPTICAS-SALUD VISUAL HOY 30-01-2020
·2h 1m - 40
EDUCACIÓN EN SALUD VISUAL-SALUD VISUAL HOY 23-01-2020
·1h 59m - 41
Posibilidades de riesgo en el laboratorio - Tallando conceptos 14-01-2020
·24m - 42
ROBBÓTICA,MARKETING,CATARATA-TALLANDO CONCEPTOS 28-01-2020
·1h 4m - 43
CONSENTIMIENTO INFORMADO EN CONTACTOLOGIA- IACLE22-01-2020
·48m - 44
LENTES OFTÁLMICOS, BAJA VISIÓN - TALLANDO CONCEPTOS 21-01-2020
·1h - 45
ACTUALIDAD VISUAL-SALUD VISUAL 16-01-2020
·1h 59m - 46
Especial de Navidad 19-12-2019
·2h - 47
Revisión periódica de la vista, una regla de oro 12-12-2019
·1h 59m - 48
Síntomas y complicaciones por el uso de LC 11-12-2019
·1h 9m - 49
Clínica básica para la adaptación de LC 13-11-2019
·59m - 50
Cirugía refractiva 05-11-2019
·58m - 51
Lentes de contacto 24-10-2019
·2h 6m - 52
Venta de lentes de contacto por internet 18-12-2019
·1h 5m - 53
Tecnología a favor de los pacientes 06-12-2019
·1h 4m - 54
Comunicar sobre LC 04-12-2019
·1h 5m - 55
Síndrome visual informático 28-11-2019
·1h 53m - 56
Marketing en salud visual 07-11-2019
·2h 5m - 57
Salud visual en niños 12-11-2019
·58m - 58
Rehabilitación en baja visión 22-11-2019
·1h 1m - 59
Radiación UV 12-11-2019
·1h 3m - 60
Optometría en Bolivia y el desarrollo de la contactología 20-11-2019
·56m - 61
Monturas y anteojería 28-11-2019
·1h 2m - 62
Luz infrarroja 05-11-2019
·1h 2m - 63
Capacitación de LC 29-10-2019
·1h 3m - 64
Evaluación de la función visual 16-10-2019
·59m - 65
Especial Halloween 31-10-2019
·2h 5m - 66
Educación inclusiva 25-10-2019
·1h 13m - 67
Día mundial de la alimentación 17-10-2019
·2h 3m - 68
Investigación de mercados 26-11-2019
·56m - 69
Aniversario del programa 22-10-2019
·1h 4m - 70
Casos clínicos con lentes esclerales 09-10-2019
·1h 5m - 71
Prácticas clínicas para la inclusión 11-10-2019
·51m - 72
Essilor - día mundial de la visión 10-10-2019
·1h 54m - 73
Salud visual de los deportistas 03-10-2019
·2h 2m - 74
Primer congreso latinoamericano de óptica y optometría en Bolivia 26-09-2019
·2h 4m - 75
Salud visual en el deporte 08-10-2019
·1h 8m - 76
Marketing en los laboratorios 01-10-2019
·1h 2m - 77
LC en degeneración marginal pelúcida 02-10-2019
·1h 10m - 78
Derechos de las personas con discapacidad en centros penitenciarios 01-10-2019
·45m - 79
Corrección del astigmatismo con LC 04-09-2019
·1h - 80
Terapia manual ortopédica 17-09-2019
·49m - 81
Salud visual pediátrica 05-09-2019
·1h 59m - 82
Recomendaciones para los pacientes de LC 25-09-2019
·1h 1m - 83
Nuevos usuarios de LC 18-09-2019
·1h 4m - 84
Normativas para los laboratorios 10-09-2019
·56m - 85
La optometría en Bolivia 11-09-2019
·1h 2m - 86
ISO 9001 17-09-2019
·1h 13m - 87
Día mundial de la ética profesional 19-09-2019
·1h 59m - 88
Campaña de amor y amistad 12-09-2019
·2h - 89
Aprender de la crisis 06-08-2019
·1h 4m - 90
Fábrica de anteojos 01-08-2019.mp3
·1h 58m - 91
Una comunidad enfocada en la población 15-08-2019.mp3
·1h 17m - 92
Proceso de antireflejo 30-07-2019.mp3
·1h 10m - 93
Posgrado en lentes de contacto 24-07-2019.mp3
·57m - 94
Luz azul 29-10-2019
Hidden gemAndrés García says the key is not the reflection color but the wavelengths that the material absorbs.
·1h 6m·2 clips - 95
CÁNCER Y SALUD VISUAL - SALUD VISUAL HOY 06-02-2020
Hidden gem·1h 59m - 96
ORTOQUERATOLOGÍA 15-04-2020
Hidden gemCésar Rodríguez says the ideal ortho-k patient is a child, especially ages 6 to 12.
·1h 4m·2 clips - 97
FRANJA VIRTUAL 2.020 26-05-2020
Hidden gemMaría Victoria Báez says virtual FRANJA let her attend more talks and access commercial information that was harder to get in person.
·41m·2 clips - 98
Tecnología 4.0 27-08-2019.mp3
·1h 7m