Have detailed knowledge of National Screening Programmes especially with reference to Ophthalmic diseases.

Domain of Clinical Practice Health Promotion
Level Level 2
Code HP2.2
Descriptors
  • Understand how patient management pathways are configured to ensure an effective and robust failsafe system for Hospital Eye Services and Diabetic Screening Services. 
  • Understand the importance of accurate disease registers in the context of screening. 
  • Understand the quality assurance (QA) processes that are necessary to be implemented in national screening programmes e.g. diabetic retinopathy screening. 
  • Understand the distinction between systematic and opportunistic screening. Understand how outcomes of screening are dealt with. 
  • Have detailed knowledge of grading classification and referral criteria for the major national screening programmes, including diabetic retinopathy and glaucoma screening. 
  • Attend and observe diabetic retinopathy screening, retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) screening and community vision screening in children. 
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