Chairside Testing WORKSHOP - May 2025

Date: 18/05/2025 - 19/05/25 (AEST)

Venue: Day 1 - Fitzroy North Eyecare, 798 Nicholson Street, Fitzroy North, VIC, 3068

Provider: ACBO

Contact: Sarah Edwards, [E] info@acbo.org.au, [P] 03 9614 3400

Activity Outline

Chairside Testing

(18.05.25) Day 1 - Fitzroy North Eyecare, 798 Nicholson Street, Fitzroy North (19.05.25) Day 2/3 - Vibe Hotel Docklands, Marina Tower, 443 Docklands Drive, Docklands

Increasing your knowledge, skills and confidence in the examination and assessment processes of complex patients and bringing a behavioural perspective to the standard testing you provide.

This unit of the AAVC program aims to prepare you with the assessment and diagnostic skills to gather the necessary background data to make a clear diagnosis and treatment plan for children and adults who have congenital, developmental or acquired vision disorders. The course will cover history/interview methods from both a developmental and behavioural perspective; discuss the inter-relatedness of tests probes and the importance of arranging testing sequence and instructional sets. Discussion will cover the benefits of both free-space testing and in-instrument testing and a combination of the two. A scientific basis for appreciating the value of a comprehensive assessment and the impact of accommodative dysfunction on the total action system of the body is provided. We explore the diagnostic value of testing eye movements in free space or using standardised tests to confidently explain performance to parents when a child struggles.

Additional screening tests will be covered to explore other factors comprising visual perceptual skills and reflexes, including the expected performance, to understand how reduced performance influences every day challenges or adaptations.

The workshop will demonstrate many of the tests, with hands on exploration being an important part. Case examples are planned with findings, treatments and outcomes followed by practical exploration of Yoked Prism. After this, we will have group exploration and discussion of record keeping, case presentation and report writing.

Learning Objectives

Be familiar with the basic testing equipment and targets for both distance and near point testing, including plans for purchase with discussion about what is available in their practices
Be familiar with the use of standardised and non-standardised (diagnostic) testing of eye movements
Recognise the relationship of accommodative and convergence testing dependent on instructional set, with demonstrations, discussion and advantages of each test
Be confident using the Analytical, Diagnosis including Case Typing and Lens application
Have practical experience using the Standard Analytical Examination and Analytical Awareness
Be familiar with and understanding of the use of the Van Orden Star and Cheiroscope
Understand test results with insights in CI and Convergence Excess
Be familiar with the use of Micro-Prism probes as well as plus acceptance probes
Be able to discuss eye movement dysfunction, treatment and outcomes for both visual skills cases that are oculomotor and/or vergence related
Have familiarity through practice of eye movement testing
Be confident to screen both perceptual skills and early reflexes for learning related or visual skills cases
Have hands-on experience with both perceptual and reflex testing
Be able to prescribe from a behavioural perspective in refractive cases through group discussion of case examples, treatment options and prognosis
Be familiar with the use of yoked prisms as a compensatory and therapeutic tool
Discuss and explore different directions of the prisms, what power and the use of obliques and unequal powers
Build suitable records for behavioural testing that collected including diagnosis auto-coding and forms for different tests including yoked prism, performance testing
Present cases to parents and patients, including what to demonstrate, with discussion by the group about advantages of longer vs. shorter reports and case presentations
Diagnose and prepare reports including a treatment plan, see different treatment options and increase confidence in diagnosis and treatment prognosis

Max CPD hours awarded: 18

Session Information

Name
Day 1 - Demonstration of eye movement testing, free-space accommodative and vergence tests.
Clinical?
Yes
Interactive?
Yes
Therapeutic?
No
Duration of CPD Session/Module
1.5
Duration of CPD Session/Module inclusive of Assessment Component
1.5

Name
Day 2 - Eye movements – saccadic and pursuit dysfunction in conjunction with Learning Related Visual Skills Cases
Clinical?
Yes
Interactive?
Yes
Therapeutic?
No
Duration of CPD Session/Module
1.5
Duration of CPD Session/Module inclusive of Assessment Component
1.5

