This course expired on 31 December 2025. If you have completed this course, you can print your certificate here.
This course has been replaced with our Examining Patients with Learning Disabilities: Part 1 - Clinical background course, reissued in March 2026.
CPD Ref: C-115674CPD Points: 
CPD Type: Non-interactive
Closing Date: 31 December 2026
Domains: Communication, Professionalism
Topics: Learning disabilities, Genetics, Down’s syndrome, Autism, Cerebral palsy, Communication, Visual impairment, Williams syndrome, Fragile X syndrome, Chromosome, Congenital, Amblyopia, Refractive error, Strabismus, Accommodation, Cataracts, Binocular vision.
This course expired on 31 December 2025. If you have completed this course, you can print your certificate here.
This course has been replaced with our Examining Patients with Learning Disabilities: Part 2 - The appointment course, reissued in March 2026.
CPD Ref: C-115677
CPD Points: 
CPD Type: Non-interactive
Closing Date: 31 December 2026
Domains: Clinical practice, Communication
In the second part of this series, experts explore a range of techniques to address the challenges of examining patients with learning disabilities, highlighting different approaches and clinical tests for this group.
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.
This course expired on 31 December 2025. If you have completed this course, you can print your certificate here.
This course has been replaced with our Examining Patients with Learning Disabilities: Part 3 - Navigating the legalities course, reissued in March 2026.
CPD Ref: C-115692
CPD Points: 
Closing Date: 31 December 2026
Domains: Communication, Professionalism
The third and final part of this series on examining patients with learning disabilities focuses on the period after the appointment. It explores dispensing and aftercare, as well as key legal considerations around capacity, consent, confidentiality, GOS requirements and safeguarding, illustrated through 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.