Challenges and Opportunity in Eliminating Avoidable Vision Loss in Canada
Theme:
Public Health and Global Ophthalmology
When:
1:30 PM, Saturday 2 Jun 2018
(1 hour 30 minutes)
Breaks:
Break 03:00 PM to 03:45 PM (45 minutes)
Where:
Metro Toronto Convention Centre (South Building)
- Room 714 B
How:
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
At the end of this session, participants will be able to:
At the end of this session, participants will be able to:
- Describe the determinants of eye health in Canada
- Describe a practical strategy for optimizing eye health care in Canada
- Identify the trends and impacts of the changing practitioner demographic profile on the ophthalmology workforce
Moderator
2023 Planning Committee - Canadian Association for Public Health and Global Ophthalmology
Sub Sessions
- Introduction
- 2 minutes | 1:30 PM - 1:32 PM Part of: Challenges and Opportunity in Eliminating Avoidable Vision Loss in Canada
- The effect of government delisting of routine eye exams on the diagnosis of eye diseases in Ontario
- Participant Yaping Jin
- 7 minutes | 1:39 PM - 1:46 PM Part of: Challenges and Opportunity in Eliminating Avoidable Vision Loss in Canada
- Defunding the pre-operative history and physical exam: Putting the cart before the evidence?
- Participant Kiersten Schock BSc
- 7 minutes | 1:46 PM - 1:53 PM Part of: Challenges and Opportunity in Eliminating Avoidable Vision Loss in Canada
- How do we optimize eye health care in Canada?
- Participant Sherif El-Defrawy
- 15 minutes | 1:53 PM - 2:08 PM Part of: Challenges and Opportunity in Eliminating Avoidable Vision Loss in Canada
- Q&A
- 11 minutes | 2:08 PM - 2:19 PM Part of: Challenges and Opportunity in Eliminating Avoidable Vision Loss in Canada
- Macular optical coherence tomography improves cost-effectiveness of screening for diabetic macular edema
- Participant Jonathan Chan MD
- 7 minutes | 2:28 PM - 2:35 PM Part of: Challenges and Opportunity in Eliminating Avoidable Vision Loss in Canada
- Accuracy of a popular online symptom checker for ophthalmic diagnoses
- Participant Alexander Gregor MD
- 7 minutes | 2:35 PM - 2:42 PM Part of: Challenges and Opportunity in Eliminating Avoidable Vision Loss in Canada
- Cataract surgery and traffic crashes: Population-based exposure-crossover design
- Participant Dr. Matthew Schlenker
- 7 minutes | 2:42 PM - 2:49 PM Part of: Challenges and Opportunity in Eliminating Avoidable Vision Loss in Canada
- Q&A and closing
- 11 minutes | 2:49 PM - 3:00 PM Part of: Challenges and Opportunity in Eliminating Avoidable Vision Loss in Canada