North Queensland Vision 2016
 
Program
 
North Queensland Vision comprises 2 days of clinical lectures from over 12 presenters allowing delegates to achieve over 40 CPD points including optional assessment. Delegates are invited to the daily breakfast lectures, each attracting 3 CPD points. In addition to this great clinical program is a Trade Display hosting a variety of optometric companies.  
 
Learning objectives for each clinical presentation can be viewed by clicking the 'more info' link for the respective topics.
 
Saturday, 2 July
 
7:00 am - 8:15 amCooperVision Breakfast Lecture - "Prescribing Trends and Attitudes of Australian and New Zealand Contact Lens Practitioners in 2016" [More Info]
8:15 am - 8:30 amWelcome and inspection of Trade Display
8:30 am - 8:30 amOfficial Opening
8:30 am - 9:00 amThe role of the choroid in myopia [More Info]
Assoc Prof Scott Read
9:00 am - 9:30 amIn-room ocular therapeutics [More Info]
Dr Emily Pieterse
9:30 am - 10:00 amPosterior eye imaging in glaucoma [More Info]
Prof Michael Kalloniatis
10:00 am - 10:30 amMorning tea and inspection of Trade Display
10:30 am - 11:00 amRetinal problems in systemic diseases [More Info]
Assoc Prof Anthony Kwan
11:00 am - 11:30 amAMD: from pathology to clinical presentation [More Info]
Prof Michael Kalloniatis
11:30 am - 12:00 pmMaximising Multifocals: intermediate and near (The correct script in the correct place!) (sponsored by Rodenstock) [More Info]
Nicola Peaper
12:00 pm - 1:00 pmLunch and inspection of Trade Display
1:00 pm - 1:30 pmPeripheral retinal degenerations and retinal detachment update [More Info]
Assoc Prof Anthony Kwan
1:30 pm - 2:00 pmOutdoor activity, light exposure and childhood myopia [More Info]
Assoc Prof Scott Read
2:00 pm - 2:30 pmManagement of childhood strabismus [More Info]
Tim Fricke
2:30 pm - 3:00 pmAfternoon tea and inspection of Trade Display
3:00 pm - 3:30 pmTreatment strategies for progressive myopia [More Info]
Dr Emily Pieterse
3:30 pm - 4:00 pmAccommodation and vergence in the primary care setting [More Info]
Tim Fricke
4:00 pm - 4:30 pmContact lens-related inflammation diagnosis and management [More Info]
Dr Maria Markoulli
4:30 pm - 5:00 pmIntro to orthok [More Info]
Celia Bloxsom
6:00 pm - 10:30 pmConference Dinner
 
Sunday, 3 July
 
7:15 am - 8:30 amBreakfast Lecture - "Optimising patient outcomes through improved referral contents and pathways" [More Info]
Dr Klaus Loibl
8:30 am - 9:00 amInspection of Trade Display
9:00 am - 9:30 amDiabetes and the ocular surface: insight into the systemic disease [More Info]
Dr Maria Markoulli
9:30 am - 10:00 amShould you be worried about systemic diseases in Acute Anterior Uveitis? [More Info]
Assoc Prof Ian Gutteridge
10:00 am - 10:30 amExploring the angle: what's wrong or is it normal? [More Info]
Dr Mark Chiang
10:30 am - 11:00 amMorning tea and inspection of Trade Display
11:00 am - 11:30 amThis could be your next patient! What do you do next? [More Info]
Assoc Prof Ian Gutteridge
11:30 am - 12:00 pmComplex glaucoma cases: do I need to operate? [More Info]
Dr Mark Chiang
12:00 pm - 12:30 pmCase studies - Part 1 [More Info]
12:30 pm - 1:30 pmLunch and inspection of Trade Display
1:30 pm - 2:00 pmTroubleshooting RGPs [More Info]
Celia Bloxsom
2:00 pm - 2:30 pmCorneal transplants - evolution of lamellar surgery [More Info]
Dr Matthew Green
2:30 pm - 3:00 pmThird world ophthalmology [More Info]
Dr Thomas Campbell
3:00 pm - 3:30 pmAfternoon tea and inspection of Trade Display
3:30 pm - 4:00 pmCorneal emergencies - decoding the cloudy cornea [More Info]
Dr Matthew Green
4:00 pm - 4:30 pmUveitis and systemic medical conditions [More Info]
Dr Thomas Campbell
4:30 pm - 5:00 pmCase studies - Part 2 [More Info]
5:00 pm - 5:00 pmClose