Vision Rehabilitation

Low vision rehabilitation models for Canada

Saturday, June 18, 1045-1215
Canada Hall 1, Shaw Centre

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

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

• Describe the multidisciplinary nature of low vision rehabilitation
• Apply appropriate templates of identification and referral of low vision cases to low vision providers of devices
• Identify the changes in low vision services taking place currently in Canada as providers re-define the definitions of involvement in low vision rehabilitation

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GUEST SPEAKER Filippo M. Amore, MD, PhD MODERATOR Samuel N. Markowitz, MD

FACULTY Mark Bona, MD Olga Overburry, MD John Rafferty, MD Martin Steinbach, MD

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Schedule

1045	Introduction and welcome · Samuel N. Markowitz
1053	WHO model for LVR · Filippo M. Amore
1108	Q & A
1111	A model for LVR for Ontario · Mark Bona
1123	Q & A
1130	15 years of basic low vision research in a tertiary care hospital: successful collaborations among clinicians and scientists · Martin Steinbach
1142	Q & A
1145	Vision loss rehabilitation – an integral component of the continuum of care · John Rafferty
1157	Q & A
1200	Graduate training in vision impairment & rehabilitation: Canada’s new program for the 21st century · Olga Overburry
1212	Q & A
1215	Adjourn