Low vision rehabilitation: Doing it right, doing it meaningfully
Sunday June 18, 1045–1215
Room 519AB
Learning objectives
At the end of this session, participants will be able to:
- Discuss the comprehensive nature of low vision rehabilitation
- Demonstrate skills in diagnosis and practice of low vision rehabilitation
- Integrate the principles of low vision rehabilitation into their practice
MODERATORSMonica Daibert-Nido, MD |
The session will be an interactive workshop with audience participation, and is intended to cover all aspects of modern low vision rehabilitation with real case examples. There will be multiple case presentations with discussion and Q&A time allocation. Each case presentation will be given 5 minutes with another 5 minutes allowed for discussion.
On behalf of session co-chairs and moderators Monica Daibert-Nido, Beatrice Patino and Samuel N. Markowitz, we invite you to submit a case for presentation in the Vision Rehabilitation session at this year’s Annual Meeting in Montréal!
Cases need to be presented in PowerPoint and will be given priority for presentation on a first-come, first-served basis. Please submit cases to the moderators for review and acceptance via email at [email protected] no later than May 22, 2017, as well as the completed form, found here. You will be contacted if your case is accepted to be presented.
*** At the end of this session we will be showing a video from the AAO that highlights the importance of referral for Vision Rehabilitation.
“Vision rehabilitation is now the standard of care for patients who are losing their vision” – David W. Park, MD, CEO, American Academy of Ophthalmology