2025 Vision for Life Institute Optometrist CPD Night
Date: 30/04/2025 (AEST)
Venue: Cnr Pulgul St & Kent Street, URANGAN, QLD, 4655
Provider: Vision for Life Institute
Contact: Joanna Sim, [E] joannasim91@live.com.au, [P] 07 4191 2777
Activity Outline
Dr McLintock, Dr Ng and Dr Meiklejohn will present cases with interaction amongst attending optometrists in cornea, refractive surgery, retina and glaucoma
6 x 30-minute Sessions - Speakers will present cases and attendees will break out into small focus groups to discuss cases before the speaker will then discuss the case as a group. Focus groups will occur throughout the session, minimum of one per topic discussed.
Session 1: IOL Lens selection & Refractive Surgery - Dr Cameron McLintock
Session 2: Therapeutic management of HSVK and dry eye - Dr Cameron McLintock
Session 3: Role of laser in glaucoma management - Dr Braden Meiklejohn
Session 4: Narrow Angle Glaucoma: best treatment approach - Dr Braden Meiklejohn
Session 5: Reading the tealeaves of vitreous haemorrhage - Dr Ken Ng
Session 6: Case studies: injectables, infectious and medical retina - Dr Ken Ng
Session 7: Blepharoplasties and ptosis repair - Dr Ryan Nugent
Session 8: Epiphora management - Dr Ryan Nugent
Learning Objectives
- Understand current treatment paradigms for intraocular lens selections and refractive lens options
- Understand current treatment paradigms for therapeutic management of herpes simplex keratitis and dry eye
- Understand current treatment paradigms for the role of laser in glaucoma management
- Understand current treatment paradigms for narrow angles
- Understand current treatment paradigms for vitreous haemorrhage
- Understand current treatment paradigms for infectious and medical retina
- Understand current treatment paradigms for blepharoplasties and ptosis repair
- Understand current treatment paradigms for epiphora management
Max CPD hours awarded: 4
Session Information
| Name |
|---|
| IOL selection and refractive surgery |
| Clinical? |
| Yes |
| Interactive? |
| Yes |
| Therapeutic? |
| No |
| Duration of CPD Session/Module |
| 0.5 |
| Duration of CPD Session/Module inclusive of Assessment Component |
| 0.5 |
| Name |
|---|
| Therapeutic management of herpes simplex keratitis |
| Clinical? |
| Yes |
| Interactive? |
| Yes |
| Therapeutic? |
| Yes |
| Duration of CPD Session/Module |
| 0.5 |
| Duration of CPD Session/Module inclusive of Assessment Component |
| 0.5 |
| Name |
|---|
| The role of laser in glaucoma management |
| Clinical? |
| Yes |
| Interactive? |
| Yes |
| Therapeutic? |
| Yes |
| Duration of CPD Session/Module |
| 0.5 |
| Duration of CPD Session/Module inclusive of Assessment Component |
| 0.5 |
| Name |
|---|
| Narrow Angles and best treatment paradigms |
| Clinical? |
| Yes |
| Interactive? |
| Yes |
| Therapeutic? |
| Yes |
| Duration of CPD Session/Module |
| 0.5 |
| Duration of CPD Session/Module inclusive of Assessment Component |
| 0.5 |
| Name |
|---|
| Reading the tea leaves of vitreous haemorrhage |
| Clinical? |
| Yes |
| Interactive? |
| Yes |
| Therapeutic? |
| Yes |
| Duration of CPD Session/Module |
| 0.5 |
| Duration of CPD Session/Module inclusive of Assessment Component |
| 0.5 |
| Name |
|---|
| Injections, infections and medical retina |
| Clinical? |
| Yes |
| Interactive? |
| Yes |
| Therapeutic? |
| Yes |
| Duration of CPD Session/Module |
| 0.5 |
| Duration of CPD Session/Module inclusive of Assessment Component |
| 0.5 |
| Name |
|---|
| Ptosis and dermatochalasis |
| Clinical? |
| Yes |
| Interactive? |
| Yes |
| Therapeutic? |
| Yes |
| Duration of CPD Session/Module |
| 0.5 |
| Duration of CPD Session/Module inclusive of Assessment Component |
| 0.5 |
| Name |
|---|
| Watery eye & epiphora management |
| Clinical? |
| Yes |
| Interactive? |
| Yes |
| Therapeutic? |
| Yes |
| Duration of CPD Session/Module |
| 0.5 |
| Duration of CPD Session/Module inclusive of Assessment Component |
| 0.5 |