Strategies to increase success with new soft contact lens wearers
Available from: 5/02/2024 (AEDT)
Where to publish: https://academy.coopervision.net.au/au/training/strategies-to-increase-success-with-new-soft-contact-lens-wearers-2/overview
Provider: Joe Tanner (Coopervision)
Contact: Julia Kwok, [E] jkwok@au.coopervision.com, [P] 0438781492
Activity Outline
The article by Adam Samuels, Philip Morgan and Anna Sulley summarises a recent literature review on ways to increase success with new contact lens wearers in practice.
Highlights of the article include:
- reasons for contact lens drop out
- the evidence across seven different areas including vision, comfort, handling in relation to new wearers
-- evidence-based advice for the management of new wearers for each of the seven areas
Learning Objectives
- Practitioners should understand the key reasons for contact lens dropout.
- Practitioners should understand when to follow-up new wearers to prevent dropout.
- Practitioners should understand the evidence-based clinical management strategies to optimise vision, comfort and handling.
- Practitioners should understand ways to address issues of convenience, ocular health, cost and environmental impact that may lead to dropout.
Max CPD hours awarded: 2
Session Information
| Name |
|---|
| Strategies to increase success with new soft contact lens wearers |
| Clinical? |
| Yes |
| Interactive? |
| No |
| Therapeutic? |
| No |
| Duration of CPD Session/Module |
| 1.5 |
| Duration of CPD Session/Module inclusive of Assessment Component |
| 2 |