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Professional development event for optometrists COMPLETED
Free remote webinar "Bausch+Lomb Ultra innovations in optometric practice"
Participants who have completed at least 80% of the workshop will be issued with a certificate of completion (2 hours).
Issuance of a certificate to a non-member of the Lithuanian Optometric Association - EUR 5. The payment should be made to the account of the Lithuanian Optometrists Association in SEB bank LT 287044060005448569. Purpose of payment. Payment is to be made after the end of the seminar and only after attending at least 80% of the seminar. Latest date of payment for the certificate: Sat. Due for payment of the certificate by the latest date for payment of the certificate is 25 May this year. Please contact the Association by email: optometrininkuasociacija@gmail.com if you require an invoice for payment.
The time and duration of the seminar participants' login is recorded automatically and is provided to us by the event administrator. To avoid any misunderstandings, you must only log in to the seminar via your login link, which is linked to your email address.
The seminar will be held in English.
Registration: Bausch+Lomb ULTRA innovations in optometrist practice (clickmeeting.com)
Date: 24th May, 2022, at 6pm
Duration: 1h 30min
Language.
Lecturer: Merle Puusepp, Bausch+Lomb contact lens and lens care representative in Estonia, optometrist
ABSTRACT
The specialist is expected to have more knowledge and an individual approach. To meet the different needs needed to know the products and their differences. The purpose of this webinar is to introduce to vision care specialists latest Bausch+Lomb lens material and its possibilities.
PRESENTATION
Introduction:
- Different patient - different needs
- What determines lens comfort?
- Differences within silicone hydrogel materials
Overview of ULTRA Contact Lens family:
- Ultra MoistureSeal® Technology, Edge Design, Spherical Aberration Control
- Ultra for Astigmatism OpticAlign™ Design
- Ultra for Presbyopia 3-zone progressive™ Design
- Ultra for Presbyopia fitting
Poll:
- Questions and answers
Professional development event for optometrists COMPLETED
Free remote webinar "Evidence-based contact lens practice"
Participants who have completed at least 80% of the workshop will be issued with a certificate of completion (2 hours).
Issuance of a certificate to a non-member of the Lithuanian Optometric Association - EUR 5. The payment should be made to the account of the Lithuanian Optometrists Association in SEB bank LT 287044060005448569. Purpose of payment. Payment is to be made after the end of the seminar and only after attending at least 80% of the seminar. Latest date of payment for the certificate: Sat. Due for payment of the certificate by the latest date for payment of the certificate is 3 February this year. Please contact the Association by email: optometrininkuasociacija@gmail.com if you require an invoice for payment.
The time and duration of the seminar participants' login is recorded automatically and is provided to us by the event administrator. To avoid any misunderstandings, you must only log in to the seminar via your login link, which is linked to your email address.
The seminar will be held in English.
Registration: Evidence Based Contact Lens Practice (clickmeeting.com)
Date: 1 February 2022, 18:00 - 20:15
Lecturer: Inese Petrovica - optometrist
Language.
Abstract
The main priority for optometrists as primary health care specialist is patient safety. Therefore, professional activities would be provided in accordance of the evidence-based contact lens practice and the best clinical practice guidelines. In this lecture we will overview communication based on patients needs and requirements, principles of anamnesis and clinical judgment in contact lens fitting.
Outlines of lecture are following: examination of the anterior segment, evidence-based contact lens material and lens modality selection correspond to anamnesis and anterior surface characteristics; overview of ocular surface and lens material / design influence to lens fit and lens movements; principles of the lens fitting evaluation, lens prescribing and aftercare.
Lecture will provide review of newest studies and evidences for soft, rigid and specialty contact lens fitting.
Purpose of the lecture is conducting specialist to critical thinking, proactive lens fitting to avoid contact lens future dropouts related to non-proper lens modality / material selection.
Professional development event for optometrists COMPLETED
Free remote webinar "Dry eye and ocular surface diseases"
Participants who have completed at least 80% of the workshop will be issued with a certificate of completion (2 hours).
The seminar will be held in English.
Registration: webinar "Dry eye and ocular surface disease" - Ended (clickmeeting.com)
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Dry eye and ocular surface disease
DATE: November 16, 2021, at 6:00 - 8:00pm.
