Continuing Professional Development Program

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Activities are to be submitted for accreditation prior to or within 6 months of the activity date.

Schedule of Accredited Activities and Allocated Points

Category 1 EDUCATION  
Max points
in any
one category
= 25 pts
Category 2 MEETINGS and conferences, workplace training  
Category 3 RESEARCH  
Category 4 SELF EDUCATION / OTHER  

2009-2011
Activity Date

Activity

Claim Form Activity Ref

Points
allocated
50 points required

 

S/A = Self Assessed activity

Category 1

EDUCATION

Points Allocation guidelines 

1.1.2
Orthoptic Student Supervision
S/A

5 pts/session per
student placement
(max 20 pts)

1.4
Upgrade of qualifications relevant to orthoptic practice through further education such as Tertiary study (including research degrees) in a related area, higher degree or single subject enrolment
S/A
5 pts/subject or
semester
(max 20 pts)
Completion of PhD thesis
S/A
10 pts
 
2009
     
1.6
Jul
Vision Group - Vision Eye Institute Footscray
Activity: "Vitrectomy: The Retinal Panacea"
1-06_911
2 pts
1.6
Aug
Vision Group - Vision Eye Institute Camberwell
Activity: Lid Tumours
1-05_911
2 pts
1.6
Aug
Alcon
Activity: Elective Lenses Enhancing Cataract Treatment
1-11_911
2 pts/half day
= 4 pts/day
1.6
Aug
Laser Sight Qld
Activity: Laser Sight Training
1-17_911
3 pts/ day
= 12 pts
1.6
Aug
Lasersight
Activity: Post-op and Intralase training
1-22_911
3 pts/ day
1.6
Sept
Women's & Children's Hospital
Activity: Grand Round
1-03_911
2 pts
1.6
Sept
Lasersight
Activity: Wetlab training Lasersight refractive surgery
1-08_911
2 pts
1.6
Sept
Women's Children's Hospital
Activity: Grand Round
1-12_911
2 pts
1.5
Sept/Oct
St John's Ambulance
Activity: Senior First Aid Re-certification
1-09_911
3 pts/day
1.6
Oct
Red Cross
Activity: Senior First Aid
1-01_911
2 pts/day
= 4 pts
1.6
Oct
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital
Activity: 2009 Symposium - Ophthalmic Imaging & Visual Quality Analysis
1-04_911
1 pt/hr
= 3 pts
1.6
Oct

Vision Group - Vision Eye Institute Coburg
Activity: Lid Tumours & Ectropian: an oculoplastics perspective

1-07_911
2 pts
1.6
Oct
Novartis Ophthalmics
Activity: Seminar/meeting
1-18_911
2 pts/day
1.6
Oct
Vision Australia
Activity: Orthoptic Professional Development - Low Vision
1-19_911
3 pts/day
 
Nov
Vision Group - Vision Eye Institute Footscray
Activity: Retina - Medical Update
1-02_911
2 pts
1.6
Nov
Pfizer Australia
1-10_911
2 pts
1.6
Nov
Pfizer
Activity: High and Dry in the Anterior Eye
1-14_911
2 pts
1.6
Nov
Vision Group - Vision Eye Institute Blackburn South
Activity: Ophthalmic Emergencies
1-15_911
2 pts
1.6
Nov
Vision Group - Vision Eye Institute Footscray
Activity: Retina - Medical Update
1-16_911
2 pts
1.6
Nov
Vision Group - Vision Eye Institute Footscray
Activity: "Diabetic Retinopathy"
1-20_911
2 pts
1.6
Nov
Vision Group - Vision Retinal Institute Eastern
Activity: Retina - Medical Update
1-21_911
2 pts
1.1.1
Dec
Dr William Talbot Eyecare
Activity: Mastering the Slit Lamp
1-13_911
8 pts
         
 
2010
     
1.1.1
Jan/Feb
Royal Hobart Hospital - Allied health nurse clinical tutorial (initial presentation plus 2 subsequent presentations)
1-01_10

