Myopia has been a serious problem for many young people nowadays. More and more teenagers are suffering from this vision condition, which can be so frustrating. Myopia is one of the most common vision problems, known as nearsightedness. The condition afflicts almost 1/3 of the population. A nearsighted condition is when a person can’t see distant objects clearly.
However, some people who have nearsightedness can deal with glasses. Also, there are those nearsighted people who can see up-close images and objects clearly but can have problems reading far-away signs at a distance. Myopia Profile clinical techniques help slow down the progression of myopia.
Get more guided experience about myopia!
Myopia management is a world-first online course for free, covering the scientific basis of myopia management and essential translation to clinical practice. The course teaches you the four key learning portals:
- Understanding the fundamentals
- Get started in practice
- Myopia control options
- Expand clinical skills
The course teaches you how to deal with myopia management.
Communicating myopia message course
In this course, you will learn about communicating Myopia messages and master efficient and effective clinical myopia management. There are important things to tackle, specifically the challenge of communication that provides tried-and-tested practical tools and key messages for the best possible care to young myopic patients. The interactive course takes a two-hour lesson that covers all the aspects of myopia management.
Here are the following discussions/lessons:
- Increase confidence and skills to discuss myopia start and progression. Describe management prospects and instruct parents through decision-making and knowledgeable consent.
- Explain and handle long-term results.
- Provide ongoing patient education (ensuring best practice myopia management)
Every lesson provides scientific fundamentals with pieces of advice on communicating this knowledge to the parents. Interactive parent communication scenarios are found, and you can get downloadable support tools, engaging formats, and quick quizzes. Master the myopia message and communicate for clinical success.
Mastering refraction for kids
The course is a 2-hour lesson, comprehensive learning to increase the knowledge, management skills, and confidence in pediatric prescribing. It may cover the following:
- refraction techniques
- normative data and visual acuity for children of all ages
- Strong focus on near retinoscopy and upskilling distance techniques
With all these, it helps understand when you use cycloplegia and how to refract accurately and consider emmetropization. It happens during the final prescription for children. Visual results in specific myopia control therapies are detailed. In this course, it concludes with practical support aspects, such as:
- Dispensing considerations
- Exam review schedules
- Practice staff training
The course gives you downloadables, video demonstrations, animation, test-your-knowledge challenges, prescribing advice, and more. The course is the right time to master refraction techniques and stipulating processes for kids.
If you have kids with myopia or are interested in myopia management, you may enroll in these courses.
