Doctor Workshop, Sunday April 19th

Apply what you learned during the Saturday lectures to real life cases in a smaller group setting, designed to foster discussion on interpreting multiple variables, and prioritizing them in a diagnostic algorithm to arrive at a diagnosis and treatment plan. Guided by internationally recognized dry eye expert Ophthalmologists.

Doctor Workshop, Sunday April 19th

Learn practical slit lamp techniques from dry eye mentors that give you even more tools to aid in proper diagnosis of dry eye. Learn about slit lamp based imaging techniques including meibography. Guided by Optometrists and Ophthalmologists with extensive dry eye experience.

Doctor Workshop, Sunday April 19th

Learn tips and tricks in a low student to mentor ratio on therapeutic treatments such as Ilux, as well as meibomian gland expressions. Discuss how a skin consultation is done, and how it influences treatment choices. Learn about each mentor's personal favorite expressor tool, and why!

Fast paced, interactive challenge aimed at encouraging critical thinking in product advocacy based on the type of Ocular Surface condition the patient is diagnosed with. 

Get your hands on point-of-care testing equipment and how to properly take the measurements. Participants will leave with a better understanding of how, what, and why they are doing what they do during their part of a dry eye evaluation. 

This workshop is designed to empower the staff with knowledge on the correct home care methods (warm compress, lid massage, blinking exercises, etc.) so that they can counsel patients accordingly.  Some participants will have an opportunity to get a dry eye treatment (if they are brave enough!) as they are introduced to some therapeutic options.