Joint ocular oncology and vitreo retinal symposium for nurses and ophthalmic health care professionals

Following the success in 2024 of our first Joint ocular oncology and vitreo retinal symposium for nurses and ophthalmic health care professionals, we are delighted to announce that the symposium will take place again on 25 April 2025.

This unique event will provide attendees with up-to-date knowledge of vitreo retinal and ocular oncology conditions and treatments as well as new innovations across both specialities.

Talks on nurse-led innovations, patient feedback, fascinating case studies, OCT and ultrasound updates along with new pathways within both specialities will enable attendees to take key learning and developments back to their own clinical areas.

The course topics for 2025 are still to be confirmed, but to give you a sense of the day, here are those covered in 2024:

• Virtual pathways within VR- the journey so far.
• Peripheral retinal findings.
• Fundoscopy for beginners – nursing feedback from Moorfields pilot course.
• Nurse-led innovations and roles within a vitreo retinal service at Moorfields.
• Epi-retinal membrane Finesse Research Project.
• Retinal detachment seeing things from our patient’s journey.
• AI and the retina.
• Case studies from vitreo retinal emergency.

• Uveal melanomas and treatment.
• Ocular surface tumours and treatment.
• Role of the ocular oncology CNS.
• Not everything is a melanoma, other conditions to consider.
• Breaking bad news.
• 3D prosthetics research.
• Patient story.
• Retinoblastoma.

Course directors

Your course directors are:

• Yvonne Kana, Nurse Consultant, Vitreo Retinal Service
• Sinead Hanrahan, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Ocular Oncology

Who is this course for?

This course is intended for nurses and ophthalmic health care professionals, including ophthalmic technicians.

Accreditation

A certificate of attendance will be awarded at the end of the study day.