Scientific Conference:
20/21 August 2014
Glasgow Caledonian University
Delegates Programme
Day 1: MORNING SESSION : 0900 - 1315
0900 – 1000
Registration desk opens (tea and coffee available)
1000 – 1015
Welcome - by Rowena McNamara, Chair BIOS and BOSTU and
Gary Evans, Chair Scottish Branch
Theme: Adult Motility
Chaired by: Claudine Wallace, Specialist Orthoptist, Southern General Hospital,
Glasgow and BIOS Scottish Branch Education Rep
1015 – 1045
Thyroid Eye Disease
Dr Paul Cauchi, Consultant Ophthalmologist, Southern
General and Gartnavel General Hospitals, Glasgow
1045 – 1115
Ocular Myasthenia
Dr Graeme Williams, Consultant Ophthalmologist,
NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde
1115 – 1145
Coffee/tea break
1145 – 1215
Poster Presentations
Theme: Neuro Orthoptics and Amblyopia
Chaired by: Dr Nadia Northway, Senior Lecturer, Glasgow Caledonian University
1215 – 1245
Neuro-ophthalmology challenges:
An Orthoptist's perspective
Dr Marie Cleary, Gartnavel General Hospital
1245 – 1315
Visual Function in Amblyopia
Professor Anita Simmers, Glasgow Caledonian University
British & Irish Orthoptic Society, Salisbury House, Station Road, Cambridge, CB1 2LA, UK
Tel: + 44(0)1353 665541 www.orthoptics.org.uk [email protected]
Registered Charity number: 326905 Limited company no: 1892427 Registered office: as above
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1315 – 1415 LUNCH (chance to visit poster exhibition and sponsors' desks)
Day 1: AFTERNOON SESSION : 1415 - 1700
Special Interest Group Workstreams
Delegates attend one of four workshops
1415 – 1530
Options
1
Specific Learning
Difficulties
2
Stroke
Room
3
Refraction
Room -
4
Visibility
Room -
Room -
Claire Howard,
BIOS Stroke SIG
Lead and Darren
Brand
Dr Graeme Kennedy,
GCU Dr Louise Madden,
GCU
Update on SIG, use of
technology / apps on
stroke unit, driving after
stroke
This workshop will
introduce the techniques
of static and dynamic
retinoscopy and
subjective refraction, and
will discuss how these
may be implemented
within a clinical routine
Janice Waterson-Wilson,
BIOS SLD SIG Lead and
Dr Nadia Northway
This hands on workshop will
enhance the understanding
of the role of the Orthoptist
in SLD and will cover topics
such as: dynamic
retinoscopy, colorimetry and
eye movement assessment.
1530 – 1600
Practical session on the
use of peli prisms,
typoscopes and visual
scanning exercises.
How to interact with patients
who are visually impaired
Coffee/tea break
Abstracts and short talks
1600 – 1700
Short Talks
1600-1615 RESEARCH: Study of Optimal Perimetric Testing In Children (OPTIC):
Normative visual field values in children aged 5-15 years. Dipesh Patel, Phillipa Cumberland,
Bronwen Walters, Isabelle Russell-Eggit, Jugnoo S. Rahi, Ulverscroft Vision Research Group.
1615-1630 AUDIT: An audit of amblyopic children undergoing atropine as a first or
second line of treatment. Sonia MacDiarmid, Orthoptic Department, Wrightington, Wigan and
Leigh NHS Foundation Trust.
1630-1645 CASE STUDY: Two Cases of 4th Nerve Palsy in Pregnancy. Amrit Kaur Sehmi,
Gillian Adams, Jamil Hakim, Moorfields Eye Hospital and Queen Mary’s Hospital.
