DR Grader course outline

PLEASE NOTE: COURSE IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE

Groups

• Group A – Non-clinical staff / new starters / graders: 5 day course
• Group B – Clinical staff: 4 day course

Monday – Group A only

• 09:00 – Group A Registration (ACCESS WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE BEFORE THIS TIME)
• Welcome
• Basic Diabetes
• Complications & Management of Diabetes
• Risk Factors for Diabetes Complications
• Real Life Diabetes Lifestyle Issues
• Health Screener Qualification
• Ocular Physiology & Anatomy
• Diabetic Eye Disease
• Introduction to Grading Software

Tuesday

• 09:00 – Group B Registration and Introduction (ACCESS WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE BEFORE THIS TIME)
• Group A Introduction to Grading
• Group B Introduction to Diabetic Retinopathy
• How to Grade
• Principles of Laser Therapy
• To R2 or not to R2
• Quiz

Wednesday

• Grading
• National Diabetic Retinopathy Screening Programmes, Principles, Processes and Protocols
• Quality Assurance
• Other Ophthalmic Conditions
• Diagnostic Quiz

Thursday

• Mydriasis & Case Scenarios Diagnostic Quiz
• Grading
• Patients Perspective
• Grading – Other Lesions
• History Taking, VA Problems & Stop Blindness Now!
• Cataract

Friday

• OCT – what it’s all about?
• MDT CASES
• Grading for Final Quiz for Prizes
• Future Prospects of Diabetes
• Interesting Images
• Answers to Quiz
• Evaluation

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