DISCUSSION WORKSHOP

3 CPD

Cracking the comfort code - Johnson & Johnson Vision

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About the session

CPD ref: TBC

Description

Can you help crack the code to contact lens comfort? With 75% of contact lens wearers1 agreeing that they would like more from their contact lenses, how can practitioners ensure they provide their patients with the best contact lens wearing experience? 

By incorporating peer-reviewed publications with interactive puzzles, this fast-paced, station-based discussion workshop will task practitioners to uncover some of the key factors influencing true contact lens wearer satisfaction. 

Target audience

  • Optometrist
  • Contact Lens Optician
  • Dispensing Optician.

Domains and learning outcomes

Communication

  • (s.1) Practitioners will reflect on the importance of uncovering and understanding patients’ lifestyle, visual and ocular needs in order to provide a personalised recommendation
  • (s.2) Practitioners will consider how communication can influence patient understanding and acceptance of their needs, and ways to ensure that patients are actively involved in all decisions made about their care.

Clinical practice

  • (s.5) Practitioners will reflect on their knowledge on soft contact lens material properties and their influence on both physical and visual comfort
  • (s.7) Practitioners will appreciate the importance of a thorough tear film assessment on successful contact lens wear.

Specialty CPD - contact lens optician

  • Practitioners will reflect on the importance of uncovering and understanding patients’ lifestyle, visual and ocular needs in order to provide a personalised recommendation
  • Practitioners will consider how communication can influence patient understanding and acceptance of their needs, and ways to ensure that patients are actively involved in all decisions made about their care
  • Practitioners will reflect on their knowledge on soft contact lens material properties and their influence on both physical and visual comfort
  • Practitioners will appreciate the importance of a thorough tear film assessment on successful contact lens wear. 

Speaker

James Hall

James qualified as a Dispensing Optician in 1992 after which he had many varied roles in practice management, as a contact lens optician and a Franchise Director.

He currently works in a busy practice in Newcastle under Lyme, North Staffordshire whilst working as a Professional Affairs Consultant with Johnson & Johnson where he is engaged in delivering a variety of education and training programmes to fellow eye care professionals.