Online Self-Directed Diabetic Retinopathy Grading Course
Overview
Blindness from diabetic retinopathy is almost entirely preventable with regular eye examinations and timely laser surgery. They develop an online self-directed diabetic retinopathy grading course, for use by general practitioners and other health professionals, using retinal photography.
Course Contents
- Epidemiology of diabetic retinopathy
- Pathology that makes up diabetic retinopathy
- Stages of diabetic retinopathy
- Referrals
How to screening for diabetic retinopathy
The section on how to screen for diabetic retinopathy is divided into two parts:
Distant visual acuity
- Equipment
- How to record visual acuity
- Visual acuity test
Grading diabetic retinopathy, macular oedema and referral plans
- Review of the pathology that makes up retinopathy
- Review of the stages of retinopathy
- Review macular oedema
- Referral plans
Developed By
DR Information
Indigenous Eye Health
Melbourne School of Population & Global Health
The University of Melbourne
Level 5, 207 Bouverie Street, Carlton VIC 3053
Tel: (03) 9035 6396
Email: [email protected]
