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Getting to Grips with Myopia: Practical Case Studies
Dr Kate Gifford

Date
Tuesday 20 September, 6:00-7:00PM (AEST), 8:00-9:00PM (NZST)

Outline
This intensely practical, case-study based lecture will detail how the busy optometrist can provide cutting edge, evidence-based clinical care to children with myopia. Using polls and encouraging interaction with the latest professional learning approaches, this lecture will cover myopia management pathways, efficient communication processes and practical aspects including Medicare billing and patient handover. The latest scientific evidence will be brought to life with clinical relevance and actionable advice to take into practice.

Dr Kate Gifford
Kate is an internationally renowned clinician-scientist optometrist and peer educator, and a Visiting Research Fellow at Queensland University of Technology, Australia. She holds a PhD in contact lens optics in myopia, four professional fellowships, over 90 peer reviewed and professional publications, and has presented more than 170 conference lectures. Kate was the youngest ever National President of Optometry Australia from 2014-16 and was named the QUT Young Alumnus of the Year in 2017. Kate is the Chair of the Clinical Management Guidelines Committee of the International Myopia Institute and lead author on the landmark 2019 paper and 2021 Digest by that committee. She was named one of the world’s top Myopia Influencers by Contact Lens Spectrum in 2021. In 2016 Kate and her optometrist husband Dr Paul Gifford
co-founded Myopia Profile, the world-leading educational platform on childhood myopia management. After running her paediatric, contact lens and myopia specialty practice in the Brisbane CBD for 13 years, Kate moved full time into peer education through Myopia Profile in 2020.

Register here:
Tuesday 20 September

Please note:
This is an external event, managed by Myopia Profile for CPD purposes. CPD accreditation has been applied for.