BIOS CONFERENCE & AGM
June 11, 2021 @ 1:00 pm - June 14, 2021 @ 8:30 pm
| Free – £25.00The BIOS conference and AGM will be held over two days:
Friday 11th June – Afternoon – 1:00pm-4.30pm will be an interesting afternoon of talks from orthoptists newly trained in extended roles (IVT, JIA and Glaucoma) and the CAG leads giving an update and the benefits of CAG membership. The AGM will be in the middle and we have Dr Nadia Northway giving a brief update in OPT and how this will change Orthoptic practice.
1.00pm – Alison Baxter, JIA
1.20pm – Julianne Baker, IVT
1.40pm – Kendal Hinds, Glaucoma
2:00pm – Dr Nadia Northway, OPT
2.15 – 3.15 – BIOS and BOSTU AGM – Members only*
3.15 – 3.30 – Break
3.30 – 4.30 – Clinical Advisory Group updates on Advancing practice
*Full documentation and agenda for the AGMs can be found here.
Monday 14th June – Evening – 6:30pm – 8:30pm
6.30pm – Dr Anna O’Connor
Assessing VA of children at home
6.50pm – Caroline Fanning
Orthoptic assessment of children with complex disability. The importance of communication
7pm – Dr Iain Livingstone and Dr Mario Giardini
Next Generation Ophthalmic Diagnostics
7.20pm – Dr Anna Horwood
Spasms, “Paralysis” and Functional Accommodation Issues – a Psychological approach
7.40pm – Siobhan Ludden
Evaluation of a new picture optotype test (The Aukland Optoypes) in Amblyopic children
8pm – Dr Stephanie Kearney
CHAMP Study – Myopia Management