LANGUAGE: English
LECTURERS: Dr. Tereze Masinska - MD of Ophthalmology Helsingborg hospital, Sweden, Master degree of Optometry and Visual Science, Lecturer at the Department of Optometry and Vision Science, University of Latvia;
Anastasija Kalinina - optometrist.
PURPOSE: The purpose of this webinar is to introduce to vision care specialists definition of dry eye disease and it's classification, complications and treatment. This lecture will help to understand the main symptoms and common causes of this eye disease and that way to improve an optometrist's cooperation with an ophthalmologist and health care specialists.
PRESENTATION
The definition and classification of dry eye disease;
Diagnostic of dry eye syndrome;
Contact lens users with dry eye disease;
Keratoconjunctivitis sicca due to Sjogren's disease;
Dry eye syndrome due to systemic diseases (rheumatoid disease, thyroid eye disease);
Dry eye due to eye surface disease.
Professional development event for optometrists COMPLETED
Free remote webinar "Slit lamp and contact lenses"
Participants who have completed at least 80% of the workshop will be issued with a certificate of completion (2 hours).
The seminar will be held in English.
Registration: webinar "Slit lamp and contact lens practice" - Ended (clickmeeting.com)
ENG
Slit lamp and contact lens practice
Date: October 26, 2021 at 6:00 - 7:30PM
Lecturer: Evita Kassaliete - Dr.phys., optometrist, lecturer at the Department of Optometry and Vision Science, University of Latvia.
Language.
The aim of this autumn's first webinar is to encourage vision care professionals to use the technical features of the slit sheet in their daily contact lens fitting visits, which help answer many questions about the suitability of contact lenses for a particular patient and the gradation of changes in contact lens anatomical structures.
Presentation:
Slit lamp instrumentation (Illumination, Viewing system, Adjustment).
Slit lamp examination and visualisation with video samples.
The rules for apply of soft contact lens fitting.
Possibilities and criteria for gradation of eye structure changes due to contact lens wear.
EN
Slit lamp and contact lenses
Date: 26 October 2021, 18.00 - 19.30
Lecturer: dr. phys., optometrist Evita Kassaliete, lecturer at the Department of Optometry and Vision Science, University of Latvia.
Language.
The aim of this autumn's first webinar is to encourage vision care professionals to use the technical features of the slit lamp during the contact lens fitting visit to answer many questions about the suitability of contact lenses for a particular patient and the degree of change in the anatomical structures of contact lenses.
Lecture:
Working with a slit lamp (lighting, viewing system, adjustment).
Investigation and visualisation of a slit lamp using video examples.
Fitting rules for soft contact lenses.
Opportunities and criteria for changes in ocular structure due to contact lens wear.
Point 4 of the Order of the Minister of Health of the Republic of Lithuania No V-813 of 17 July 2018 "On the Approval of the New Revision of the Lithuanian Medical Standard MN 166:2018 "Optometrist":
4. The professional qualification of optometrist is obtained by completing a study programme in optometry in a group of first cycle university studies in health sciences. Until 1 January 2023, it shall also be deemed to have been obtained by graduating by 30 June 2020 from a study programme in optometry in the field of physical sciences in the group of physical sciences at university or in the field of physical sciences in the field of physics. As from 1 January 2023, it shall also be deemed to have been completed by persons who have completed a study programme in the field of physics in the group of physical sciences at university level or in the field of optometry in the field of physical sciences in the field of physical sciences by 30 June 2020, and who will have completed it by 1 January 2023:
4.1. a continuous course of at least 300 academic hours of professional development for optometrists at the Faculty of Medicine of Vilnius University or the Lithuanian University of Health Sciences; or
4.2. any study programme in any group of fields of study in the health sciences, except for the study programme in optometry, and continuous courses of at least 150 academic hours of professional qualification development of an optometrist at the Faculty of Medicine of Vilnius University or the Lithuanian University of Health Sciences.
https://e-seimas.lrs.lt/portal/legalAct/lt/TAD/caecae4190b111e8aa33fe8f0fea665f/asr
The Faculty of Medicine of Vilnius University organises and runs qualification improvement courses for optometrists:
Optometry 1 (according to point 4.2 of the Order);
Optometry 2 (according to point 4.1 of the Order).
