Hot topics in comprehensive ophthalmology is a course for people who work in the field suitable for comprehensive/general ophthalmologists, urgent care and primary care, optometrists and nurse practitioners.
This is an update on common themes which appear in the comprehensive ophthalmology clinics and community optometric practices. The updates will be provided by leading lights of Moorfield's clinical faculty. This will be a high yield course with short 20 to 30 minute lectures which you can attend either in-person or online.
Featured topics
Lectures will cover the following topics, including advances in management of these common conditions:
Dry Eyes – diagnosis, management, choice of supplements, advanced cases
Anterior Uveitis - update/management/when is an AC tap required?
STI update – Chlamydia, GC, Syphilis etc.
CLAK – CIM rather than scraping
Anomalous disc assessment
Ocular Rosacea
Choroidal naevi/benign simulating lesions – assessment and referral criteria in CO clinics
Flashes & floaters
Lid lumps & bumps
Neuro ophthalmology / strabismus
Paediatric A&E issues
How to assess patients with special needs (dementia, severe learning difficulties)
Multiple pathologies – how to assess and refer – prioritising referrals for complex cases
Tutors
The course will be delivered by Moorfields Consultants and Fellows/Senior trainees.
Course Director:
Dr Gordon Hay, A&E Service Director
Who is this course for?
This course is intended for Ophthalmologists working within Comprehensive Ophthalmology, Community Optometrists and Nurse practitioners.
Accreditation
A certificate of attendance will be awarded at the end of the study day.
