Hot topics in comprehensive ophthalmology
Hot topics in comprehensive ophthalmology is a course for people who work in the field suitable for comprehensive/general ophthalmologists, urgent care and primary care, optometrists and nurse practitioners.
This is an update on common themes which appear in the comprehensive ophthalmology clinics and community optometric practices. The updates will be provided by leading lights of Moorfield's clinical faculty. This will be a high yield course with short 20 to 30 minute lectures which you can attend either in-person or online.
Featured topics
Lectures will cover the following topics, including advances in management of these common conditions:
- Dry Eyes – diagnosis, management, choice of supplements, advanced cases
- Anterior Uveitis - update/management/when is an AC tap required?
- STI update – Chlamydia, GC, Syphilis etc.
- CLAK – CIM rather than scraping
- Anomalous disc assessment
- Ocular Rosacea
- Choroidal naevi/benign simulating lesions – assessment and referral criteria in CO clinics
- Flashes & floaters
- Lid lumps & bumps
- Neuro ophthalmology / strabismus
- Paediatric A&E issues
- How to assess patients with special needs (dementia, severe learning difficulties)
- Multiple pathologies – how to assess and refer – prioritising referrals for complex cases
Tutors
The course will be delivered by Moorfields Consultants and Fellows/Senior trainees.
Course Director:
- Dr Gordon Hay, A&E Clinical Director
Who is this course for?
This course is intended for ophthalmologists working within comprehensive ophthalmology, community optometrists and nurse practitioners.
Accreditation
A certificate of attendance will be awarded at the end of the study day.
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| Date | Location | Time | Seats | Price | |
| Friday 7 February 2025 | Education Hub, 15 Ebenezer Street, London N1 7NH | 55 | £295.00 | ||
| Friday 7 February 2025 | Online via MS Teams | £195.00 |
Course fees
Taught by
Gordon Hay
Gordon Hay has worked in Ocular Oncology for 20 years. He first worked with Mr John Hungerford & Dr Judith Kingston in the Ocular Oncology and Retinoblastoma Services at Bart's Hospital having undertaken his basic training in Ophthalmology/Ocular Oncology at Barts & The London. Dr Hay then had a career break in Australia - where he spent several years as a single-handed flying doctor and rural Medical Superintendent and Government Medical Officer in Queensland. He returned to the UK in 2004 to take up a post in Adult Ocular Oncology at Barts Hospital. In January 2015 he moved to the world-renowned Moorfields Eye Hospital where he specialises in A&E (Emergency Ophthalmology) and Ocular Oncology - working in Mandeep Sagoo’s Professorial Ocular Oncology Unit. For many years Dr Hay ran the Ophthalmology component of the Cambridge Graduate Course in Medicine. He also has 16 years' experience of teaching/lecturing to Ophthalmology trainees, Optometrists and GPs on all aspects of clinical care and examination skills. Gordon has been the clinical director of the Emergency Department since November 2019. He lectures widely to Ophthalmic trainees and optometrists on Ocular Oncology and A&E in the United Kingdom. He also has a keen interest in primary care ophthalmology and Community Optometry Service Delivery and is a keen proponent in up-skilling in the community setting. Gordon is the Service Director for A&E/Urgent Care Services at Moorfields Eye Hospital and in February 2020, was appointed Deputy Director of Education at UCL Institute of Ophthalmology. He also lectures on the UCL M.Sc. in Ophthalmology Course in Emergency Ophthalmology and Ocular Oncology and runs the UCL Summer School in Ophthalmology. Dr Hay has won numerous awards over the past few years in his A&E role and has successfully transitioned his department into the digital sphere. Moorfields A&E Has garnered 5 major national awards for Emergency Eye care - including Health Service Journal Top A&E department in the UK, Second top for trainee education in the UK, and UCL as top higher institution in the world to study ophthalmology. He is a keen proponent in upskilling ancillary staff and has incorporated advanced nursing and optometrists practitioners into the A&E setting. His department has also won three digital awards for the Attend Anywhere virtual A&E service. In September 2022 he became Associate Professor at the UCL Institute of Ophthalmology.