CME: Glaucoma: Updates from the AAO 2019 Annual Meeting
ACCREDITATION EXPIRED: April 10, 2022
AN ACCREDITED UP-TO-DATE VERSION OF THIS TOPIC CAN BE FOUND AT: Glaucoma: best practices and the emerging treatment landscapeActivity Description / Statement of Need:
In this online, self-learning activity:
Glaucoma, a heterogeneous disease leading to progressive damage to the optic nerve, causes irreversible vision loss and affects up to six million people in the U.S., and just as many worldwide have glaucoma-related bilateral blindness. The prevalence of glaucoma is increasing, and more than 100 million people across the globe will have glaucoma by 2040. Approximately half of all individuals with glaucoma are unaware of their condition due to the asymptomatic nature of the disease. Although the incidence of glaucoma-related blindness has decreased over the last 20 years thanks to effective management strategies, 13% to 40% of people with glaucoma still develop unilateral or bilateral blindness, typically at a rate of 1.1% per year.
Among patients with glaucoma, risk factors for blindness include both unmodifiable factors (e.g. race, genetics, and age) and modifiable factors. These modifiable factors for blindness include high IOP at the time of diagnosis, poor control of IOP, and nonadherence to medications. To reduce the incidence of glaucoma-related blindness, ophthalmologists must be prepared to address these modifiable risk factors, but evidence suggests that ophthalmologists are not currently doing so.
Annual meetings of large, national, professional societies offer an opportunity for healthcare professionals to get a first glimpse at study results that have the potential to impact practice as provide a forum for an exchange of ideas and practices between thought leaders and less distinguished practitioners. The AAO 2019 is no exception. Nevertheless, as with every meeting, many professionals from both the community and health-system settings alike will be unable to attend the conference for a variety of reasons, justifying the creation of CME that summarize the major findings presented at the meeting.
Target Audience:
HCPs including: comprehensive ophthalmologists and retinal specialists; physician assistants and nurse practitioners who practice in ophthalmology; and any other HCPs with an interest in or who clinically encounter patients with glaucoma.
Commercial Support Disclosure: This activity is supported by an educational grant from Santen and Bausch Health.
Learners may participate in this activity free of charge.
Release Date: April 10, 2020 -- Expiration Date: April 10, 2022
Faculty: Babak Eliassi-Rad, MD
Agenda
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Faculty member introduction, disclosures, overview of glaucoma |
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Major findings from AAO 2019, including clinical trial data relevant to both community and health-system practice and recognized barriers to implementing those findings in practice (specific content contingent upon conference content) |
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Predicted of applicability to clinical practice and patient cases, where relevant |
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Concluding remarks |
Learning Objectives
By the end of the session the participant will be able to:
- Summarize the most impactful findings at the AAO 2019 meeting relating to glaucoma, including diagnostic testing, therapeutic success, and emerging therapies, and apply that knowledge to patients with different forms of glaucoma.
- Recall the results from the Horizon, LiGHT, and OHTS studies.
- List conditions that can masquerade as normal-tension glaucoma (NTG) and the role of systemic blood pressure in evaluation and management of NTG.
- Summarize the role of the following in glaucoma: hemoglobin video imaging, bimatoprost sustained-release implant, and the microshunt technology.
Accreditation
ACCME Activity #201861251
ACCREDITATION FOR THIS COURSE HAS EXPIRED. YOU MAY VIEW THE PROGRAM, BUT CME / CE IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE AND NO CERTIFICATE WILL BE ISSUED.
Faculty Disclosure and Resolution of COI
As a provider of continuing medical education, it is the policy of ScientiaCME to ensure balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all of its educational activities. In accordance with this policy, faculty and educational planners must disclose any significant relationships with commercial interests whose products or devices may be mentioned in faculty presentations, and any relationships with the commercial supporter of the activity. The intent of this disclosure is to provide the intended audience with information on which they can make their own judgments. Additionally, in the event a conflict of interest (COI) does exist, it is the policy of ScientiaCME to ensure that the COI is resolved in order to ensure the integrity of the CME activity. For this CME activity, any COI has been resolved thru content review ScientiaCME.
Faculty Disclosure: Babak Eliassi-Rad, MD, Director, Glaucoma Service, Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, has no relevant conflicts of interest to disclose.
Disclosures of Educational Planners: Charles Turck, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP, President of ScientiaCME, has no relevant conflicts of interest to disclose.
Commercial Support Disclosure: This activity is supported by an educational grant from Santen and Bausch Health.
Instructions
- Read the learning objectives above
- Take the Pre-Test (optional). Completion of the pre-test will help us evaluate the knowledge gained by participating in this CME activity.
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- Complete the activity evaluation and CME registration. A CE certificate will be emailed to you immediately.
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