OVERVIEW

Comprehensive Care and Referral Strategies for the Optometrist is organized by CMEducation Resources, LLC and will be held from Aug 01, 2017 - Aug 01, 2019. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 2.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.

Course Overview :
In this web-based program, physicians and optometrists will learn how recent developments in retinal screening have helped to advance the management of diabetic macular edema and age-related macular degeneration.

Educational Objectives:
Upon completion of this activity, participants will be able to:
• Detail the practical, case-?based and guideline-?consistent approaches for the optometry specialist when screening a broad range of patients at risk for age-?related macular degeneration (AMD) and diabetic macular edema (DME);
• Apply optometry-?focused screening methodologies—among them, in-?office/in-?clinic screening devices, evolving technologies for evaluation of retinal disease, dilated eye exams, telemedicine technology, optometrist-?based screening and referral etc.—to optimize detection and referral to retina specialists for definitive treatment and prevention of progressive eye pathology and blindness in the setting of optometry and diabetes practice;
• Understand the disease burden, epidemiology, consequences, identification, disease state classification, and multiple clinical manifestations and symptoms of DME, AMD, and related conditions as they present to the front lines of optometry practice;
• Apply at the front lines of optometry practice national association guidelines for systematic screening and eye findings-?directed referral to retina specialists;
• Recognize which patient populations should be screened in the optometry and diabetes specialist setting and how often, and what specific technologies should be used to optimize detection of DME and AMD;

Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.