Paediatrics Day
Optometry Today (OT) in partnership with the AOP are pleased to deliver our first Paediatrics day event.
Join us for a day of online education dedicated to paediatrics. Each session will be delivered by an expert on a range of key topics to allow practitioners to consolidate their knowledge and effectively manage children in clinical practice.
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21 April 2024
This session will delve into age-appropriate vision testing for children and the techniques used to assess the visual function of paediatric patients. The lecture will also address the normative values for both vision and refractive error, and provide a guide to when it is appropriate to prescribe for children, in particular those under 10 years of age. Finally, delegates will be informed on how to adapt the environment for children, safeguarding and other pearls of wisdom.
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21 April 2024
Paediatric complaints can escalate quickly. In order to increase all registrants' ability to manage complaints effectively and proportionately, this session presents three anonymised redacted case studies drawn from the Optical Consumer Complaints Service (OCCS) database covering a range of scenarios.
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21 April 2024
This session will discuss the common clinical, ethical and regulatory scenarios practitioners encounter when examining children, and how to manage these situations effectively in practice.
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21 April 2024
This webinar will cover the latest diagnostics and current thinking on management and treatment of keratoconus with case examples and opportunity for discussion during a dedicated question and answer session.
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21 April 2024
This webinar will discuss the four main neuro-optometric presentations that a clinician would be expected to come across in a paediatric cohort. The session will outline the clinical differences compared with adult presentations, highlighting the need for practitioners to adopt a nuanced approach when examining children.
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