Canadian Society of Ophthalmic Medical Personnel

Sunday, June 27, 0755-1630
Room 202

Guest
Dr. W. Ehlers, JCAHPO President

Moderators
Gordon Carter
Marc Lafontaine

Objectives
At the end of this session, participants will be able to:

  • understand ocular prosthetics and the issues facing patients
  • understand technicians' role in the pre-op assessment of eyes that will receive specialty IOLs
  • better understand ocular oncology and the treatment options available for patients
  • know about new generation HVF (what the technician needs to know)
  • understand various topography and wavefront technologies and the advantages and disadvantages of each
  • understand the technician's role in patient care of a very emotional and drawn out treatment process of a patient with Acanthamoeba
  • identify normal ocular anatomy with ophthalmic ultrasound modalities
  • identify ocular pathology with ophthalmic ultrasound modalities
0755Welcome and introduction to annual CE day
Marc Lafontaine & Gordon Carter
0800Ocular prosthetics
Michael Webb
0900Specialty IOLs: Role of the technician
Bill Ehlers
1000Break
1030Ocular oncology
Hatem Krema
1130Corneal topography & wavefront aberrometry
Marc Lafontaine
1215Lunch
1315Humphrey visual fields
Sylvie Bertrand
1400Kaleidoscope of care: one patient's journey through acanthamoeba
Lorraine Osborne
1500Break
1530Ophthalmic ultrasound
Craig Simms