INTERACTIVE SESSION 

Interactive session - CooperVision and Johnson & Johnson Vision

This session is now fully booked

About the session

CPD ref: C-108527

Description

This session, which takes place within the exhibition hall on the company stands using headsets to listen, comprises of two parts. 

Part one: Alongside changing visual needs, the onset of presbyopia can have psychological as well as practical implications on a patient’s day-to-day life. In this fast-paced, interactive discussion workshop, you will work alongside your peers to discuss and manage five different presbyopic patients. Focussing on the benefits of effective patient-practitioner communication, this session will allow practitioners to reflect on how to manage expectations and to support patients to make informed choices about their changing ocular and lifestyle needs. 

Part Two: Whilst the importance of myopia management is widely accepted, challenges around how to communicate to provoke action with parents/carers have presented more of a challenge. This session explores an easy, quick method to communicate to parents/carers and patients about the benefits of myopia management.

Target audience

  • Optometrist
  • Contact Lens Optician.

Domains and learning outcomes

Clinical practice

s.5 Keep your knowledge and skills up to date

  • Understands the current range of soft multifocal contact lenses and so able to manage presbyopic contact lens patients effectively.

Communication

s.1 Listen to patients and ensure they are at the heart of decisions made about their care

  • Understands how communication can influence patient understanding and acceptance of their changing needs, and able to ensure that patients are actively involved in all decisions made about their care
  • Able to handle parental concerns about myopia management appropriately.

s.2 Communicate effectively to patients

  • Able to appreciate the importance of a obtaining a full patient history, including the relevance of uncovering the changing visual, ocular and lifestyle needs associated with presbyopia and so advise patients accordingly
  • Able to make a confident and impactful recommendation for myopia management.

Specialty CPD - contact lens optician

  • Understands the current range of soft multifocal contact lenses and so able to manage presbyopic contact lens patients effectively
  • Able to communicate effectively with contact lens patients and their families.

Speakers

James Hall

James qualified as a Dispensing Optician in 1992 after which he had many varied roles in practice management, as a contact lens optician and a Franchise Director. He currently works in a busy practice in Newcastle under Lyme, North Staffordshire whilst working as a Professional Affairs Consultant with Johnson & Johnson where he is engaged in delivering a variety of education and training programmes to fellow eye care professionals.

Marie-Therese Hall

Marie-Therese Hall graduated from the University of Manchester in 2008 and completed her Pre-Registration year with D&A. Since qualification in 2009, she has worked in both multiple and independent practice in the North East of England in a variety of different practices. Marie-Therese joined Johnson & Johnson Vision as a Professional Affairs Consultant in October 2017, where she enjoys developing and delivering a variety of education and training programmes to fellow eye care professionals.

Christina Olner

Christina is a qualified optometrist with several years’ experience in both multiple and independent settings. She has worked for numerous years in leadership roles in the multiple sector, delivering training and development to optometrists, CLOs and DOs at all stages of their learning. Her roles have included responsibilities for governance and clinical complaint handling at practice level. She has also been a regional representative for clinicians in the field. Christina currently works as Head of Professional Affairs for CooperVision UK&I where she works closely with professional associations and practitioners to deliver excellence in contact lens knowledge, myopia management and customer journey initiatives.