World Glaucoma Association is offering Free Online Courses related to Glaucoma to its members.
All courses modules were written by world-renowned ophthalmology and other eye care professionals experts and reviewed by members of the World glaucoma Association Education Committee. This eLearning includes texts, pictures, and videos which helps the participants to have a pleasant learning experience.
Available Online courses:
- Basic Course in Glaucoma
- Continued Education in Glaucoma Course
- Advanced Course in Glaucoma
1. Basic Course in Glaucoma
This course consists of 4 modules that address basic aspects of glaucoma diagnosis:
Intraocular Pressure
Emily P. Jones, Robert Kinast, David Simons, Steven L. Mansberger
Gonioscopy
Anton Hommer, Tanuj Dada, Pooja Shah, Talvir Sidhu
Standard Automated Perimetry
Anders Heijl, Balwantray Chauhan
Clinical Examination of the Optic Nerve
Michael Coote, Jonathan Crowston
2. Continued Education in Glaucoma Course
This course consists of 4 modules that address advanced aspects of glaucoma diagnosis:
Kay Lam and Ivan Goldberg
OCT in Glaucoma
Gus de Moraes, Harsha Rao and Don Hood
Tips to maximize adherence
Parul Ichhpujani
How to approach the failed bleb
C Henein, Y Bouremel and P T Khaw
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3. Advanced Course in Glaucoma
This course consists of 4 modules that address advanced aspects of glaucoma diagnosis:
Managing complications of post-surgical hypotony
Ricardo Abe and Vital Costa
Primary angles closure suspect
Jesa Nadine Protasio, Augusto Azuara-Blanco, Tin Aung
Management of PACG
Chang Liu, Monisha Nongpiur, Tin Aung
Approach to XFG
Vijaya Lingam – in development
Free Certificate
You can get a certificate of completion at the end of each module, there is a multiple-choice question which needs to pass to get a certificate.
How to Join Glaucoma Online Courses?
Please visit the official website of the World Glaucoma Association.
About the World Glaucoma Association
The World Glaucoma Association (WGA) is an independent, impartial, ethical, global organization for glaucoma science and care. WGA’s core purpose is to eliminate glaucoma-related disability worldwide. The WGA is the largest international glaucoma association, encompassing a network of 89 Glaucoma Societies worldwide and 21 Glaucoma Industry Members with over 12,000 individual members.
As mentioned on the World Glaucoma association’s website the member association of WGA in Nepal is the Glaucoma Society of Nepal.
