CW1 Paediatric Optometry Clinical Workshop
Date: 6/04/2019
Venue: ACO, 374 Cardigan Street, Carlton, VIC, 3053
Provider: Australian College of Optometry
Contact: Liz Salvatore, [E] cpd@aco.org.au, [P] 03 9349 7477
Learning Objectives
- Explain the key aspects of the epidemiology of myopia and the ramifications of the current trends;
- Discuss the clinical management of myopia and suggested guidelines released by the International Myopia Institute
- Explain the current approaches to the control of myopia with reference to newly released journal articles and hypothetical cases
- Discuss the future approaches that may be of value in the control of myopia
- Be able to differentiate between the seven most common types of childhood esotropia
- Be familiar with recent evidence relating to management of childhood esotropia
- Be able to differentiate between the six most common types of childhood exotropia
- Be familiar with recent evidence relating to management of childhood exotropia
- Consolidate and expand their ways of dealing with childhood strabismus.
- List the important signs – in the anterior segment, the posterior segment and the orbit - that should alert a practitioner to the presence of a serious ophthalmic condition
- Discuss the visual significance of congenital cataract and the criteria that govern the decision of when to perform a surgical procedure
- Evaluate a case of nystagmus in a child
- Explain the clinical features and treatment of ophthalmia neonatorum, and nasolacrimal duct obstruction
- Discuss the pharmaceutical management of congenital glaucoma, childhood uveitis and keratitis
- Know how to manage the coexistence of amblyopia and other binocular anomalies;
- Formulate a regimen for the treatment of amblyopia in a child;
- Integrate the treatment of amblyopia into a child’s leisure activities;
- Be able to identify and perform tests relevant to a diagnostic assessment of childhood strabismus
- Have a framework for diagnosis of childhood strabismus
- Have a framework for management of childhood strabismus.
- Assess the accommodation status, the vergence status and the accommodation-convergence synkinesis of a child
- Prescribe exercises to enhance a child’s amplitude of accommodation and the facility of accommodation
- Design a treatment plan to assist a child who manifests convergence deficits
Max points awarded: 15.00
Session Information
| Name |
|---|
| Myopia Control |
| Activity Type |
| Face to Face with Assessment |
| Therapeutic? |
| No |
| Manufacturer/Supplier? |
| No |
| Points for attending & Passing Assessment |
| 3.00 |
| Name |
|---|
| Strabismic Management |
| Activity Type |
| Face to Face with Assessment |
| Therapeutic? |
| No |
| Manufacturer/Supplier? |
| No |
| Points for attending & Passing Assessment |
| 3.00 |
| Name |
|---|
| Red Flags in Paediatric Ophthalmology |
| Activity Type |
| Face to Face with Assessment |
| Therapeutic? |
| No |
| Manufacturer/Supplier? |
| No |
| Points for attending & Passing Assessment |
| 3.00 |
| Name |
|---|
| Clinical sessions amblyopia, strabismus & accommodation & vergence |
| Activity Type |
| Face to Face Small Workshop |
| Therapeutic? |
| No |
| Manufacturer/Supplier? |
| No |
| Points for attending & Passing Assessment |
| 6.00 |
| Name | Activity Type | Therapeutic? | Manufacturer/ Supplier? | Points for attending & Passing Assessment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Myopia Control | Face to Face with Assessment | No | No | 3.00 |
| Strabismic Management | Face to Face with Assessment | No | No | 3.00 |
| Red Flags in Paediatric Ophthalmology | Face to Face with Assessment | No | No | 3.00 |
| Clinical sessions amblyopia, strabismus & accommodation & vergence | Face to Face Small Workshop | No | No | 6.00 |