The course has been developed and led by world leading experts in genetic eye disease based at Moorfields Eye Hospital, UCL Institute of Ophthalmology and Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, and lectures delivered primarily by clinicians, molecular geneticists and genetic counsellors who have well established expertise in their topics having made significant advancements in their respective fields.

Course aims

• To bring you up-to-date with the latest advances in genetic eye disease and how best to manage your patients
• To provide practical advice on how to undertake WGS and other forms of genetic testing (consent to reporting)
• To enable understanding of the genetic report including variant interpretation (ACMG/AMG guidelines)
• Case studies to demonstrate importance of variant interpretation and multidisciplinary team discussion
• To provide knowledge of future developments in the field including therapeutics

Course structure

This is a one day course that will comprise 10 sessions, each of 30-45  minutes in length. The following topics will be covered:

• Eye disease – what to test and what not to test.
• Modern genetic testing – under the hood.
• Inherited eye disease
• Paediatric ophthalmology
• Structural Eye disease
• Optic neuropathy
• Consent and ethics
• Understanding the results
• Personalised medicine – the future
• Gene-directed treatments

About the benefits of genetic testing for IED, advice on who to test, why, when and how in the era of genomic medicine will be discussed. The morderators will provide a guide on how to manage our genetic patients and how to access guidance and support.

Rahmenprogramm

 

 

Fachärzte/-innen	Gebühren ab 450,00 GBP
Ärzte/-innen in Weiterbildung	Gebühren ab 450,00 GBP
Orthoptisten/-innen	Gebühren ab 450,00 GBP
Sonstige	Gebühren ab 450,00 GBP
Industriemitarbeiter/-innen	Gebühren ab 450,00 GBP
Optometristen/-innen	Gebühren ab 450,00 GBP

30 Places in Person. 
Online:unlimited places. 

Please contact the organizer for further informations.

Zertifizierung beantragt für CME Punkte bei der European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME)
CPD points will be applied for. A certificate of attendance will be awarded at the end of the course.