Saturday, June 20, 0800-1715
Saanich
Schedule
| 0800-0900 | Diagnostic tests for dry eyes · Marc D. Lafontaine, BSc, COMT, COP This course will demonstrate the various diagnostic techniques involved with testing patients with dry eyes. |
| 0900-0930 | Patient discussions: Helping patients understand what the doctor told them about Premium IOLs · Kristen Oldford, BSc, OC(C), COMT |
| 0930-1015 | Expect the unexpected · Craig Simms, COMT, CDOS, ROUB, COP “To err is human; to forgive, divine.” A quote from Alexander Pope’s poem “An Essay on Criticism” in 1711 spells out that as humans we do make mistakes. But times have changed since 1711 and ophthalmic technicians appear to be scrutinized more and more lately. With added pressures of increasing patient numbers and barely increasing staffing, today’s ophthalmic technician is faced with doing more with less. This inherently leads to working faster and increasing the potential for errors. This course will review errors observed by the author over a 20 year career during charting or while performing ophthalmic testing and offer some suggestion to help reduce the chances of error in an eye clinic. |
| 1015-1030 | Break |
| 1030-1115 | Wide-field angiography · Dr. Vikram Lehki |
| 1115-1200 | Glaucoma management · Dr. David Neima, MD This course will provide an overview of the epidemiology and management strategies for glaucoma. Current medications and lasers used for treating glaucoma will also be discussed. |
| 1200-1300 | Lunch |
| 1300-1330 | Management of glaucoma during pregnancy · Eydie G. Miller-Elllis, MD Glaucoma management during pregnancy presents a special challenge due to the risks of therapy on the developing fetus. Treatment should be adjusted to address the concerns of each trimester and the perinatal period. |
| 1330-1415 | Minimally invasive glaucoma surgery · Eydie G. Miller-Elllis, MD Traditional glaucoma filtering surgery diverts aqueous to a bleb or drainage implant in the subconjuctival space. MIGS is a category of glaucoma surgery that uses the eye’s traditional outflow system to enhance aqueous outflow and lower IOP. This lecture will review the various MIGS devices available and where they lie in the treatment paradigm for glaucoma. |
| 1415-1430 | JCAHPO update · Dr. Lynn Anderson |
| 1430-1500 | The technician’s role in eye banking · Gordon Carter, BSc, COMT |
| 1500-1515 | Break |
| 1515-1600 | Ocular and orbital trauma · Eydie G. Miller-Elllis, MD Ocular trauma is a common cause of visual loss in North America. Appropriate and timely intervention by health personnel can restore a patient’s vision to previous levels. Recognition of the extent of trauma and timely referral when warranted is crucial to a positive visual outcome. This lecture will review most of the potential disorders caused by trauma and strategies to deal with them. |