Learn About Eyes/Clinical Skills in Glaucoma

  • CHF250

Clinical Skills in Glaucoma

  • Course
  • 37 Lessons

This course teaches you everything you need to know to manage your Glaucoma patients in clinic. It usually takes residents multiple years to get all this clinical knowledge from hundreds of sources. With this course you can get everything in just a few hours.

Contents

Intro

WELCOME! Welcome to my online course on the clinical basics of Glaucoma.

Watch the video to find out how this course is structured.

Introduction Video
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Document like Ike Ahmed

Learn how Ike Ahmed summarizes every Glaucoma patient in just one line.

I use this documentation format in my clinic for EVERY SINGLE VISIT. It helps me to never forget anything important. And when reviewing the file I can understand a whole complex Glaucoma history in a matter of seconds.

The Ike Ahmed Documentation format

Is it Glaucoma?

Before we dive into how to classify, stage and treat Glaucoma, we first need to diagnose it correctly.

In This chapter, you'll learn what to look for to diagnose Glaucoma.

Intro: Is it Glaucoma?
CDR
Download CDR reference
Rim
ISNT
Alpha- / Beta zone
Disc size
BMO is not exactly the disc size
RNFL

Type of Glaucoma

Because the treatment of Glaucoma largely depends on the type it is extremely important to be able to distinguish between the different types. Especially between closed and open angle Glaucoma.

In this chapter you get a nice overview over the types of Glaucoma and we dive deep into open versus closed angle with gonioscopy and ASOCT

Intro: Type of Glaucoma
Closed angles
Open angles
Gonioscopy
Link to the gonioscopy book
Angle grading systems
Gonioscopy in open angles
ASOCT and UBM
Anterior segment examination

Staging

It is very important to always be aware what stage of Glaucoma your patient is in.

The stage largely influences how aggressive you will be with your treatment.

Staging
Download Staging table overview

Progression

In this chapter you'll learn that progression is THE KEY to Glaucoma treatment.

Learn how to spot progression in the optic nerve, OCT and visual field

Intro: Progression
Optic nerve
OCT
Visual field

IOP

Learn the different ways to measure IOP and how to interpret them

IOP
GAT (Goldmann Applanation Tonometry)

Treatment

Learn how to treat Glaucoma.

Get a great overview of medication, lasers and different surgical techniques to treat Glaucoma.

Intro: Treatment
Medication
Download overview of all the Medication classes
Download Checklist Medical Therapy
AC Paracentesis / AC Tap to reduce IOP
Laser
Surgery
Download Glaucoma Surgeries Overview

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