CCLSA QLD and OQNT ECO Meeting 280719
Date: 28/07/2019
Venue: The Greek Club, 29 Edmondstone St, South Brisbane , QLD, 4101
Provider: Cornea & Contact Lens Society of Australia
Contact: Damien Fisher / Shaheera Survery Patterson, [E] info@cclsa.org.au, [P] 02 9431 8676
Learning Objectives
- Contact lenses in [corporate] practice - 1.To learn to the important clinical and communication skills needed for contact lens practice in a corporate and independent setting
- Preparing your patient for ongoing [CL] success! - To understand what’s needed to clinically prepare a patient for contact lenses
- To understand the role an optometrist plays within a practice to ensure contact lens success
- Essential Dry eye practice - To understand the need for dry eye practice
- To understand how to implement strategies to test dry eye in a standard clinical setting
- Lenses for astigmatism - To understand the contact lens options for correcting astigmatism
- To implement practical tips for dealing with complications of fitting a toric contact lens
- Dealing with presbyopia and CL’s - To understand the clinical benefit of fitting presbyopes with contact lenses
- To understand the contact lens options for presbyopes and keys to successful fitting
- Daily disposables- What’s the latest and how to handle them?- To be updated on the latest materials and options in daily disposable lenses
- To learn the important points for success when fitting daily disposable lenses
- Custom lenses- Where do they fit? - To understand how custom lenses can be used to fit high refractive error and irregular corneae
- To understand the pathway to advanced contract lens practice
- Advanced Dry Eye practice - To understand the complexity of dry eye disease
- To learn how to incorporate advanced dry eye practice in an optometric setting
- The good, the bad and the legal!- Therapeutic management-To understand the range of conditions that require therapeutic management for the cornea
- To understand the treatment pathways for acute anterior eye pathology
- panel discussion To understand the future direction of contact lens practice
- Debate: Contact lenses are better than surgery at correcting refractive error To understand the benefits of contact lens correction for refractive error To understand the benefits of surgical correction of refractive error
Max points awarded: 16.00
Session Information
| Name |
|---|
| Contact lenses in [corporate] practice |
| Activity Type |
| Face to Face with Assessment |
| Therapeutic? |
| Yes |
| Manufacturer/Supplier? |
| Yes |
| Points for attending & Passing Assessment |
| 6.00 |
| Name |
|---|
| Lenses for astigmatism |
| Activity Type |
| Face to Face with Assessment |
| Therapeutic? |
| No |
| Manufacturer/Supplier? |
| Yes |
| Points for attending & Passing Assessment |
| 4.50 |
| Name |
|---|
| Custom lenses- Where do they fit? |
| Activity Type |
| Face to Face with Assessment |
| Therapeutic? |
| Yes |
| Manufacturer/Supplier? |
| Yes |
| Points for attending & Passing Assessment |
| 3.00 |
| Name |
|---|
| The good, the bad and the legal!- Therapeutic management |
| Activity Type |
| Face to Face without Assessment |
| Therapeutic? |
| Yes |
| Manufacturer/Supplier? |
| No |
| Points for attending & Passing Assessment |
| 1.00 |
| Name |
|---|
| Debate: Contact lenses are better than surgery at correcting refractive error |
| Activity Type |
| Face to Face without Assessment |
| Therapeutic? |
| No |
| Manufacturer/Supplier? |
| Yes |
| Points for attending & Passing Assessment |
| 1.00 |
| Name |
|---|
| panel discussion |
| Activity Type |
| Face to Face without Assessment |
| Therapeutic? |
| No |
| Manufacturer/Supplier? |
| Yes |
| Points for attending & Passing Assessment |
| 0.50 |
| Name | Activity Type | Therapeutic? | Manufacturer/ Supplier? | Points for attending & Passing Assessment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Contact lenses in [corporate] practice | Face to Face with Assessment | No | No | 3.00 |
| Essential Dry eye practice | Face to Face with Assessment | Yes | No | 2.5 |
| Custom lenses- Where do they fit? | Face to Face with Assessment | No | No | 1.5 |
| The good, the bad and the legal!- Therapeutic management | Face to Face with Assessment | Yes | No | 1.5 |
| Debate: Contact lenses are better than surgery at correcting refractive error | Face to Face without Assessment | No | No | 1.00 |
| panel discussion | Face to Face without Assessment | No | No | 0.50 |
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