NEWS
NIOS Pharmacology, Prescribing and Optometry Night
DATE: Tuesday, 31 January 2012
VENUE: Dunsilly Hotel, 20 Dunsilly Road, ANTRIM, BT41 2JH
TIME: 6.30 pm for 7.00 pm sharp
COST: FREE to NIOS Members, £50.00 to Non Members, FREE to Optometry and Pre Reg Students
CET: 2 points applied for (DO points available)
To REGISTER your attendance, please email NIOS Secretary at –lizgillespie.nios@btopenworld.com.
Everyone Welcome!
PROGRAMME:
6.30 pm Registration & Tea/Coffee and Biscuits
7.00 pm LECTURE 1: Prescribing for Optometry: When too much therapeutics is not nearly enough!
8.00 pm LECTURE 2: Dry Eye with a Twist: A Re-appraisal.
Both lectures will be given by Mr Peter Frampton MSc FCOptom BAppSc(Optom)(AUS) DipTp(AS) DipTp(SP) DipTp(IP).
Folowing the lectures, Mr Simon Bond BSc(Hons) MCOptom DipTp(IP) will give an overview of the Independent Prescribing qualification of the College of Optometrists and its potential use in Northern Ireland .
Peter Frampton trained as an Optometrist at QUT, Brisbane Australia ; he moved to Britain in 1986 and took ownership of Aaron Optometrists in 1993. Peter attained a Masters Degree with Distinction in Ocular Therapeutics from Bradford University. His research project entitled ‘ Sleep Induced Peaks in Intraocular Pressure and Possible Implications with the use of Prostaglandin Analogue Drugs in the Management of Chronic open angle Glaucoma’ also received a distinction. Peter won ‘Optometrist of the Year’ and his practice achieved ‘Technology Practice of the Year’ at the Optician Awards in 2005.
The College’s Annual Conference, AGM and Exhibition, Optometry Tomorrow, takes place in Brighton 18-19 March. The conference features lectures, seminars and clinical workshops providing you with the opportunity to update your skills. Workshops cover OCT, gonioscopy, lacrimal syringing, contact tonometry and more. Professor David Henson will deliver the keynote lecture on glaucoma. The programme offering over 50 CET points also features flashes and floaters, AMD, low vision, lasers, therapeutics and CPD opportunities.
New for 2012 there will be refresher style seminars suitable for those returning to work, newly qualified optometrists or those wanting to refresh their knowledge on a particular topic. These will cover visual fields, diagnosis and referral for the peripheral retina, AMD and glaucoma decision-making.
The conference provides a great networking opportunity to catch up with colleagues and share new ideas. A gala dinner will take place on the evening of Sunday 18 March at the Hilton Brighton Metropole.
Visit www.optometrytomorrow.org to view the programme and to book. An early-bird rate is available for College members until Friday 27 January. Please contact Amy Marsh with any queries on 020 7766 4347.
Glaucoma Evening
Date: Tuesday 20th March 2012
Venue: Seagoe Hotel (to be confirmed)
Further details to be confirmed
Diabetic Retinopathy Evening
Date: To be Confirmed
Venue: Dunsilly Hotel (to be confirmed)
Further details to be confirmed
EAOO Annual Conference
The EAOO (European Academy of Optometry and Optics) is to bring its annual conference to Ireland next year when it is held in Dublin April 20th-22nd 2012. The conference consists of two and a half days of workshops, lectures, poster presentations and discussion groups, which will all be accredited for CET/CPD points. There will also be case study sessions which should be of particular interest to clinicians as they will offer interactive discussions on issues of clinical practice and education.
The Academy is now calling for Oral and Poster Abstracts and proposals for sessions that include clinical workshops, educational and clinical case-studies and discussion forums that focus on the following streams:
- Education
- Research
- General Eye Care Health Issues in Europe
- Continued Professional Development and Lifelong Learning
The deadline for abstract submission is Nov 30th 2011. Anyone interested in submitting an abstract should go to http://www.eaoo.info/en/Dublin_2012/
Moorfields Survey
Shona Hadwin, BSc (Hons) MCOptom, Resident Optometrist, Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust would like to invite all fully qualified optometrists to take part in a short survey which looks at optometrists’ methods of assessing optic discs for the presence of glaucoma. The survey will take approximately 2-3 minutes to complete. At the end of the survey, you will be invited to take part in an optional and more practical second phase, which can be undertaken at any other convenient time.
There is an increasing desire to involve optometrists in the care and follow-up of glaucoma patients. However, to date we have little idea about how competent we are as a profession in disc assessment, or what might improve our ability to take part in glaucoma care. This study, funded by The College of Optometrists’ iPRO grant, is aimed at all fully qualified optometrists from all practice environments (including independent practice, multiple, academic and hospital) and with all levels of experience. If you are interested in taking part please click the link below:
http://opticdiscstudy.moorfields.nhs.uk
Timothy Young, our new NIOS President, is forward thinking and enthusiastic as he takes up the mantle.
Timothy Young, in opening the 1st November Meeting, stated as follows:
“It is both a privilege and an honour to be President of the Northern Ireland Optometric Society. I am mindful that there is a heritage to protect and a future to promote and, as a Society, we have to evolve. There are issues which I feel we need to address, one of them being accessibility of the conference to younger members. We have to open our appeal to a wider and younger audience to include more of the profession.
As this is the Society/organisation which for over fifty years has provided continuing education and facilitated gatherings of the profession, I feel it is essential that it is encouraged and developed to reflect the changing times in optometry.
There are members here tonight who have served in this capacity and for many years on Council. Even though some of us are younger and have the energy, you have the experience we need and we really value your insight. I would ask you to continue with your support and input.”