Date: Mon 22/03/2021 - Wed 22/03/2023
Provider: NZAO
Optometrist Credits: Reaccredited 22/03/2021: 2 General Credits
Event Type(s): Online
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LEARNING OBJECTIVES MARCH 2019 PHARMA
- Gain an understanding on the various management options for patients diagnosed with concurrent glaucoma and ocular surface/dry eye disease
- Become more familiar with the various preservative free therapeutic medication management options for glaucoma patients experiencing issues relating to drop toxicity
- Become more familiar with the therapeutic medication management options for acute angle closure glaucoma
- Become more familiar with the common mistakes optometrists make in the diagnosis of glaucoma and other eye disease and how this impacts the therapeutic medication management of such patients
- Gain an understanding of the reasons why older people are at greater risk of developing glaucoma
- Become more familiar with the different types of MIGS devices and how these impact the therapeutic medication management of glaucoma patients
- Gain an understanding of the limitations of current glaucoma clinical guidelines, especially in the context of pre-perimetric glaucoma diagnosis and how these can subsequently impact the therapeutic medication management of such glaucoma patients
- Become more familiar with clinical practice guidelines for AMD in order to better manage patients with this disease
- Become more familiar with the diagnosis and therapeutic medication management (both topical and oral) of Herpes Simplex Keratitis
