CPD Ref: C-100458
CPD Points: 
CPD Type: Non-interactive
Closing Date: 31 December 2024
Domains: Clinical practice, Communication
The second of three programmes, where experts discuss different techniques to help overcome the challenges when examining patients with learning disabilities, using different approaches and clinical tests that may be appropriate for this group of patients.
Topics: Learning disabilities, Retinoscopy, Charts, Ophthalmoscopy, Communication, Visual assessment, Refraction, Visual fields, Binocular vision, Autism, Down’s syndrome, Cerebral palsy, Vulnerable children, Vulnerable adults, School.
CPD Ref: C-100459
CPD Points: 
Closing Date: 31 December 2024
Domains: Communication, Professionalism
The third and final part of this course covers the time 'After the appointment', including dispensing and aftercare, and looks at legal issues surrounding capacity, consent, confidentiality, GOS requirements and safeguarding with two patient case studies.
Topics: Learning disabilities, Communication, Autism, Down’s syndrome, Vulnerable adults, Vulnerable children, Capacity, Consent, GOS, Legal, Confidentiality, Safeguarding, Referral, Dispensing, Frames.
CPD Ref: C-101644
CPD Points: 
CPD Type: Non-interactive
Closing Date: 31 December 2024
Domains: Clinical practice, Communication
The first part of the glaucoma programme has an update on the definitions and prevalence of glaucoma and covers the classification of the different types of glaucoma. It includes the signs and symptoms along with the risk factors to help improve differential diagnosis and appropriate referral.
Topics: Glaucoma, NICE, SIGN, POAG, COAG, CAG, Congenital, Ocular hypertension, Prevalence, Secondary.
CPD Ref: C-101645
CPD Points: 
CPD Type: Non-interactive
Closing Date: 31 December 2024
Domains: Clinical practice, Communication
The second part of the glaucoma programme reviews the anatomy of the normal eye and the pathophysiology in the development of glaucoma. It also covers the current thoughts on the causes of glaucoma and the various risk factors for the different types.
Topics: Glaucoma, NICE, SIGN, POAG, COAG, CAG, Congenital, Ocular hypertension, Prevalence, Risk, Corneal thickness, IOP.
CPD Ref: C-101646
CPD Points: 
CPD Type: Non-interactive
Closing Date: 31 December 2024
Domains: Clinical practice, Professionalism
The third part of the glaucoma programme looks at how to assess the anterior segment and angle to identify important signs of glaucoma and how to identify some of the key risk factors.
Topics: Glaucoma, NICE, SIGN, POAG, COAG, CAG, Van Herick, Smith’s method, Gonioscopy, OCT, Referral, PDS, PXF.
CPD Ref: C-101729
CPD Points: 
CPD Type: Non-interactive
Closing Date: 31 December 2024
Domains: Clinical practice, Professionalism
The fourth part of the glaucoma programme covers the measurement of IOP using contact and non-contact tonometers, looking at normal findings and discussing when to refer.
Topics: Glaucoma, NICE, SIGN, POAG, COAG, CAG, Intraocular pressure, Referral , IOP, tonometer, GAT, Perkins, Ocular hypertension, CCT, Corneal thickness.
CPD Ref: C-101730
CPD Points: 
CPD Type: Non-interactive
Closing Date: 31 December 2024
Domains: Clinical practice, Professionalism
The fifth part of the glaucoma series looks at how to assess and measure the optic disc and identify important signs of glaucoma. The disc examination and appearance with ophthalmoscopy and OCT images are explained to help aid referral and management of glaucoma suspects.
Topics: Glaucoma, NICE, SIGN, POAG, COAG, Optic disc, Assessment, Slit lamp, Indirect ophthalmoscopy, OCT, Management, Referral, Volk.
CPD Ref: C-101748
CPD Points:
CPD Type: Non-interactive
Closing Date: 31 December 2024
Domains: Clinical practice, Professionalism
The sixth part of the glaucoma programme looks at how to accurately assess the visual field to identify important signs of glaucoma.
Topics: Glaucoma, NICE, SIGN, Management, Referral, Threshold, SITA, ZATA, Static, Kinetic, FDT.
CPD Ref: C-101749
CPD Points:
CPD Type: Non-interactive
Closing Date: 31 December 2024
Domains: Clinical practice, Professionalism
The seventh part of the glaucoma programme looks at national and local refinement and referral pathways and discusses how to reach the appropriate clinical decision when managing a glaucoma suspect, taking into account all your investigation.
Topics: Glaucoma, NICE, SIGN, POAG, COAG, Ocular hypertension, Management, Referral, Repeat measures, Pathway, IOP, Visual field.
CPD Ref: C-101750
CPD Points: 
CPD Type: Non-interactive
Closing Date: 31 December 2024
Domains: Clinical practice, Specialty CPD (IP)
The eighth and final part of the glaucoma programme looks at current and future treatments of glaucoma.
Topics: Glaucoma, NICE, SIGN, POAG, COAG, CAG, Ocular hypertension, Laser treatment, Surgical treatment, Pharmacological treatments, Management, Referral, MIGS, SLT.
