CPD ref: C-102495

Description: Dispensing well-fitting glasses for paediatric patients is of the utmost importance for their visual development and comfort. This hands-on workshop will consider the main facial differences between adults and children and how this should be reflected in the choice of frame that is dispensed. During this workshop, participants will consider 3 different paediatric case studies, and for each one, choose the appropriate frame and lenses, take the required measurements, and fit the frame onto a 3D printed head. The case studies will include paediatric conditions that require specialist spectacle fitting and complex prescriptions. 

Target audience: Optometrist, Dispensing optician

Domains and learning outcomes
Clinical practice
s.5 Keep your knowledge and skills up to date (s.5)
- Understand a child’s facial features when dispensing a range of spectacles
s.7 Conduct appropriate assessments, examinations, treatments and referrals
- Able to interpret a prescription (including complex lenses, multifocals and high corrections) and dispense the most appropriate lens design and frame type suitable for paediatric patients and their demands.
- Understand the different fitting requirements for children and adults and be able to reflect on and review current practice when fitting or supervising a child dispense in order to adjust the frame appropriately
Communication
s.1 Listen to patients and ensure they are at the heart of decisions made about their care
- Understand paediatric frame fitting and so be able to explain the importance of accurate frame fitting and lens combinations in a manner appropriate to both the patients and the parent or guardian.
s.2 Communicate effectively with patients
Be able to communicate in basic terms, that a guardian or parent can understand the most appropriate lens option and care regime for a paediatric aphakic patient.