Seeing Beyond Webinar #1 - Future and current assessments of visual function for glaucoma
Date: 27/05/2020
Venue: Webinar (Zoom details to be provided), in lieu of face-to-face due to COVID-19, VIC, 3053
Provider: University of Melbourne
Contact: Laura Downie, [E] ldownie@unimelb.edu.au, [P] 0402 543 070
Learning Objectives
- To understand what patients think about having perimetry performed to assess their visual field status.
- To appreciate what aspects of visual field assessment patients would like to see improved in future technologies.
- To be knowledgeable of some simple strategies to improve patient experience with perimetry in your practice.
- To have an appreciation of current scientific understanding of the critical timing at which ganglion cells may/may not survive in the pathogenesis of glaucoma.
- To appreciate new methods for assessing ganglion cell function in individuals with glaucoma.
- To understand new strategies that are currently being investigated for supporting ganglion cell function in individuals with glaucoma.
Max points awarded: 6.00
Session Information
| Name |
|---|
| Perimetry: what patients actually think about it, and why patient opinion really matters |
| Activity Type |
| Face to Face with Assessment |
| Therapeutic? |
| Yes |
| Manufacturer/Supplier? |
| No |
| Points for attending & Passing Assessment |
| 3.00 |
| Name |
|---|
| Glaucoma: can ganglion cells improve in function? And how would we measure it? |
| Activity Type |
| Face to Face with Assessment |
| Therapeutic? |
| Yes |
| Manufacturer/Supplier? |
| No |
| Points for attending & Passing Assessment |
| 3.00 |