About this event
- Date and time Sat 1 Dec 2018 from 8:30am to 5:00pm
- Location Royal Society of Medicine
- Organised by Students Committee
This will be the 10th Annual student trainee ophthalmic conference (ASTOC) organised jointly with the ASTOC organising committee.
Increase your awareness of, and gain advice on pursuing a career in ophthalmology through networking, information and practical workshops.
Interactive workshops will include:
- Direct ophthalmoscopy
- Indirect ophthalmoscopy
- Slit lamp
- Colour perception workshop
- Orthoptics
- Peek Vision - Public Eye Health Technology
Agenda
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Registration
Welcome and introduction
My career
Mr Michael Burdon, President, Royal College of Ophthalmologists
How to get an ST1 job in ophthalmology
Dr Steven Isherwood, ST1 Ophthalmology, East Midlands South, Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust
Cornea
Mr Allon Barsam, Consultant, Luton and Dunstable University Hospital
Tea and coffee break
Academic ophthalmology
Dr Omar Mahroo, Consultant, Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Paediatric ophthalmology
Professor Christopher Bentley, Consultant Paediatric Ophthalmologist, St Mary's Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and Central Middlesex Hospital, London North West Healthcare NHS Trust
Six rapid fire presentations
Lunch and poster presentations
The ophthalmology ST pathway
Miss Yusrah Shweikh, Ophthalmology ST7, Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Life as a consultant
Mr Kamran Saha, Consultant, Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Occuloplastics
Miss Susan Sarangapani, Consultant, Luton and Dunstable University Hospital
Practical workshops
Tea and coffee break
Question and answer session on Health Education England and training, and poster prizes
Ms Emma Jones, Head of London School of Ophthalmology, Health Education England and Consultant Ophthalmologist, Accident and Emergency and Glaucoma, Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Miss Melanie Corbett, Chair of Education, Royal College of Ophthalmologists, The Western Eye Hospital, Imperial College NHS Trust
Closing remarks
Close of meeting
Location
Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole St, Marylebone, London, W1G 0AE, United Kingdom