16:45-17:00 INNOVATION: Bradford Visual Function Box (BVFB) – consistency of
assessment and clinical evaluation. Alison Bruce, Caroline Rawse and Rachel Pilling, Orthoptic
Department, Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
1700 Conference closes day 1
British & Irish Orthoptic Society, Salisbury House, Station Road, Cambridge, CB1 2LA, UK
Tel: + 44(0)1353 665541 www.orthoptics.org.uk [email protected]
Registered Charity number: 326905 Limited company no: 1892427 Registered office: as above
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Day 2: MORNING SESSION : 0900 - 1230
0830 - 0900 Registration for day delegates (tea and coffee available)
Theme: Vision Screening
Chaired by: Janice Waterson Wilson, Specialist Orthoptist, Glasgow Caledonian
University and The Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Glasgow, Scottish
Branch Secretary and BIOS SLD SIG Lead
0900 – 0930
Vision Screening Apps
Dr Iain Livingstone, Consultant Ophthalmologist and Research
Fellow, Gartnavel General Hospital, Glasgow
0930- 1000
Paediatric Visual Screener
Dr Alice McTrusty, Research Fellow, Edinburgh University
1000 – 1030
Ortho K and its Role in Slowing Myopia Progression
Dr Katherine Oliver, Glasgow Caledonian University
1030- 1100
Coffee/tea break
Theme: Prisms & Paediatrics
Chaired by:
Rowena McNamara, Chair BIOS and BOSTU
1100 - 1130
Prescribing Prisms: The Dispenser’s Challenge
Peter Rafferty, Dispensing Tutor, Glasgow Caledonian University
1130 - 1200
The Sbisa Bar Update
Dr David Newsham
1200 - 1230
How Well Do Clumsy Children Accommodate?
Dr Nadia Northway, Glasgow Caledonian University
Poster/abstract competition winners (presented by Dr David
Newsham and Prof Anita Simmers)
1230 - 1330
Lunch
British & Irish Orthoptic Society, Salisbury House, Station Road, Cambridge, CB1 2LA, UK
Tel: + 44(0)1353 665541 www.orthoptics.org.uk [email protected]
Registered Charity number: 326905 Limited company no: 1892427 Registered office: as above
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Day 2: AFTERNOON SESSION : 1330 - 1615
Special Interest Group Workstreams
1330 – 1445
Options
1
(max number 20)
2
(max number 60)
3
(max number 20)
Asthenopia or Dry Eye
Extended Practice/
Advanced
Practitioner
Practical Aspects on
incorporating prisms
Room -
Dr Nadia Northway
This workshop will introduce
Orthoptists to using slit
lamp to assess dry eye
1445 – 1515
Room Lesley-Anne Baxter,
Lorna McKay, Claire
Howard & Lorraine North
Room Peter Rafferty
workshop to follow on from
morning talk
Coffee/tea break
Final Session – Looking forward
Chaired by: Dr Nadia Northway, Glasgow Caledonian University
1515 – 1600
Plenary Speaker: Professor Anita Simmers
Novel New Approaches to Amblyopia Treatment
1600 – 1615
Summing up and close
1615
Conference ends
British & Irish Orthoptic Society, Salisbury House, Station Road, Cambridge, CB1 2LA, UK
Tel: + 44(0)1353 665541 www.orthoptics.org.uk [email protected]
Registered Charity number: 326905 Limited company no: 1892427 Registered office: as above
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Social Programme
Day 0: 1800 – 2200: Welcome Evening
1800 – 1915
Tailor made Walking Tour with Glasgow School of Art
guides (max 60 – 75 mins)
1915 – 2200
Local restaurant - Urban Brasserie
Day 1: 1845 – 2300: GALA DINNER
18.45
Bus leaves from Caledonian Court for those attending Gala Dinner
1930 – 2230
Civic Reception from the Lord Provost of Glasgow followed by the Gala Dinner in the
Music Room at House for an Art Lover, Awards Ceremony, and entertainment from
The Kennedy Cupcakes
2300
Bus leaves from House for an Art Lover for Caledonian Court
British & Irish Orthoptic Society, Salisbury House, Station Road, Cambridge, CB1 2LA, UK
Tel: + 44(0)1353 665541 www.orthoptics.org.uk [email protected]
Registered Charity number: 326905 Limited company no: 1892427 Registered office: as above
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Appendices
Speaker Biographies and Abstracts
Poster abstract titles, authors and numbers
AUDIT
#1 - Evaluation of the effectiveness of the current secondary screening programme in
place at Frimley Park Hospital (Emma Pennington, Lorraine North – Frimley Park
Hospital)
#2 - The impact of the Orthoptic Visual Screening Service (OVSS) on the detection and
treatment of childhood visual defects: clinical outcomes and parent, teacher, and
clinician perspectives (Fiona Bush, Helen Franks, Dr. Tracey Williamson, Stepping Hill
Hospital)
#3 - Lincoln County Hospital Squint Surgery Audit results for 2013 (Orthoptic
Department, Lincoln County Hospital) [I’ve emailed Leonie Robson to ask her for a list
of names]
INNOVATION
#4 - Introducing an online platform to engage Orthoptic students in Practice Education
and strengthen the relationship between university education and practice education.
