Optometry Education Evening
Date: 25/09/2024 (AEST)
Venue: Crowne Plaza, Burwood, NSW, 2134
Provider: Sydney Eyecare Burwood
Contact: Loren Rose, [E] burwoodeye@sydneyeyeare.com.au
Activity Outline
This educational evening will consist of 3 separate sessions, each lasting 30 minutes, including interactive question and quiz time.
Within each session, the presenting doctor will deliver a short lecture using PowerPoint slides, followed by polling for answers to multiple-choice questions as a form of knowledge check. Each lecture will also include case studies to illustrate the learning objectives.
Talk 1: Dr Gaurav Bhardwaj Title: Intravitreal therapy – technique, indications and future directions
Talk 2: Dr Rohan Gupta Title: Interventional Glaucoma – the new treatment paradigm
Talk 3: Dr Loren Rose Title: What can we learn from the recent atropine studies for myopia treatment
Learning Objectives
- To provide an overview of intravitreal treatment approaches to common conditions
- Address the techniques of intravitreal injections
- Acknowledge side effects and risks of intravitreal treatment
- Future drug delivery approaches and indications for treatment
- Updated management algorithm for glaucoma
- Understanding the link between ocular surface disease (OSD) and topical glaucoma therapy
- Understanding the findings from the LiGHT Trial
- New Surgical techniques for Managing Glaucoma
- Analysis of recent publications with the use of low-dose atropine, including WA-ATOM, CHAMP, PEDIG, APPLE, MOSAIC, ATLAS studies
- Application into clinical practice
- Avoid missing red flags when treating progressive myopia
Max CPD hours awarded: 2.25
Session Information
| Name |
|---|
| Intravitreal therapy – technique, indications and future directions |
| Clinical? |
| Yes |
| Interactive? |
| Yes |
| Therapeutic? |
| Yes |
| Duration of CPD Session/Module |
| 0.5 |
| Duration of CPD Session/Module inclusive of Assessment Component |
| 0.75 |
| Name |
|---|
| Interventional Glaucoma – the new treatment paradigm |
| Clinical? |
| Yes |
| Interactive? |
| Yes |
| Therapeutic? |
| Yes |
| Duration of CPD Session/Module |
| 0.5 |
| Duration of CPD Session/Module inclusive of Assessment Component |
| 0.75 |
| Name |
|---|
| What can we learn from the recent atropine studies for myopia treatment |
| Clinical? |
| Yes |
| Interactive? |
| Yes |
| Therapeutic? |
| Yes |
| Duration of CPD Session/Module |
| 0.5 |
| Duration of CPD Session/Module inclusive of Assessment Component |
| 0.75 |