MASTERCLASS

Saturday 18 April

3:00pm-4:30pm

SPONSORED BY OPTIQUE LINE

Bring Your Practice Team to a Complimentary Hands-On Workshop

While you attend the conference, give your team the opportunity to build practical skills that elevate everyday dispensing and repairs.

Optique Line’s interactive workshop is designed for real-world application — focused, practical, and immediately useful in practice.

Participants will learn to:

  • Confidently manage rimless eyewear repairs and precision frame adjustments

  • Apply practical eyewear maintenance and repair techniques that can be implemented immediately in practice

  • Gain guidance and repair insights from experienced optical professionals

This is small-group training with real tools, real techniques, and real confidence-building outcomes.

We recently shared why practical training continues to matter in modern optical practice — you can read more here:
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/hands-on-odma-why-practical-training-still-matters-optique-line-xano…

Spaces are limited.  Register your staff today! Email: events@optometry.org.au

Dr Susith Kulasekara

PROGRAM

Sunday April 19

ACST

9.00am-11.00am

CPD: 2Ti

PILLS IN PRACTICE: Oral medications in the treatment of ocular disease

This session will delve into a range of clinical conditions where oral therapeutic agents can play a role in a patient's treatment plan. Through engaging case discussions, we will examine the evidence supporting their use, explore key considerations for effective prescribing, and apply the principles of Quality Use of Medicines to ensure safe and appropriate medication management.

Learning Objectives

  • Discuss key considerations when prescribing oral therapeutics.

  • Identify conditions which may benefit from the use oral therapeutics.

Our Speaker

Janelle graduated with a Bachelor of Optometry from the University of Melbourne in 2007. She began her career at the Victorian College of Optometry (VCO), gaining experience across diverse settings, including community health services, Vision Australia low vision clinics in rural Victoria, and an Aboriginal community-controlled health service. Currently, as the Manager of Ocular Disease and Diagnostic Services at ACO, Janelle provides clinical leadership in the retinal disease and glaucoma clinics, along with supervision of final year students from a variety of universities.

Janelle Scully

11am-11.30am

MORNING TEA AND EXPO

11:30am-12:30pm

CPD:

SPONSORED SESSION

12:30pm-1:30pm

LUNCH AND EXPO

CULTURAL RESPONSIVENESS TBC

1.30pm-3.30pm

CPD:

AFTERNOON TEA & TRADE EXPO

3:30pm-4:00pm

OPENING EYES AND CLOSING THE GAP

4.00pm-5.00pm

CPD: 1Ni

The Indigenous and Remote Eye Health Service (IRIS) program carries out cataract surgery intensives in rural and remote areas across the Northern Territory. This session will discuss the IRIS program, the uniqueness of providing eye health care in a remote setting and the strength of collaborative care. It will also discuss creating educational resources and tailoring eye health through the lens of health equity.

Learning Objectives

  • Discuss cataract surgery service delivery in remote and rural areas of the NT.

  • Recognise the importance of collaborative care models in eye health.

  • Discuss the value of targeted resources and education for patients.

Our Speaker

Georgia is an optometrist with experience delivering eye health services to remote communities across the Northern Territory. Georgia works for Vanguard Health coordinating ophthalmology program delivery in rural, remote and regional areas of the Northern Territory and Far North QLD. She has experience with health education and advocacy, stakeholder engagement and coordinating programs to ensure all facets of service delivery run smoothly. Georgia is passionate about the eye health of all, particularly those living in remote and underserviced regions.

Georgia Bennett

CLOSE

5:00pm