Therapeutics course
The optometry education team will be hosting a series of lecture webinars for hospital and community based optometrists who are interested in the therapeutic management of ocular conditions. This will be of particular interest to Independent Prescriber optometrists and those working towards the Independent Prescriber qualification. You can choose to attend either one day or both days.
Course structure
A two day course composed of a series of lecture webinars on the topic therapeutics and delivered by senior optometrist and consultant ophthalmologists. Each lecture awards CPD points to attendees, including optometrist and independent prescriber points. At the end of each lecture there will be a minimum 15 minutes interactive Q & A session with the leading speaker, where delegates have the opportunity to ask questions to check understanding and reflect on learning. There will also be a peer review session where delegates discuss cases.
Please note - Below is an example of our topics, however we're still finalising our agenda and therefore, this is subject to change.
4 September
- Keratitis differential diagnosis and treatment - Scott Hau.
- Conjunctivitis: differential diagnosis and treatment - Frank Larkin.
- Laboratory investigations for patients with ocular disease - Gerry Clare.
- Keratoconus and cross-linking - Dan Gore.
- IP Peer Review.
5 September
- Management of uveitis - William Tucker.
- Cataract surgery: Intraoperative, postoperative complications and treatment - Kamran Saha.
- Thyroid eye disease - Jimmy Uddin.
- Lids lumps and bumps - Badrul Hussain.
- IP Peer Review.
Who should attend?
It is suitable for community and hospital based optometrists who have the independent prescriber qualification or interested in therapeutics.
CPD points are available for UK registered optometrists and a certificate of attendance will be awarded.
Booking one or two days
If you wish to attend both days, you'll need to add each day to your cart and use this code to apply the discount - TCOPtwo.
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| Date | Location | Time | Seats | Price | |
| 04/09/2024 | The Education Hub, 15 Ebenezer Street, London N1 7NP | 9:00 - 17:30 | 34 | £350.00 | |
| 05/09/2024 | The Education Hub, 15 Ebenezer Street, London N1 7NP | 9:00 - 17:30 | 34 | £350.00 |
Benefits of attending
Course fees
Taught by
Mr Scott Hau
Scott Hau is a consultant optometrist and research optometrist at Moorfields Eye Hospital. He works in numerous external role ophthalmology clinics including A&E, external disease, glaucoma, laser, adnexal/minor ops and medical Retina/uveitis. He has been instrumental in developing various optometry extended-role clinics at Moorfields Eye Hospital and is also the optometry lead for Laser and Independent Prescribing.
Dan Gore
Daniel Gore is a consultant corneal surgeon, director of refractive surgery and clinical lead for early keratoconus at Moorfields Eye Hospital.
Gerry Clare
Gerry Clare qualified as a consultant ophthalmologist in 2009 in the military, and now pursues an independent career. Gerry professes a particular interest in global infectious eye disease, and to this end he worked with Médecins sans Frontières following the Ebola crisis in West Africa as well as on a multi-national trial on drug-resistant TB. Gerry has participated in eye clinics in many parts of the world, witnessing the devastating effects of ocular infections, and recently published an overview concerning the largely unknown visual burden that these frequently unilateral conditions engender in people of all ages - information not captured in large prevalence studies on sight impairment. Gerry is qualified in tropical medicine, and provides ophthalmological teaching yearly on MSF's Global Health and Humanitarian Medicine course, as well as telemedicine consultations for ophthalmological cases wherever MSF are deployed. Gerry currently works at Moorfields Eye Hospital supporting the Uveitis and Scleritis service.
Frank Larkin
Frank Larkin is a consultant at Moorfields Eye Hospital and Professor of Corneal Diseases in University College London. After graduating from Trinity College Dublin in 1982 he trained in ophthalmology in Dublin, subsequently Moorfields and Australia before appointment as a consultant in Moorfields in 1997. He undertakes or supervises over 150 corneal transplant operations annually and over 100 cataract operations. He leads research on transplantation and infections of the eye. He has published over 140 scientific papers in peer-reviewed journals, edited four books and has been editor-in-chief of the British Journal of Ophthalmology since 2021. He has trained ophthalmologists from numerous countries in surgery and research, many of whom now hold senior positions on all continents. He travels extensively to teach and in his role as journal editor.