Myopia Profile has launched a first-of-its-kind online course on myopia management with spectacles to help deliver treatment to more children worldwide.
Participants who register online before 20 February will receive a 50% discount off the USD$45 course fee (use the code MMS50 at checkout to claim the discount).
Myopia Profile said the ‘Myopia Management with Spectacles’ online course is designed to support and accelerate spectacle-lens adoption and clinical success. It built the course to introduce the latest research on myopia management lens designs and share evidence-based foundational knowledge on prescribing spectacles for children of all ages.
Myopia Profile co-founder Dr Kate Gifford, who provides a course overview in a video below, said the new course compliments a growing cache of Myopia Profile resources aimed at combating the global myopia epidemic.
“Spectacle lenses are a hot topic in the field of myopia management, with the potential to help a vast number of children worldwide who may not have access to or be candidates for other treatment options,” she said.
“We know that managing myopia early can provide kids with more stable vision over time and help head off serious eye health issues that can develop in adulthood. Myopia Profile created the ‘Myopia Management with Spectacles’ course to equip more eyecare practitioners with the information they need to confidently adopt this emerging technology, wherever they may practice.”
The two-hour ‘Myopia Management with Spectacles’ online course features interactive content to provide an engaging and comprehensive learning experience.
The course covers all aspects of spectacle lens prescribing for myopia, from first corrections in very young children to progressive addition and bifocal lenses through the latest technologies and next generation lenses for myopia control.
Learning objectives include the clinical rationale for specific use of single vision spectacles in children with myopia, the evidence for various myopia control spectacle interventions, a simple comparison of spectacle lenses to other treatments based upon scientific evidence, understanding the latest technology lenses for myopia control, and practical aspects of spectacle lens prescribing including frame fitting and parent communication.
Continuing professional education approval is pending for North America (COPE), with qualification achieved for the United Kingdom (GOC CPD) and underway for Australia and New Zealand.
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