Name
Day 3 - Examination Forms used by the group and presenter
Clinical?
Yes
Interactive?
Yes
Therapeutic?
No
Duration of CPD Session/Module
1.5
Duration of CPD Session/Module inclusive of Assessment Component
1.5

Name
Day 1 - Analytical Testing Understanding and Awareness Analytical Testing
Clinical?
Yes
Interactive?
Yes
Therapeutic?
No
Duration of CPD Session/Module
1.5
Duration of CPD Session/Module inclusive of Assessment Component
1.5

Name
Day 2 - Perceptual skills and reflexes demonstration followed by case examples in perceptual skills and reflexes.
Clinical?
Yes
Interactive?
Yes
Therapeutic?
No
Duration of CPD Session/Module
1.5
Duration of CPD Session/Module inclusive of Assessment Component
1.5

Name
Day 3 - Case Presentation and Report writing
Clinical?
Yes
Interactive?
Yes
Therapeutic?
No
Duration of CPD Session/Module
1.5
Duration of CPD Session/Module inclusive of Assessment Component
1.5

Name
Day 1 - Supplemental Testing using VO Star and Cheiroscopic Tracing
Clinical?
Yes
Interactive?
Yes
Therapeutic?
No
Duration of CPD Session/Module
1.5
Duration of CPD Session/Module inclusive of Assessment Component
1.5

Name
Day 2 - Hyperopia, anisometropia, Myopia, Divergence Excess
Clinical?
Yes
Interactive?
Yes
Therapeutic?
No
Duration of CPD Session/Module
1.5
Duration of CPD Session/Module inclusive of Assessment Component
1.5

Name
Day 3 - Case Examples from the group
Clinical?
Yes
Interactive?
Yes
Therapeutic?
No
Duration of CPD Session/Module
1.5
Duration of CPD Session/Module inclusive of Assessment Component
1.5

Name
Day 1 - Introduction using equipment available
Clinical?
Yes
Interactive?
Yes
Therapeutic?
No
Duration of CPD Session/Module
1.5
Duration of CPD Session/Module inclusive of Assessment Component
1.5

Name
Day 2 - Convergence Insufficiency and Convergence Excess.
Clinical?
Yes
Interactive?
Yes
Therapeutic?
No
Duration of CPD Session/Module
1.5
Duration of CPD Session/Module inclusive of Assessment Component
1.5

Name
Day 3 - Yoked Prism Exploration with Case Studies
Clinical?
Yes
Interactive?
Yes
Therapeutic?
No
Duration of CPD Session/Module
1.5
Duration of CPD Session/Module inclusive of Assessment Component
1.5

Name	Clinical?	Interactive?	Therapeutic?	CPD Hours
Day 1 - Demonstration of eye movement testing, free-space accommodative and vergence tests.	Yes	Yes	No	1.5	1.5
Day 2 - Eye movements – saccadic and pursuit dysfunction in conjunction with Learning Related Visual Skills Cases	Yes	Yes	No	1.5	1.5
Day 3 - Examination Forms used by the group and presenter	Yes	Yes	No	1.5	1.5
Day 1 - Analytical Testing Understanding and Awareness Analytical Testing	Yes	Yes	No	1.5	1.5
Day 2 - Perceptual skills and reflexes demonstration followed by case examples in perceptual skills and reflexes.	Yes	Yes	No	1.5	1.5
Day 3 - Case Presentation and Report writing	Yes	Yes	No	1.5	1.5
Day 1 - Supplemental Testing using VO Star and Cheiroscopic Tracing	Yes	Yes	No	1.5	1.5
Day 2 - Hyperopia, anisometropia, Myopia, Divergence Excess	Yes	Yes	No	1.5	1.5
Day 3 - Case Examples from the group	Yes	Yes	No	1.5	1.5
Day 1 - Introduction using equipment available	Yes	Yes	No	1.5	1.5
Day 2 - Convergence Insufficiency and Convergence Excess.	Yes	Yes	No	1.5	1.5
Day 3 - Yoked Prism Exploration with Case Studies	Yes	Yes	No	1.5	1.5

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