TCOS Workshop

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What:

Workshop | Atelier

When:

13:00, quinta-feira 31 mai 2018 (4 hours)

Where:

Metro Toronto Convention Centre (South Building) - Room 803

Theme:

Allied Health

LEAERNING OBJECTIVES
At the end of this session, participants will be able to:

Describe what dichoptic therapy is, what it’s goals are, and how it is incorporated as a treatment for amblyopia. Relevant publications will be used to highlight these concepts.
Discuss the historical relevance of past orthoptic pioneers as it relates to current orthoptic practice.
Identify clues to differentiate between sagging eye, decompensated esophoria, and mild bilateral VI or unilateral with a secondary inhibitional palsy on the other side.
Discuss the use of divergence exercises including patient selection, choice of exercise and pattern of use among Canadian Orthoptists.

Sub Sessions

Opening remarks

13:00 - 13:05 | 5 minutes

Meggie Caldwell OC(C)

Participant

Dichoptic therapy, video games and amblyopia: what orthoptists need to know about gaming the [visual] system

13:05 - 13:50 | 45 minutes

Abstract: While it is well known in clinical circles that the amblyopic eye is subject to strong inhibition from the fellow eye, the mainstay of treatment has been, and continues to be a monocular one, namely, patching. Recent research concepts have shifted thinking away from viewing amblyopia as simply a monocular disorder to that of it being a result of damage to the binocular vision system that thus requires a primary binocular approach to treatment. Dichoptic therapy involves sen...