Cornea and External Disease - Review and Update: A Virtual CME Program

Add to Calendar Cornea and External Disease - Review and Update: A Virtual CME Program 8/7/2021 8:00:00 AM 8/7/2021 1:05:00 PM America/Chicago For More Details: https://northwestern.cloud-cme.com/course/courseoverview?EID=87233 Description: This course will raise awareness, provide review and update residents, ophthalmologists, optometrists and primary care physicians on herpetic eye disease, dry eye, neoplastic ocular surface disease and cornea trauma. Online false MM/DD/YYYY


Date & Location
Saturday, August 7, 2021, 8:00 AM - 1:05 PM, Online

Target Audience
Specialties - Family Practice, General Practice, Internal Medicine, Ophthalmology, Optometry, Physician Assistant

Overview
This course will raise awareness, provide review and update residents, ophthalmologists, optometrists and primary care physicians on herpetic eye disease, dry eye, neoplastic ocular surface disease and cornea trauma.

Objectives
  1. Describe ocular surface lesions.
  2. Identify warning signs of malignant potential to diagnose and treat ocular surface lesions.
  3. Review the contemporary paradigms in diagnosis and treatment of dry eye, including the potential relationship to systemic disease.
  4. Explain the key settings and findings that help differentiate sterile and infectious keratitis.
  5. Classify the various presentations of herpes zoster and simplex keratitis.
  6. Identify the various forms of disease and employ the landmark studies that form the basis of treatment.
  7. Discuss the various forms of corneal ectasia and how imaging can help distinguish these diseases.
  8. Implement early intervention with cross-linking to prevent serious vision loss.
  9. Describe a step-wise approach to the diagnosis and management of corneal trauma.

Registration

http://https//zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_aZiIaIlUQm-HL1V7dAPhHw

For questions email Tiffany McReynolds at [email protected]


Accreditation

The Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit Designation Statement

The Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 4.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.


Credits
AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (4.50 hours), Non-Physician Attendance (4.50 hours)