Myopia Matters
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Where: Novotel Birmingham Centre, 70 Broad Street, Birmingham, B1 2HT
Interactive CPD points: 6
Prices from: Free to members Book or join now to attend this event Interactive CPD points approved: 6
This evening of education is delivered in partnership with CooperVision.
Delegates will enhance and consolidate their knowledge of myopia with a discussion workshop led by CooperVision followed a peer review run by the AOP.
The discussion workshop will consider that how we articulate the benefits of myopia management interventions to patients is as critical to success as our technical ability to fit the product.
Please note: This session was also delivered at 100% Optical 2024 and will cover the same cases. Delegates who have already participated in this session will only be eligible for the CPD points once.
Learning outcomes
- Increased awareness of the obligations as an eye health professional in the emerging sphere of myopia management
- Increased confidence in managing customer conversations and thus increased confidence to prescribe myopia management interventions.
The peer review session will present delegates with several myopia-themed clinical scenarios to discuss and digest with colleagues.
Learning outcomes
- Practitioners will understand different approaches for managing myopia in children
- Practitioners will understand the importance of maintaining good records when advising patients on myopia management options.
6.30PM - 7.00PM
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Registration and buffet
7.00PM - 7.05PM
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Opening remarks
7.05PM - 8.05PM
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3 points
Discussion workshop: A desire to time travel
CPD ref no: C-106846
Interactive:
Practitioner type:
Domains:
8.05PM - 8.15PM
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Refreshment break
8.15PM - 9.15PM
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3 points
Peer review: Managing children with myopia in 2024
CPD ref no: C-108626
Interactive:
Practitioner type:
Domains:
9.15PM - 9.20PM
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Closing remarks
Richard Edwards
Richard qualified as an optometrist in 1987 and was director of professional services at Boots Opticians before launching OPTOMiSE Consulting in 2014.
Richard is professional advisor to the Optical Consumer Complaints Service, consultant to FODO, chairs the Optical Confederation education committee and is a member of the GOC expert advisory panel.
In the past, Richard led the learning and development function at Boots and now lectures internationally in complaint resolution.
Dr Ian Beasley
Ian is the clinical editor for Optometry Today and head of education for the AOP. He began his career as an optical technician and later went on to train as a dispensing optician before qualifying as an optometrist in 1997. In 2013, Ian became the first person in the UK to graduate with a doctorate in optometry from Aston University.
He is a visiting lecturer at Aston University, where he also completed a PhD, which explored the effect of peripheral defocus on axial growth and modulation of refractive error in hyperopes.
He received a fellowship from the College of Optometrists in 2023.