Update in Ophthalmology 2024
Date: 8/04/2024 (AEST)
Venue: 901/3 Waverley Street, Bondi Junction, NSW, 2022
Provider: Retina Associates/Eastern Suburbs Retina
Contact: Mariam Salib, [E] mariam@retina.com.au, [P] 02 9389 4840
Activity Outline
An update in Ophthalmology 2024 will consist of small group workshops each lasting a total of 30 minutes in duration.
Within each session, the presenting doctor will deliver a short lecture with a high level of engagement amongst the attendees with questions answered on case studies and treatment options/methods.
Learning Objectives
- Develop a better understanding of the signs and symptoms of the different diabetic eye diseases.
- Illustrate diagnostic dilemmas and approaches to treatment of retinal conditions.
- Examine rare and unusual retinal cases seen in referral centres.
- Understand the causes and risks for patients with retinal tears/ holes/ detachments and epiretinal membranes to advise the best possible treatment and management options.
- Analyse common Vitreoretinal emergencies signs, symptoms and management.
- Understand the therapeutic and surgical management of diabetic retinopathy and confidently co-manage patients.
- Undertake diagnostic testing to form a diagnosis of glaucoma and be able to initiate a glaucoma management plan.
- Understand what to look for in glaucoma cases to assist in evaluating clinical OCT results.
- Understand both therapeutic medication and surgical management options in the treatment of glaucoma patients with cataracts.
- Understand new treatments in Wet AMD
- Discover and understand new treatments in geographic atrophy.
- Discuss and understand real world medical retina clinical cases.
- Recognise common artefacts on OCT imaging.
- Recognise subretinal hyper reflective material and disorganisation of the retinal inner layers on OCT imaging.
- Identify common OCT features that can be confused with neovascular age-related macular degeneration.
Max CPD hours awarded: 2.5
Session Information
| Name |
|---|
| Medical retina case studies and treatment |
| Clinical? |
| Yes |
| Interactive? |
| Yes |
| Therapeutic? |
| Yes |
| Duration of CPD Session/Module |
| 0.5 |
| Duration of CPD Session/Module inclusive of Assessment Component |
| 0.5 |
| Name |
|---|
| Surgical Management of Diabetic Eye Disease |
| Clinical? |
| Yes |
| Interactive? |
| Yes |
| Therapeutic? |
| Yes |
| Duration of CPD Session/Module |
| 0.5 |
| Duration of CPD Session/Module inclusive of Assessment Component |
| 0.5 |
| Name |
|---|
| Interpreting Macular OCT Imaging |
| Clinical? |
| Yes |
| Interactive? |
| Yes |
| Therapeutic? |
| No |
| Duration of CPD Session/Module |
| 0.5 |
| Duration of CPD Session/Module inclusive of Assessment Component |
| 0.5 |
| Name |
|---|
| Cataract Surgery in Glaucoma Update |
| Clinical? |
| Yes |
| Interactive? |
| Yes |
| Therapeutic? |
| Yes |
| Duration of CPD Session/Module |
| 0.5 |
| Duration of CPD Session/Module inclusive of Assessment Component |
| 0.5 |
| Name |
|---|
| What's new in Medical Retina? |
| Clinical? |
| Yes |
| Interactive? |
| Yes |
| Therapeutic? |
| Yes |
| Duration of CPD Session/Module |
| 0.5 |
| Duration of CPD Session/Module inclusive of Assessment Component |
| 0.5 |