Course: Effective Remote Patient Consultations (June 2020 Webinar), Section: Effective remote patient consultations webinar (~50 mins)

General

Domains: Communication, Leadership & accountability

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Conducting remote consultations and triaging patients presenting with acute ocular symptoms is now common in optometric practice. Being able to understand the common causes, understanding when further investigation is required and making a provisional differential diagnosis is challenging without being able to examine a patient directly.

This recorded lecture by Dr Michael Johnson will cover the key points to consider during a remote consultation including:

Remote consultation etiquette
Key questions to ask
Red flag symptoms and related ocular disease
Referrals and management
Patient advice and follow-up
Record keeping.

Last published: December 2022

Effective remote patient consultations webinar (~50 mins)

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Chapter headings
Triage vs consultation
High level principles
Appropriateness
Limitations
Procedural considerations
Clinical testing
Clinical strategies
Reduced vision
Red eye
Discomfort
Mechanism of disease
Treatments and summary
Q&A
Resources
URLCollege of Optometrists. In-practice forms. [Accessed Apr 2022] URL Opens in a new window.
Here you can find a range of resources for optometrists to use in practice or remotely, including:
Visual Acuity chart for remote consultations.
Clinical telephone review form.
Supplying replacement spectacles by phone.
Supplying replacement contact lenses by phone.
College of Optometrists forms (members only)
URLCollege of Optometrists. Patient leaflets. Dry Eye. (For members only) [Accessed Dec 2021] URL Opens in a new window.
URLCollege of Optometrists signed order form template for prescribing. (For members only) [Accessed Dec 2021] URL Opens in a new window.