Low Vision Awareness Program
Duration: Three days - two programs per year
Next LAP program : April 15-16,2011
Venue: Vision Reha bilitation Centres, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India.
Curriculum
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An overview of low vision
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Clinical low vision assessment
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Low vision: Functional implications of eye disease
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Pediatric low vision
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Low vision devices: Optical & non-optical Theory & practical demonstration
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Clinical set-ups
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Rehabilitation services (counselling, orientation and mobility, community-based rehabilitation, daily living skills, support services, etc.)
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Resource mobilization and utilization
Eligibility: Ophthalmologists, optometrists, rehabilitation professionals - preferably institution based
Registration details
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Registration is limited to the first 45 participants.
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Candidates should make their own travel and lodging arrangements.
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Candidates should pay a registration fee of Rs 3309(including 10.3% Service Tax) by demand draft, payable to Hyderabad Eye Institute along with the application.
Faculty
Vijaya K Gothwal, MAppSc (QUT)
Head, Centre for Sight Enhancement
Beula Christy, MRSc
Head, Rehabilitation Professional