Mastering Refraction for Kids
Instructors.
Kate GiffordAbout this course.
Mastering Refraction for Kids is a two hour, comprehensive learning journey to increase your knowledge, confidence and management skills in paediatric prescribing. It covers refraction techniques, visual acuity measures and normative data for children of all ages, and features a strong focus on upskilling your distance and near retinoscopy techniques. It will help you understand when to use cycloplegia and also how to refract accurately without it, as well as how to consider emmetropization when finalizing the prescription for children of all ages. Visual outcomes in specific myopia control treatments are detailed. The course then concludes with practical support aspects such as dispensing considerations, exam review schedules and practice staff training.
Throughout this course you will find downloads, animation and video demonstrations, prescribing advice, test-your-knowledge challenges and more. This is the place to master refraction techniques and prescribing processes for kids - let's get started.
Course Details.
Downloadable resources
100% Online
Completion certificate
Self paced learning
Graded quizzes
Accreditation.
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Meet the instructors.
Dr Kate Gifford is an internationally renowned clinician-scientist optometrist and peer educator, and a Visiting Research Fellow at Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia. She holds a PhD in contact lens optics in myopia, four professional fellowships, over 100 peer reviewed and professional publications, and has presented almost 300 conference lectures around the world. Kate is the Chair of the Clinical Management Guidelines Committee of the International Myopia Institute. In 2016 Kate co-founded Myopia Profile with Dr Paul Gifford; the world-leading educational platform on childhood myopia management. After 13 years of clinical practice ownership, Kate now works full time on Myopia Profile.
What you will learn.
Chapter 1: Welcome to the course
Learn about the course content, navigate the platform and set your learning goals.
Chapter 2: Why refraction matters
Understand the rates and functional impacts of vision disorders in children, and why early intervention with an accurate refraction can have an enormous impact.
Chapter 3: Measuring visual acuity in kids
Types of visual acuity tests for younger children, accurate measurement with fogging and normative acuity results across childhood are described.
Chapter 4: Mastering your retinoscope
The main event! This chapter includes animation and video demonstrations, prescribing advice, reference downloads, calculation challenges and a comprehensive exploration of various techniques for distance and near retinoscopy.
Chapter 5: Autorefraction, cycloplegia and subjective methods
Comparing the accuracy of these other refraction techniques to retinoscopy, this chapter then explores when to use cycloplegia and how to refract accurately without it.
Chapter 6: Finalizing the prescription
You've got the refraction - now what should you prescribe? Detailed advice is provided on when to undercorrect and fully correct, based on age and refractive disorder, with respect to childhood emmetropization. Specific advice on visual outcomes in myopia control treatments is also provided.
Chapter 7: Dispensing considerations and practice systems
Putting it all into practice, with a focus on communication. The frame selection lesson can be used as staff training alongside guidance provided on handover systems.
Course Reviews.
4. 77
provides information and practical aspects
the class provides excellent practical understanding
“A course that truly elevates pediatric refraction skills”
I now feel more confident and precise when examining children. Highly recommended for any eye care professional working with young patients.
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