Handbook

The scope of the course includes diseases of the vitreous body, posterior uvea, retina, optic nerve and visual pathway; macular degeneration and diabetic retinopathy; glaucoma; epidemiology and clinical trials of glaucoma and posterior eye disease; differential diagnosis; glaucoma imaging; glaucoma progression analysis; new diagnostic tools (e.g. scanning laser topography, scanning laser polarimetry, angiography, optical coherence tomography, reflectometry, retinal blood flow analysis); management strategies to include both current and future therapeutic approaches, influence of therapy on disease course, iatrogenic disease and ocular manifestations of systemic diseases; management of headaches and sudden vision loss; management of chronic disease, referral criteria and surgical management; prescription writing, record keeping, liaising with other health care professionals; legal framework and obligations, ethics, co-management.