Paediatrics Day – Session 3: Minor issues in eye care - clinical, ethical and regulatory scenarios involving children
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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.
Session 1: Paediatrics made easy - Book now
Session 2: Paediatric complaints - the trouble with kids - Book now
Session 3: Minor issues in eye care - clinical, ethical and regulatory scenarios involving children - Book below
Session 4: Modern paradigms for diagnosis and management of keratoconus - Book now
Session 5: The top four neuro-optometric paediatric presentations in practice - Book now
Session 3: Minor issues in eye care - clinical, ethical and regulatory scenarios involving children
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, including:
- Clinical issues, such as managing patients with functional vision loss
- Ethical scenarios, including establishing parental responsibility when parents separate
- Regulatory issues, such as dealing with a request for records and safeguarding.
Learning outcomes
- Practitioners will identify strategies for managing children presenting with functional vision loss
- Practitioners will recognise how to manage child safeguarding issues in clinical practice.
Please note that you will not be eligible for CPD if you dial into audio only using a phone.
12.00PM - 1.00PM
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1 point
Webinar: Minor issues in eye care - clinical, ethical and regulatory scenarios involving children
CPD ref no: C-107645
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Henry Leonard
Henry is the head of clinical and regulatory at the AOP and has worked in a variety of clinical settings, including independent opticians, small groups and large multiples. He is an active member of his Local Optical Committee, serving as clinical governance lead for Buckinghamshire, and also runs a small domiciliary practice in his area.
In his role at the AOP, he provides tailored advice to individual optometrists throughout the UK and is involved in drafting clinical and regulatory guidance for the wider membership. He also provides clinical opinions to assist the AOP’s legal team in representing and defending practitioners who are the subject of employment, NHS or GOC investigations, and in respect of civil claims.