(Rachel McKay, Glasgow Caledonian University)
#5 - The development of an Orthoptic led botulinum toxin service for blepharospasm
and hemifacial spasm at Wolverhampton Eye Infirmary (Catherine McKeown, Karen
Walker, Wolverhampton Eye Infirmary)
#6 – Orthoptic telehealth clinic (Mohammed A Maqsud, Hull and East Yorkshire
Hospitals)
#7 - Improving services for people with vision and hearing problems after stroke: the
Scottish Stroke Vision & Hearing Network (SSVHN) (Darren Brand, Christine Hazelton,
Scottish Stroke Vision & Hearing Network)
CASE STUDY
#8 - Ophthalmoplegic migraine (Farzana Begum, Selina Patel, James Acheson,
Moorfields Eye Hospital)
British & Irish Orthoptic Society, Salisbury House, Station Road, Cambridge, CB1 2LA, UK
Tel: + 44(0)1353 665541 www.orthoptics.org.uk [email protected]
Registered Charity number: 326905 Limited company no: 1892427 Registered office: as above
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#9 – Pulfrich’s Phenomenon – are patients’ visual symptoms being dismissed? (Jillian
Campbell, Glasgow Caledonian University)
#10 - A case of Chronic Superior Oblique Myokymia with Compensatory Head Posture
(Louisa Haine, Addenbrookes Hospital)
RESEARCH
#11 - Effect of Paper or Kindle format on reading speed in various gaze positions
(Mahria Banaris, Dr Helen Griffiths, Bradford Royal Infirmary/University of Sheffield)
#12 - Stereogram training and its effect on stereoacuity. (Sahir Ali, Dr Helen Griffiths,
Nottingham University Hospitals/University of Sheffield)
#13 - Clinical assessment of stereoacuity and the perception of stereoscopic
entertainment media (Laurence P Tidbury, Dr. Anna R O’Connor, University of
Liverpool)
#14 - Dynamic Cues for the Perception of Depth (Laurence P Tidbury, Dr. Anna R
O’Connor, University of Liverpool)
#15 - Contrast Sensitivity: Development of a new paediatric optotype test (Ashli F
Milling, Dr. Anna R O’Connor, Dr. David Newsham, Hazel Kay, Stepping Hill
Hospital/University of Liverpool/Hertfordshire Community Health Services)
#16 – Impact of paediatric cataracts on quality of life (Dr Anna R O’Connor, Dr Eileen
Birch, University of Liverpool/Retinal Foundation of the Southwest, Dallas)
#16A – What is normal stereoacuity? (Dr Anna R O’Connor, Laurence P Tidbury,
Marianne E F Piano)
#17 - Does the type of test and background illumination have an impact on visual
acuity? (Anne Bjerre, Katherine J Burton, University of Sheffield)
#18 - Comparing visual acuity and test-retest repeatability using a computerised and
non-computerised test. (Rosie Keane, Anne Bjerre, University of Sheffield)
British & Irish Orthoptic Society, Salisbury House, Station Road, Cambridge, CB1 2LA, UK
Tel: + 44(0)1353 665541 www.orthoptics.org.uk [email protected]
Registered Charity number: 326905 Limited company no: 1892427 Registered office: as above
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