CPD Ref: C-108859
CPD Points: 
CPD Type: Non-interactive
Closing Date: 31 December 2024
Domains: Communication, Leadership & Accountability
In this episode, presenter Michelle interviews OCCS Complaints resolution manager Dawn Slocombe about the process of dealing with complaints. We also hear from Richard Edwards, Clinical advisor to the OCCS, about the aspects of modern practice that overlap with handling complaints, along with advice on how practitioners can effectively diffuse complaints with minimal consequences.
Topics: Handling complaints, GOC Standards of Practice, Parental responsibility, Safeguarding, Consent, Leadership, Communication.
CPD Ref: C-109026
CPD Points: 
CPD Type: Non-interactive
Closing Date: 31 December 2024
Domains: Communication, Clinical Practice
In this episode, presenter Michelle and consultant ophthalmic surgeon Julia Sen discuss typical menopausal changes and subsequent ocular changes, as well as the need to take a more holistic approach in treating menopausal patients. We then hear from Professor Stuti Misra about current research into changes to ocular health in relation to fluctuating or decreasing hormone levels.
Topics: Menopause, Perimenopause, Hormone replacement therapy, Dry eye, Ocular surface disease, Meibomian Gland Dysfunction, Glaucoma, Cataract, Communication.
CPD Ref: C-104215
CPD Points: 
CPD Type: Non-interactive
Closing Date: 31 December 2024
Domains: Clinical practice, Communication
This is the first of a three-part course discussing the assessment of vision from birth to 18 years. Part one explores the importance of history and symptom taking when assessing children’s vision and discusses how to choose the most appropriate techniques when examining infants up to the age of 12 months.
Topics: History and symptoms, Preferential looking, Cover test, Stereopsis, Emmetropisation, Mohindra retinoscopy, Cycloplegic refraction, Binocular vision, Communication skills, Ocular health assessment, 20D lens, Young eye series.
CPD Ref: C-104470
CPD Points: 
CPD Type: 
Domains: Clinical practice, Communication
This is the second of a three-part course discussing the assessment of vision from birth to 18 years. Part two explores how the approach to examining children can be adapted as they move through toddlerhood and the pre-school years. The importance of different communication styles is discussed, alongside how to choose the most appropriate tests and techniques for each child.
Topics: Communication, Preferential looking, Crowded picture and letter acuity tests, Stereopsis, Binocular vision, Static retinoscopy, Mohindra retinoscopy, Cycloplegic retinoscopy, Dynamic retinoscopy, Prescribing, Young eye series.
CPD Ref: C-104592
CPD Points: 
CPD Type: Non-interactive
Closing Date: 31 December 2024
Domains: Clinical practice, Professionalism
This is the third of a three-part course discussing the assessment of vision from birth to 18 years. We hear from our expert optometrist what tests, equipment and techniques are useful in assessing vision in school-age children. They also discuss considerations around safeguarding, confidentiality and consent.
Topics: Communication, Dynamic retinoscopy, Slit-lamp examination, Colour vision testing, Unexpected results, Gillick competence, Confidentiality, Consent, Safeguarding, Young eye series.
CPD Ref: C-100516
CPD Points: 
CPD Type: Non-interactive
Closing Date: 31 December 2024
Domains: Clinical practice, Communication
The first of two programmes discussing the development of vision from birth to 18 years, part one looks in detail at age-related visual norms and what changes occur from birth to age three, highlighting what early abnormalities can impair visual ability.
Topics: Anatomical changes to the visual system, Development of VA, Contrast perception, Colour perceptions, Accommodative systems, Binocular systems, Ocular and neurodevelopmental abnormalities arising from forceps delivery or prematurity, Synaptogenesis, Emmetropisation, Infantile esotropia, Retinoblastoma, Physical development milestones, Young eye series.
CPD Ref: C-109302
CPD Points: 
CPD Type: Non-interactive
Closing Date: 31 December 2024Domains: Clinical practice, Communication
The second of two programmes discussing the development of vision from birth to 18 years, part two looks in detail at what visual changes occur from the age of three up to adulthood, looking at age-related visual norms and developmental milestones as Zara grows up.
Topics: Emmetropisation, School vision screening, Myelination, Synaptic pruning, Development of amblyopia, Visual processing issues, Scholastic visual demands, Exotropia, Global motion, Biological motion, Contour integration, Development of colour vision, Visual conversion disorder, Young eye series.