OVERVIEW

Hot Topics in Comprehensive Ophthalmology is organized by Moorfields Education and will be held on Feb 07, 2025 at The Education Hub, London, England, United Kingdom.

Description:
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.