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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 AMD: Part 1 - What is AMD? course, reissued in March 2026.



Domains: Clinical practice, Communication

CPD Ref: C-100639

CPD Points: 

CPD Type: Non-interactive

Closing Date: 31 December 2025


This five-part series on AMD covers the condition from physiology, pathology and classification through to assessment, management, referral and treatment. 

Part one provides an overview of AMD and explains how advances in our understanding of the ageing eye have led to updated approaches in diagnosis and management. These improvements are helping older people manage the condition through greater awareness, improved treatments and better access to quality information and support. 

Part one covers the following areas:

  • What is AMD?
  • Anatomy of the macula and how it ages (including OCT interpretation)
  • Risk factors
  • Prevalence
  • Signs and symptoms
  • Progression and NICE guidelines NG82 (including classification)
  • Case study. 

At the end of the course you can complete the CPD quiz to gain one non-interactive CPD point. 

To learn more about physiology, pathology and classification, go to AMD: Part 2.

First published: April 2021
Last reviewed: January 2022

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    Communication

    s.2 Communicate effectively with patients

    • Understand AMD, the causes, risk factors and symptoms, and so be able to explain more effectively to patients about their ocular condition.

    Clinical Practice

    s.7 Conduct appropriate assessments, examinations, treatment and referrals

    • Able to interpret OCT and fundus images to investigate patients presenting at risk of AMD.
    • Able to identify and investigate patients presenting at risk of AMD.

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      When you have successfully completed the course you can download your certificate in PDF format.

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