Implementing a non-medical intravitreal injection service 

This highly sought after intravitreal injection course has had a national and global impact by enabling numerous institutions to establish their own non-medical delivered IVT injection services. With an increasing demand in treatment for people with eye conditions such as diabetic macular oedema, retina vein occlusion and age-related macular degeneration, this innovative model of care has radically reduced waiting times for the therapy and improved clinical outcomes as well as subsequent patient related quality of adjusted life year scores.

Course overview

This is a hybrid course, which participants can attend in-person or virtually. It will feature live interactive sessions with senior executives who possess great wealth of experience in retinal care. The course will also include full access to self-paced learning materials with several demonstration videos and supplementary reading lists.

In-person attendance

If you attend in person, your day will finish with a wet lab session where you will have the opportunity to practice administering injections on artificial eyes.

Online attendance

Virtual attendees will be able to watch a video demonstration of the injection process and hear a presentation from one of our consultant ophthalmologists about it, with the chance to discuss and ask questions.

Optional observership session

In-person attendess will also have the additional option to attend the medical retina department for a half day observership on the morning or afternoon of the day before the course. During this session you will will be able understand more about the department based on FAQs and to watch injections being performed (a maximum two injections will be observed to respect space constraints and patient care). Please note that you will not be able to practice injecting on patients in this session.

Who should apply?

This course is aimed at clinicians working in an ophthalmic or medical retina setting, focusing on the treatment of age-related macular degeneration, retinal vein occlusion and diabetic oedema.

Featured topics

• Planning and implementing an intravitreal injection service.
• Medio-legal, indemnity and consent issues.
• Staffing and supervision.
• Corporate and clinical governance.
• The injection process.

Requirement

In order to access the programme virtually, you will need access to a computer (laptop or desktop) with a webcam and microphone.

Course faculty

• Mr Adam Mapani, Nurse Consultant
• Mr Michael Jacobs, Clinical Practice Educator
• Mr Robin Hamilton, Consultant Ophthalmologist
• Mr Luke Nicholson, Consultant Ophthalmologist
• Mr Niaz Islam, Consultant Ophthalmologist
• Mr Yasir Khan, Consultant Ophthalmologist
• Mr Jonah Nago, Advanced Nurse Practictioner
• Ms Waheeda Rahman, Consultant Ophthalmologist
• Ms Christine Real, Matron

Accreditation

A CPD certificate of attendance will be awarded at the end of the course.

Funding your place - apply by 31 March 2025 if you are a Nurse or AHP working for an NHS Trust in England

We are delighted to share details of a funding initiative which is available for this course.

Funded by Roche Products Limited, The NHS Prevent & Protect Training Initiative enables NHS Nurses and Allied Health Professionals (AHPs) working within an NHS England Trust to attend UK-based medical retina training courses typically chargeable to your NHS Trust or the individual. These courses support the development of practical skills to enable/maintain the delivery of medical retina services. The Moorfields Intravitreal Injection course is one of the courses eligible for this funding.

If you are a nurse or AHP working within an an NHS England Trust (including Moorfields staff) you can apply for the funding, which will cover the course attendance fee and also an amount towards necessary travel and accommodation (conditions apply), for example to attend the observership session on the day before the course. Please read the instructions below carefully to understand what to do next:

1. First book a place on the course date of your choice (see below), selecting the option to request to make payment by invoice at checkout. This will reserve your place while your funding application is processed.
2. Next register to apply for your funding. Once you have provided your details, you will be asked if you have already booked on to a course. You should select the option 'Yes - I can supply an invoice'. You do NOT need to upload an invoice at this stage. You will then be asked to provide the details of the course that you have booked. Review your registration details when prompted and submit your application.
3. Finally, please advise us of your funding application number by emailing moorfields.courses@nhs.net. We will then send an invoice to the funding administration team for payment. Please note that your place on the course is not confirmed until the invoice has been paid. We will notify you when payment is received.
4. Please note that applications must be received by 31 March 2025. Applications received after this date will be rejected.

Booking your place - important, please read before booking your place

Please ensure that you add the correct item to your cart from the options below. For each date there are three booking options, depending on whether you wish to attend online, in-person (course only) or in-person with observership session.

• In-person places are restricted by the venue capacity. Once these places are filled it will only be possible to attend online.
• There are a maximum of 16 observership places per course so early booking is recommended to avoid disappointment.
• There is no limit to the number of online places available.

The next dates are:

• 28 March 2025 (optional observership on 27 March)
• 4 July 2025 (optional onservership on 3 July)
• 14 November 2025 (optional onservership on 13 November)

Course supporters

This course is kindly part sponsored by AbbVie Ltd, Surgitrac Instruments, Bayer and Kestrel Ophthalmics. Sponsors have had no influence or input into the course.