The Patient with Glaucoma course for GPs
This session provides core knowledge of the clinical features and management of different types of glaucoma in primary care.
This session was reviewed by Khyati Bakhai and last updated in May 2021.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this session you will be able to:
- describe the differences between acute angle-closure glaucoma, primary open-angle and secondary glaucoma and list the groups of patients at risk of these
- recognise the symptoms of high intraocular pressure
- explain the value of routine sight tests in glaucoma screening
- explain how to manage and monitor a patient with chronic glaucoma
- identify common patient ideas, expectations and beliefs about glaucoma and explain how to use eye drops correctly.
Glaucoma is a group of eye diseases that can lead to blindness by damage to the optic nerve, which causes extra blind spots in the peripheral visual field.
Stella Hornby is currently clinical lead for Ophthalmology and Lead for the Eye Emergency Department in Oxford Eye Hospital.
She has a special interest in emergency eye care, primary care ophthalmology, diabetic retinopathy, low vision and education and is particularly known for her skills in diagnosis and her ‘down to earth’ common sense approach to medicine.
Stella is a Partner in Primary Care Ophthalmology LLP which organises training courses for GPs. She is also Annual Primary Care Ophthalmology Conference and RCOphth representative for Map of Medicine, Primary and Community Eye Health Committee (Vision2020) and the primary care representative of the RCOphth Professional Standards Committee.
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