CPD Ref: C-106052
CPD Points: 
CPD Type: Non-interactive
Closing Date: 31 December 2024
Domains: Clinical practice
In this recorded lecture, led by Mr Paddy Gunn, optometrists are given an opportunity to assess and reflect on their optic disc interpretation skills for a range of patient cases. The cases review the key elements to look out for when examining the optic disc, other information to consider and how to use technology, such as OCT, to effectively support the management of glaucoma suspects.
Topics: Visual fields, Tonometry, Glaucoma, OCT, IOP, Normal tension, Ocular hypertension, Optic pit, Optic nerve, RNFL.
CPD Ref: C-102250
CPD Points: 
CPD Type: Non-interactive
Closing Date: 31 December 2024
Domains: Clinical practice, Leadership & accountability
The first part of this four-part course discussing modern imaging in practice looks at the nature of digital capture, storage and transfer, how digital images have evolved and the legal ramifications of image capture.
Topics: Imaging, Digital photography, Telemedicine, Transfer, Storage, GDPR, Ultrasound, Stereo imaging.
CPD Ref: C-102251
CPD Points: 
CPD Type: Non-interactive
Closing Date: 31 December 2024
Domains: Clinical practice, Leadership & accountability
The second part of this four-part course discussing modern imaging in practice looks at how to achieve the best images with modern anterior and posterior camera systems and how the images might be further enhanced after capture. Legal issues are also discussed.
Topics: Aperture, Resolution, Colour, Slit lamp photography, Delegated function.
CPD Ref: C-102252
CPD Points:
CPD Type: Non-interactive
Closing Date: 31 December 2024
Domains: Clinical practice, Leadership & accountability
The third part of this four-part course discussing modern imaging in practice looks at how to achieve the best images with scanning laser ophthalmoscopy systems and how the images might be further enhanced after capture.
Topics: Scanning laser ophthalmoscopy (SLO), Multicolour, Infra-red, Confocal.
CPD Ref: C-102253
CPD Points: 
CPD Type: Non-interactive
Closing Date: 31 December 2024
Domains: Clinical practice, Leadership & accountability
The last part of this four-part course discussing modern imaging in practice looks at how to achieve the best scans with optical coherence tomography (OCT) systems and how to best interpret the data captured.
Topics: Optical coherence tomography, Time domain, Spectral domain, Swept source, Retinal nerve fibre layer, Twin peaks plot, Thickness map, Difference map, Pachymetry, Anterior angle.
CPD Ref: C-100389
CPD Points:
CPD Type: Non-interactive
Closing Date: 31 December 2024
Domains: Leadership & Accountability, Professionalism
Accredited Level 2 e-learning, covering the key safeguarding issues that optometrists need to be aware of when working with adults at risk.
Topics: Safeguarding, Legal, At risk, Social services, Abuse, Neglect, Record keeping, Physical, Psychological, Disability, Dementia, Sexual, Slavery, Radicalisation.
CPD Ref: C-100384
CPD Points:
CPD Type: Non-interactive
Closing Date: 31 December 2024
Domains: Leadership & Accountability, Professionalism
Accredited Level 2 e-learning, introducing optometrists to the key issues surrounding child abuse. The course explains how to recognise and deal with issues that might arise in optometric practice when working with children.
Topics: Safeguarding, Legal, At risk, Social services, Abuse, Neglect, Record keeping, Physical, Psychological, Disability, Newly qualified, Sexual, Radicalisation.
CPD Ref: C-106922
CPD Points: 
CPD Type: Non-interactive
Closing Date: 30 September 2024
Domains: Clinical practice, Communication
In this episode, Michelle speaks with Dr David Lockington about how to get the balance right when explaining the risks and benefits of cataract surgery to patients. The consent process is explored in depth and David shares a surgeon’s insight into the risks that make a cataract surgery more complex, but not necessarily complicated. The second part of the podcast concentrates on postoperative complications and the importance of setting patient expectations prior to surgery.
Topics: Cataract surgery, Consent, Cataract complications, Intraocular lenses, Patient care pathways, Communication.
CPD Ref: C-107195
CPD Points: 
CPD Type: Non-interactive
Closing Date: 30 September 2024
Domains: Clinical practice, Communication
This episode provides a fly on the wall account of a typical YAG laser procedure. Michelle speaks with specialist optometrists Steven Burge and Don Williams, who reflect on their experiences of the training they underwent to be able to perform key ophthalmic laser techniques before moving on to discuss how they have honed their techniques with experience.
Topics: Cataract postoperative complications, Posterior capsular opacification, Consent, YAG capsulotomy, Patient care pathways, Glaucoma, Ocular hypertension, Selective laser trabeculoplasty (SLT), Ophthalmic lasers, Glaucoma treatment, NICE.
CPD Ref: C-107629
CPD Points: 
CPD Type: Non-interactive
Closing Date: 31 December 2024
Domains: Clinical practice, Communication
In this episode, Michelle meets with optometrist Bradley Warwick and one of his patients with geographic atrophy, and they discuss the benefit to patients that regular monitoring can provide. We also hear from consultant ophthalmologist Clare Bailey about the exciting developments in the therapeutic treatment of dry AMD.
Topics: Age related macular degeneration, Geographic atrophy, Medical retina, Ocular coherent tomography (OCT), Fundus auto-fluorescence, Nutritional supplements, Patient communication, NICE.