OSA offers expert insight at 100% Optical

Professor James Wolffsohn will speak about low light therapy

Transforming optometry and ophthalmology with AI and exploring how tech enables hybrid home care are just two of the free lectures on the OSA stand at 100% Optical, 25 to 27 February.

Ten hours of interactive sessions include:

• Low level laser therapy for the management of dry eye disease.
• Treating myopia with new designs of contact lenses.
• Technologies in glaucoma treatment.
• Starting and running a better business.
• Fitting paediatric frames.
• Sustainability.
• MRHA legislation.

Expert speakers include Professor James Wolffsohn, head of the school of optometry at Aston university and Pearse Keane, professor of artificial medical Intelligence at Moorfields.

Professor Wolffsohn is keen to share laser technology with the audience at 100% Optical: “With biomodulation, or low light therapy, we are bringing the very latest evidence-based science to the fore and demonstrating what is in the realm for optometrists to deliver.

“Most eye care practitioners are aware that light treatment can be beneficial for dry eye disease and the latest developments allow optometrists to deliver for patients who are desperate for therapies. These treatments can keep people out of busy hospitals, provide very localised care and build up optical practices,” he said.

Professor Keane will be discussing his experiences with this technology, along with IPL, and how a treatment schedule can be prescribed.

Andy Clark, director of Practice Building, says achieving net zero carbon emissions is easier than you think: “An average UK independent practice produces 250 tonnes of carbon dioxide each year and the target of net zero by 2050 is just too late. We have devised a plan for practices to become net zero in 90 days. Reducing plastics is essential but cutting carbon emissions is vital. We are looking at power, supply chain, recycling policies and staff and patient journeys, moving to a broader community influence.”

See https://www.100percentoptical.com/seminar-programme-2023 for details.