5 pts/hr
2.5 pts/hr (subsequent presentations)

1.6
Feb
Vision Group - Vision Eye Institute Camberwell
Activity: "Cataract Surgery Masterclass"
1-02_10
2 pts
1.6
Feb
Alcon
Activity: Hidden Risk Factors and Glaucoma Pearls - Facts I Wish I Knew 3 Years Ago
1-12_10
2 pts
1.6
Feb/Mar
Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital and La Trobe University
Activity: Continuing Education Seminar Series
1-05_10
2 pts
1.7
Mar
Alcon
Activity: Advancements in Dry Eye
1-03_10
1 pt
1.6
Mar
Alcon
Activity: Systane Ultra Launch
1-04_10
2 pts
1.6
Mar
Lasersight
Activity: Staff training - IOL, X linking, corneal rings
1-08_10
2 pts
1.6
Mar
Novartis Ophthalmics
Activity: Seminar/meeting
1-18_911
2 pts/day
1.6
Mar
Vision Group - Vision Eye Institute Coburg
Activity: Glaucoma, Gonioscopy and SLT
1-14_10
2 pts
1.6
Mar-Jun
Vision Group - Vision Retinal Institute Eastern
Activity: Retina for Optometrists Seminar Series (ROSS)
1-10_10
2 pts/session
1.6
Apr
Vision Group - Vision Laser St Kilda Road
Activity: Trends in Corneal Cross Linking and Hyperopic Laser Results
1-06_10
2 pts
1.7
Apr
Workplace training in contact lenses
1-07_10
1 pt
1.6
Apr
Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital and La Trobe University
Activity: Continuing Education Seminar Series: Ageing and the Optic Nerve
1-13_10
2 pts
1.1
Apr
Vision Eye Institute
Activity: 2nd Year Monash Medical student lectures
1-15_10
2 pts/ presntn
1.6
May
Vision Group - Vision Eye Institute Blackburn South
Activity: Challenges in Neuro-Ophthalmology
1-09_10
2 pts
1.6
May
Australian Ophthalmic Nurses Assocn SA
Activity: Nonsurgical management of Keratoconus
1-11_10
2 pts
1.6
May
Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital and La Trobe University
Activity: Continuing Education Seminar Series
1-18_10
2 pts
1.6
May
Orthoptics Aust WA Branch
Activity: Continuing Education Evening
1-19_10
2 pts
1.6
May
Pfizer Ophthalmics
Activity: ARVO 2010 Post meeting insight
1-20_10
2 pts
1.6
May
Alcon Laboraties
Activity: ELECT
1-22_10
3 pts
1.6
Jun
RANZCO SA
Activity: COTS - Stem Cell Therapies
1-16_10
2 pts
1.5
Jun
Orthoptics Australia
Activity: Upskill
1-17_10
5 pts
1.6
Jun
Alcon Laboratories
Activity: The most fun you can have inside an eye
1-21_10
2 pts
1.6
Jun
University Tas
Activity: Lecture to medical students
1-23_10
5 pts
1.6
Jun
Qld Vision Initiative Inc
Activity: Glaucoma "The Sneak Thief of Sight"
1-25_10
2 pts
1.6
Jun
Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital and La Trobe University
Activity: Continuing Education Seminar Series
1-26_10
2 pts
1.6
Jul
Novartis Pharmaceuticals
Activity: AMD Treating Centre - Workshop
1-24_10
2 pts
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Category 2 MEETINGS and conferences, workplace training
   

Recognised conferences - programs to be submitted:
* IOA Congress
* ESA
* RANZCO
* Squint Club
* OA annual scientific conference
* AOVSM
* ARVO
* International Low Vision Conference
* Upskill course conducted by approved provider (eg OA)

