Online locum day

This event offers a day of online education tailored to the needs of locum optometrists. Each session will be delivered by an expert in the field on a range of key topics of value to practitioners engaged in locum work.

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This webinar will help practitioners identify ways to fully understand patients’ wearing experience and explore common causes of visual and physical discomfort in contact lens wear. Using patient scenarios, this session will explore how practitioners can be armed with the knowledge and confidence needed to truly maximise contact lens comfort, giving patients the best possible wearing experience.

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In this webinar, practitioners will gain valuable insights into handling difficult conversations in the workplace, to hone negotiation skills and set realistic expectations regarding workload and team support. These skills will help to foster high-quality working relationships, and ultimately, optimise patient care.

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About 5% of patients who consult community optometrists have binocular vision anomalies. Conditions summarised will include heterophoria, strabismus, and incomitant deviations. The presentation will review the diagnosis and management of these conditions.

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This lecture will provide an opportunity for locums to understand how the growing use of multimodal ultra-widefield retinal imaging in daily optometric practice can help them to provide a higher level of patient care and how the additional information provided by ultra-widefield, and OCT might influence their clinical decision making.

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