Myopia Day - Session 6 - Webinar: Make your impact – embracing orthokeratology in practice

Optometry Today (OT), in partnership with the AOP and headline sponsor CooperVision, is pleased to present a full day of myopia-focused education.

This event features a series of online sessions delivered by national and international experts, offering valuable insights into the contemporary clinical management of myopia.

The programme includes six webinars, each providing one interactive CPD point. Attendees will have the opportunity to learn from leading experts in the field, build confidence in managing myopia and exchange knowledge with peers. Delegates may attend the full programme or choose individual sessions that best match their clinical interests.

Please note: You will not be eligible for CPD if you dial in to audio only using a phone.

Session 1: Spex, drugs or contact lenses – choosing the best intervention for controlling myopia in children - Book below
Session 2: Eyes on the future – what's new in myopia management - Book below
Session 3: 0.01% atropine for myopia control – from evidence to everyday practice - Book below
Session 4: How to identify and manage a pre-myope - Book below
Session 5: Beyond spectacles – real-world insights and three-year evidence in paediatric myopia control - Book below
Session 6: Make your impact – embracing orthokeratology in practice - Book now

Session 6:Make your impact – embracing orthokeratology in practice

This CPD session will explore the growing global prevalence of myopia and provide practitioners with a clear understanding of the mechanisms behind orthokeratology (ortho-k) in the management of refractive error and myopia progression. The presentation will dive into the practical stages of fitting ortho-k lenses and evaluation of the various fitting approaches available, with particular emphasis on modern software-based techniques.

Building on these clinical foundations, the session will also examine practical strategies for successfully integrating ortho-k into everyday practice workflows. By the end of the lecture, practitioners will have developed greater confidence in fitting and managing ortho-k patients and will appreciate how, with the right systems and tools in place, ortho-k can become an efficient and rewarding part of clinical practice.

Learning outcomes

• Practitioners will be able to communicate effectively with patients and parents about myopia progression and the role of orthokeratology in its management (s.2)
• Practitioners will identify evidence-based ortho-k fitting and evaluation techniques, including software-assisted methods, to safely and effectively integrate orthokeratology into clinical practice (s.7).