New course on myopia management
Dr Kate Gifford
Dispensing opticians and optometrists in the UK will be eligible to gain two CPD points (Communication and Clinical Practice) after successfully participating in a new online course on myopia management with spectacles.
Launched by Myopia Profile, ‘Myopia management with spectacles‘ is a paid-for online course designed to support and accelerate adoption and clinical success. It aims to introduce the latest research on myopia management lens designs and share evidence-based foundational knowledge on prescribing these glasses for children of all ages.
Myopia Profile co-founder, Dr Kate Gifford, said: “Spectacle lenses are a hot topic in the field of myopia management, with the potential to help a vast number of children worldwide who may not have access to or be candidates for other treatment options. We know that managing myopia early can provide kids with more stable vision over time and help head off serious eye health issues that can develop in adulthood. Myopia Profile created the Myopia Management with Spectacles course to equip more ECPs with the information they need to confidently adopt this emerging technology, wherever they may practice.”
The two-hour course features interactive text and image content and covers all aspects of spectacle lens prescribing for myopia, from first corrections in very young children to progressive addition and bifocal lenses through the latest technologies and next generation lenses for myopia control.
Learning objectives include the clinical rationale for specific use of single vision spectacles in children with myopia, the evidence for various myopia control spectacle interventions, a simple comparison of spectacle lenses to other treatments based upon scientific evidence, understanding the latest technology lenses for myopia control, and practical aspects of spectacle lens prescribing including frame fitting and parent communication.
Approval has been gained for UK General Optical Council registrants. Learn more here.