2Nd AHPO Continuing Programme

ASSOCIATION OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS IN OPHTHALMOLOGY www.ahpo.org.uk

Second Annual Continuing Educational Programme Raising Standards in Ophthalmic Practice

Introducing the National Occupational Standards for Ophthalmic and Vision Science Tuesday 23rd May 2006 Manchester Conference Centre Weston Building, Sackville Street, Manchester, M1 3BB

Lectures (basic and intermediate levels) (At the basic level, the attendee is expected to have little or no background in the subject area, and the intermediate level is for individuals who have had some experience in the subject area)  Introducing the National Occupational Standards (NOS) for Ophthalmic and Vision Science and how to assess them  Taking an ophthalmic patient history  Visual acuity assessment – Snellen, LogMAR including reduced contrast testing and glare assessment in cataract patients  Intraocular pressure and tonometry – basic principles and methods, and introducing the new Pascal tonometer  Ophthalmic pharmacology  Biometry – basic and intermediate  Imaging the fundus of the eye – fundus cameras and HRT II  Visual Field assessment – basic and intermediate

Workshops throughout the day  Visual acuity testing: Computerised systems for Snellen and LogMAR, low contrast visual acuity testing  Tonometry: Hands-on with Goldmann tonometer and tonopen, and demonstration of the new Pascal tonometer  A-scan biometry: Demonstrations of techniques for contact and immersion A-scan biometry  Fundus imaging: Mydriatic and non-mydriatic fundus cameras

For further information or for an application form contact AHPO at www.ahpo.org or email: [email protected] or telephone 01642 651208: At a Glance provisional programme

Lecture 1 Lecture 2 Workshops 9.45 Taking an ophthalmic Imaging the fundus of the Tonometry: Hands-on patient history (basic & eye (basic) with Goldmann intermediate) Overview of Principles of fundus imaging tonometer and patient clinical history relevant with non-mydriatic and demonstration of the to ophthalmic clinical settings mydriatic fundus cameras and new Pascal tonometer, HRT II 10.45 Coffee 11.00 Visual acuity assessment Visual Field Testing (basic) Fundus imaging: (intermediate) Essential Normal and abnormal Non-mydriatic fundus methods and techniques for visual field, static and camera and HRT II testing with Snellen and kinetic perimetry, LogMAR, & low contrast and assessment with Humphrey glare testing in cataract Field Analyser patients 12.00 Intraocular pressure and National Occupational Visual acuity tonometry (basic) Essential Standards (NOS) for testing: Computerised knowledge, methods and Ophthalmic and Vision systems for Snellen techniques for the accurate Science and how to and LogMAR, low measurement of intraocular assess them contrast visual acuity pressure testing 13.00 Lunch 14.00 Ophthalmic pharmacology Improving accuracy of Visual acuity (basic) Overview of ophthalmic IOL calculations testing: Computerised pharmacology, range of (intermediate) Contact & systems for Snellen ophthalmic drugs used for immersion A-scan biometry, and LogMAR, low examination and treatment of formulae for IOL power contrast visual acuity ocular disease, and patient calculation, methods for testing administration and compliance dealing with “problem” biometries 15.00 Tea 15.15 Axial length biometry Understanding the Visual A-scan biometry: (basic) Principles and methods Field Test (intermediate) Demonstrations of of axial length biometry using Visual field test strategies, techniques for contact A-scan and IOLMaster interpretation of results and and immersion A-scan sources of error and artefact biometry and how they can be identified. 16.15 Workshops Fundus imaging: Non- Tonometry: Hands-on with A-scan biometry: mydriatic fundus camera and Goldmann tonometer and Demonstrations of HRT II demonstration of the new techniques for contact Pascal tonometer, and immersion A-scan biometry