CPD Hours: 16

Course content

• Applied anatomy and physiology of the eye
• Ocular examination - anterior segment examination including lid eversion
• The tear film - estimation and treatment
• Tonometry
• Pupillary pathways RAPD and pupil abnormalities
• Optic nerve examination
• Estimating visual acuity (including colour, reading etc)
• Taking and recording an ophthalmic history
• Systemic effects of illness on the eye
• Ocular movement
• Principle of visual fields
• Lasers and the eye including laser safety
• Optics and refraction including understanding refractive prescriptions
• Principles of biometry and a scanning
• Visual pathways and the effects of abnormalities
• Intra and post operative complications of surgery
• Pharmacology and the nurse as prescriber
• Drops are drugs applications and instillation, compliance and concordance

Legal and professional issues -

• informed consent
• The nurse and the law including Royal College of Nursing guidelines

Course aims and outcomes

• Develop and enhance skills and knowledge in ophthalmology practice
• To introduce and equip the attendee with the fundamentals to work towards competence.