Specialist optometry practice Bay Eye Care in Tauranga held its annual Bay of Plenty Optometry Forum glaucoma case report evening to help optometry glaucoma prescribers meet their CPD requirements.
Local glaucoma specialist Dr Sam Kain covered angle closure, grading scales, when narrow angles becomes angle closure glaucoma and what is the risk of acute angle closure (AAC), noting that recent studies suggest the risk of an AAC event is lower than previously thought.
This followed six case study presentations from optometrists based in Hamilton, Whakatane and Tauranga which covered a poor clinical response to intraocular pressure lowering medications; driving standards; patient compliance issues; when ocular hypertension should be treated as glaucoma; and how to manage a patient with glaucoma who cannot perform visual field tests and OCT scans.
“As always amongst the optometrists, ophthalmologists and GPs in attendance, constructive and thought-provoking discussion and debate followed,” said Bay Eye Care’s Alex Petty, adding this was often where the choice educational “morsels” were to be found.
Ophthalmic Instrument Company (OIC) sponsored the event and contributed a Glaucoma Imaging Atlas textbook to the best case as judged by Dr Kain.
