About this event
- Date and time Thu 12 Dec 2019 from 5:30pm to 8:00pm
- Location Royal Society of Medicine
- Organised by Ophthalmology, Paediatrics and Child Health
This live stream will improve your knowledge of normal paediatric development, paediatric eye conditions and emergencies, and equip yourself with the skills to examine children on the ward, out-of-hours, or in low resource settings.
Learn all the above and receive practical advice on preparing, examining and managing children in a non-ophthalmology setting at this meeting.
This event is free for all RSM members.
Topics include:
- Improve knowledge on normal visual development in children
- Improve knowledge on common paediatric eye presentations
- To learn more about myopia control In children
- Improve knowledge of paediatric eye emergencies
- To feel more confident assessing children's vision out-of-hours or in a low resource setting
- To equip doctors with kit and tips for systematic examination of children's eyes out-of-hours or In a low resource setting
This is a joint event with the Paediatric Section of the RSM.
If you would like to attend the meeting in London please click here.
There are bursary places available for all Ophthalmology meetings - send your request to ophthalmology@rsm.ac.uk
The Ophthalmology Section would like to thank Bausch + Lomb and Johnson & Johnson for supporting the Academic Year 2019-2020 Programme of Events
Please note that none of the companies listed have had any influence or involvement over the agenda, content or organisation of this meeting.
Agenda
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Live stream broadcast begins
Welcome and introduction
Common paediatric eye conditions
Mr Saurabh Jain, Consultant Ophthalmologist and Clinical Director, Ophthalmology, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust and Training Program Director, North Thames Deanery, Health Education England
Paediatric eye emergencies
Miss Rushmia Karim, Consultant Paediatric Ophthalmologist, Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Normal visual development in children and myopia control
Mr Bhavin Shah, Behavioural Optometrist and Specialist in Childrens’ Vision and Development, Industry Speaker on Myopia Control
Live stream break
Examining childrens' vision in low-resource settings
Mrs Louise Garnham, Former Deputy Head of Orthoptics, Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Surviving out-of-hours and ward reviews: Kit tips and handy hints
Miss Dhakshayini Muhundhakumar, Ophthalmologist, Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Panel discussion
All speakers
Close of meeting
End of live stream
Location
Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole St, Marylebone, London, W1G 0AE, United Kingdom