Visionary Eye Specialists - Optometry Education Evening
Date: 3/07/2024 (AEST)
Venue: Suite 265, Level 6, 7-11 The Avenue, Hurstville, NSW, 2220
Provider: Visionary Eye Specialists
Contact: Leticia Donald, [E] leticia@viseye.com.au, [P] 95804705
Activity Outline
Visionary Eye Specialists are hosting a night of small group discussions and presentations. Each small group of attendees will rotate through each presentation to facilitate interactive discussions and the opportunity to ask questions.
Dr Gavin Stringfellow: Cataract Surgery Complications
Dr Leanne Cheung: Cataract surgery - what choices might your patient need to make?
Dr Matthew Spargo: Surgical management of strabismus
Dr Carolyn Ross: Cataract and the cornea
Dr Nicole Lim: Navigating cataract surgery in glaucoma patients
Learning Objectives
- Recognise patients at risk for complications during cataract surgery. Also understand the management/consequences and recovery after surgical complications.
- Be more confident in initial discussions with patients around cataract surgery choices. This topic will include whether to proceed to surgery now or later, where to have the surgery, one or two eyes, timing between surgeries, intraocular lens choice, whether to have other ocular surgery to optimize outcomes such as pterygium surgery, ectropion, ptosis, vitreoretinal surgery first.
- Understand the indications for strabismus surgery, the basic steps involved in the operation & recognise the importance of restoring ocular alignment.
- Understand the challenges and considerations required for patients undergoing cataract surgery in the presence of corneal disease.
- Gain insight into essential considerations for pre and post-operative care in the glaucomatous eye.
Max CPD hours awarded: 2.5
Session Information
| Name |
|---|
| Cataract Surgery Complications |
| 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 |
|---|
| Cataract surgery - what choices might your patient need to make? |
| 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 Stabismus |
| 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 |
|---|
| Cataract and the cornea |
| 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 |
|---|
| Navigating cataract surgery in glaucoma patients |
| Clinical? |
| Yes |
| Interactive? |
| Yes |
| Therapeutic? |
| Yes |
| Duration of CPD Session/Module |
| 0.5 |
| Duration of CPD Session/Module inclusive of Assessment Component |
| 0.5 |