    International Conferences: designed to attract an international audience; speakers from a range of countries
1 pt/1 hr
10 pts/day
    National meetings of relevant associations: OA annual scientific conference, RANZCO conference; sub specialty meeting eg Squint Club, Glaucoma Club, etc
1 pt/1.5 hrs
5 pts/day
    Meetings: State branch conferences
1 pt/2.5 hrs
3 pts/day
 
2009
     
2.3
Jul
Orthoptic Association of Australia (OAA) Vic Branch
Activity: July Scientific Meeting
2-02_911
3 pts/day
2.2.2
Jul
Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital (RVEEH)
Activity: Interpretation of digital images in glaucoma
2-01_911
1 pt/1 hr
2.4
Jul
Ophthalmology Interest Group for Nurses
Activity: Age Related Macular Degeneration
2-08_911
2 pts
2.2
Jul
AUSCRS
Activity: Conference
2-11_911
5 pts/day = 20
2.3
Aug
RANZCO
Activity: Tas Branch meeting
2-04_911
3 pts
2.3
Aug
Orthoptic Association of Australia (OAA) NSW Branch
Activity: AGM and Continuing Ed Day
2-05_911
3 pts/day
2.4
Aug
Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital (RVEEH)
Activity: Continuing education senimar
2-06_911
1 pt/1 hr
2.2
Aug
Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital (RVEEH)
Activity: Melbourne Ophthalmic Alumni meeting
2-07_911
5 pts
2.4
Aug
Flinders Medical Centre Eye Bank
Activity: Eye Bank Education Day
2-09_911
2 pts
2.1
Sept
International Society of Ocular Oncology
Activity: The Biennial Congress of the International Society of Ocular Oncology
2-12_911
35 pts
2.4
Oct
Ophthalmology Interest Group
Activity: Glaucoma Update
2-10_911
2 pts
2.3
Oct
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital
Activity: 2009 Symposium - Ophthalmic Imaging & Visual Quality Analysis
2-13_911
1.5 pts
         
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2010
(Cat max: 25)
2.1
Jan
Ocular Surgery News and VINDICO
Activity: Hawaiian Eye 2010
2-02_10
1 pt/hr
2.3
Feb

RANZCO
Activity: combined Vic/Tas branch meeting

2-03_10
4.5 pts
2.3
Mar

Orthoptic Association of Australia (OAA) NSW Branch
Activity: AGM & Continuing Ed Day

2-01_10
3 pts/day
= 6 pts
2
Nov

Orthoptics Australia
Activity: 67th Annual Scientific Conference

2-04_10
5 pts/day
     
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Category 3 RESEARCH
3.1
Publications
3.1.1
Author paper in refereed journal or recognised conference transactions
10 pts/publcn
3.1.2
Case study (Potential for points upgrade if paper includes substantial literature review or some research work)
5 pts/publcn
3.2
Presentations: Conference presentation - state, national or international
10 pts/presentation
  Orthoptic Association (OA) Conference presentation
10 pts
3.3   Referee for paper or grant
3 pts/paper, grant
(max 6 pts)
  Manuscript Review for AOJ
3 pts
3.4
Contribution to Research Design
3 pts/research study (max 6 pts)
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Category 4 SELF EDUCATION / OTHER (see also CPD Resources)
4.1
It is not necessary to pre approve Self-education Reading Activities where the reading material is directly relevant to your practice.
S/A = Self Assessed
Reading and completion of an assessment based on certain journal papers
S/A
2 pts/assessment
Active group reading requiring discussion such as journal club
S/A
2 pts/group activity
4.1.3
Reading activity - relevant professional literature
S/A
1 pt/article
(max 3 pts/journal)
4.3
Active participation: self organised activity such as clinic/hospital visits
S/A
2 pts/half day session
Online
RVE&EH
Activity: Online learning modules
4-01_911
5 pts/module
Total 15 pts
4.2 General Optical Council
Activity: Virtual Lecture – Understanding AMD
4-02_911
2 pts
  Hornsby Eye Specialists
Activity: Self education - professional audit
4-03_911
5 pts
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