HOAC Online - Session 1 - Make it easier to see: cerebral visual impairment
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Interactive CPD points: 1
The Hospital Optometrists Annual Conference offers a series of webinars open to those working within secondary care as well as practitioners based in primary care and other settings.
The programme will deliver a diverse range of clinical content and delegates are invited to attend all of the sessions or choose individual activities based upon their clinical interests.
In addition to the webinars, there will be general and specialty peer reviews which are reserved for hospital optometrists only.
- Session one: Make it easier to see: cerebral visual impairment - Book now below
- Session two: Glaucoma and the brain - Book now
- Session three: The psychology of seeing - Book now
- Session four: Medicolegal aspects of ophthalmic practice in the UK - Book now
- General peer review for hospital optometrists - Book now
- Specialty peer review for hospital optometrists - Book now
Session one: Make it easier to see: cerebral visual impairment
This session will outline the definition, prevalence and emergence of cerebral visual impairment as a diagnosis. The ocular manifestations, management and the role of the optometrist in case identification will be discussed.
CPD
- This webinar is approved for 1 interactive CPD point
- To be eligible for the CPD point you need to attend for the duration of the session
Technical requirements
- The webinar will take place using Zoom
- We recommend that you use a computer or tablet device to join this webinar
9.00AM - 10.00AM
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1 point
Make it easier to see: cerebral visual impairment
CPD ref no: C-102953
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Professor Rachel Pilling
Professor Rachel Pilling has been a consultant paediatric ophthalmologist at Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust since 2010 and was appointed as professor of special needs and learning disability eye care by the University of Bradford in 2020.
Rachel has been involved with learning disability eye care for over ten years, initially as a member of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists Working Party and subsequently member and chair of the VISION 2020 UK learning disability committee. In 2016, she was awarded the Astbury Award in recognition of her collaborative work in eye care for people with learning disabilities.
Learning outcomes
- Practitioners will be updated on the ocular manifestations and management of cerebral visual impairment
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