Update in Ophthalmology for Optometry
Date: 23/10/2019
Venue: 55 High Street, Berwick Victoria 3806, VIC, 3806
Provider: Berwick Eye Centre
Contact: Ed Hauptman, [E] edhauptman@berwickeye.com, [P] +61419702716
Learning Objectives
- Be updated on Choroidal Melanoma: when to refer a “suspicious lesion”, Treatment of melanoma in 2019, what to tell the patient
- Learn to assess different stages of Thyroid Eye Disease, learn how to manage Thyroid Eye Disease medically, understand basic principle of surgical interventions of Thyroid Eye Disease
- Understand when to monitor & when to refer, what to advise the GP, what role anti-VEGF plays & what is best management
- Learn how to diagnose Herpetic eye disease, what to look out for & understand how to treat
- Appreciate that glaucoma encompasses disparate prelaminar optic neuropathies
- Gain a better understanding on epiblepharon repair
- Differentiate non-glaucomatous pre-laminar optic neuropathies
- Understand more about Neuro-protection for glaucoma: where are we now?
- Understand what OCT tells us about the biology of glaucoma
- Understand the relationship between Drugs and DNA manipulation for Lebers : where we are now?
- Understand the use of OCT in NOPH: the revolution progresses
- Understand the use of Drugs for TA
Max points awarded: 4.00
Session Information
| Name |
|---|
| Update in Ophthalmology for Optometry |
| Activity Type |
| Face to Face without Assessment |
| Therapeutic? |
| No |
| Manufacturer/Supplier? |
| No |
| Points for attending & Passing Assessment |
| 4.00 |