Canadian Society of Ophthalmic Medical Personnel

Annual Continuing Education Day

Objectives

  • Understand basic UBM techniques
  • Review the diagnostic test involved in the glaucoma clinic
  • Gain understanding of the illumination techniques used by Ophthalmic Medical Personnel for a slit lamp exam
  • Understand the various diagnostic duties of Ophthalmic Medical Personnel within the clinical practice
  • Learn current trends in corneal therapeutic surgical techniques
  • Understand optic nerve hypoplasia and the implications of stem cell transplantation
  • Gain understanding of ophthalmic ultrasound (A & B scan) through didactic lecture and hands-on workshop
  • Understand the technical role of Ophthalmic Medical Personnel within the retina clinic

Moderator
Gordon Carter

Saturday, June 20
Pier 7 & 8, 0755�1630

0755Welcome & introduction to Annual CE Day
Marc Lafontaine, Gordon Carter
0800Glaucoma diagnostics
Carla Barbery
0900Slit lamp techniques
Camille Desrochers
0930Break
1000Ultrasound: Applications and case presentations
Ryan Steinke
1100DSAEK and collagen cross-linking
Ahmed Al Ghoul
1200Lunch
1300Stem cell transplant is not a treatment for optic nerve hypoplasia: Building a bridge between hope and reason
Pat Wyse
1400Introduction to ultrasound A scan-biometry
Craig Simms
1500Break
1530Tsunami of retinal referrals post Avastin
Allan Berger


Sunday, June 21
Pier 3, 0800�1200

0800B-scan workshop � getting started
Immersion A scan
0900Immersion A Scan Workshop
B Scan Workshop
1000Slit lamp workshop
Retinoscopy
1100Retinoscopy
Slit lamp workshop

A special thanks to Innova Medical for providing the equipment.

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6.5 A JCAHPO credits (pending) for Saturday, June 20
4.0 A JCAHPO credits (pending) for Sunday, June 21, with a hands on B Scan workshop which will meet (pending approval) part of JCAHPO's requisites for the CDOS credential

Please visit the CSOMP website for updates to this program.