General
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 Glaucoma: Part 3 - Assessment (Anterior segment and anterior chamber angle) course, reissued in February 2026.
Domains: Clinical practice, Professionalism
CPD Ref: C-101646
CPD Points: 
CPD Type: Non-interactive
Closing Date: 31 December 2025
Glaucoma is the leading cause of irreversible blindness and affects 60 million people worldwide. This eight-part series will deal with all relevant key areas, including:
- Glaucoma definitions and classification
- Pathophysiology and risk factors
- Assessment of anterior segment and anterior chamber angle
- Assessment of the intraocular pressure
- Assessment of the optic disc
- Visual fields
- Management, referrals and care pathways
- Treatment.
Before you start the third part of the course, please ensure that you have either completed Glaucoma: Part One – Definitions and Classification and Glaucoma: Part Two – Pathophysiology and Risk Factors or you are familiar with their content.
The third part covers glaucoma assessment (Anterior Segment and Anterior Chamber Angle).
Unit 5 – Assessment of the anterior segment and anterior chamber angle
Unit 5 looks at how to assess the anterior segment and anterior chamber angle to identify important signs of glaucoma, including some of the key risk factors. It explains what to look for on the slit lamp to identify ocular pathology relevant to glaucoma. The measurement, grading and assessment of the anterior chamber angle is covered, including Van Herick's technique, Smith's method, gonioscopy and using the OCT.
NICE NG81 and SIGN 144 guidance is discussed and their relevance to referral and management of glaucoma suspects.
At the end of the course you can complete the CPD quiz to gain 0.5 non-interactive CPD points.
To learn more about the measurement of intraocular pressure, go to Glaucoma: Part Four.
First published: November 2019
Last reviewed: March 2022