Online IP peer review: 13 May 2025

This online dedicated therapeutics peer review session is only open to College members who are fully qualified independent prescribers. The session will cover your GOC IP peer review requirement and is worth three interactive CPD points.

At this online session, you will join a large group for an introduction and then participate in a small, virtual group to review three cases.

The introduction session will be conducted by a lead facilitator and each small group will be led by an experienced facilitator. The cases are: 

• Child with a sore red eye
• Managing glaucoma following a pituitary gland tumour
• Patient with history of anterior uveitis

Clinical practice

s.5 Keep your knowledge and skills up to date 

• Able to recognise the signs, symptoms and risk factors associated with the following conditions: orbital cellulitis, pre-septal cellulitis and anterior uveitis

s.7 Conduct appropriate assessments, examinations, treatments and referrals

• Know how to manage patients with suspected orbital cellulitis and recurrent anterior uveitis
• Recognise when referral for an ophthalmologist or general practitioner opinion is indicated

Communication

 s.1 Listen to patients and ensure they are at the heart of decisions made about their care 

• Understand the impact of both ocular and non-ocular comorbidities on a patient’s ocular condition and make appropriate modifications to management where needed

s.2 Communicate effectively with patients

• Able to explain clinical management decisions to a patient so that they understand the guidelines and boundaries within which optometrists work

Specialty CPD – IP                   

• Understand the therapeutic management for orbital and pre-septal cellulitis
• Know the therapeutic management options including combined therapy preparations available for chronic open angle glaucoma
• Able to therapeutically manage patients with anterior uveitis / at risk of steroid induced intraocular pressure rise