ARMC01 Ophthalmology skills master class: assessment of the anterior chamber
Course summary
This day is packed with useful information that will boost your skills when dealing with patients with acute ophthalmic problems. It is one of the few courses providing hands-on opportunities to correctly use slit lamps, practice key ophthalmic techniques and deal with a variety of eye conditions.
Who should attend?
Junior doctors
Nurse practitioners
Practice nurses
Aims / objectives
- Master a range of ophthalmic skills in anterior eye chamber assessment
- Be familiar with a range of eye presentations and appropriate management
Course programme
- Ophthalmic icebreakers.
- Identification of individual learning needs.
- Workshops - options include slit lamp skills, basic & more advanced; removal of foreign bodies; eyelid aversion; dry eye assessment; use of fluorescein staining & assessment and management of some. common and more challenging ophthalmic conditions
Led by
TBA
Recommended text
Field Guide To The Eyes (part of the Field Guide Series)
Batterbury, M; Bowling, B (2004) Ophthalmology: Illustrated Colour Text Churchill Livingstoneriedman, N; Trattler, W (2004) Review of Ophthalmology Saunders
Kanski, J (2004) Clinical Ophthalmology: A synopsis Butterworth Heinemann Health