For healthcare professionals
Start: 19:30 23rd February 2022
End: 20:30 23rd February 2022
Speaker: Professor Teifi James
This is a one-hour webinar delivered by Professor Teifi James who will cite peer reviewed literature and will provide us with a useful guide on how the Meibomian glands and lipid layer functions and the relevance of this structure to maintain a healthy ocular surface.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES + DOMAINS
Clinical Practice
Communication
TARGET AUDIENCE
1 Interactive CPD has been approved by the GOC for Optometrists, Dispensing Opticians and Contact Lens Opticians
1 Interactive CPD point has been approved by the RCOphth for Ophthalmologists
Speaker Bio
Prof Teifi James DO FBCLA FRCP FRCS FRCOphth is a consultant ophthalmologist. He has been teaching the Tear Film module at WOPEC over the last decade and has been an Honorary Visiting Professor at Cardiff University since 2016. In his clinical practice in West Yorkshire, alongside cataract surgery, general and emergency ophthalmology, Teifi specialised in the management of Uveitis, Scleritis and ocular inflammatory diseases - particularly those conditions associated with systemic diseases. About 20 years ago Teifi became very interested in the ocular surface, developing his idea for a reusable microwaveable warm compress. His aim was to improve patient compliance with hot compress treatment - making life easier and better for both patients and eye care professionals. He launched the Eyebag® - the first microwaveable re-usable warm eye compress - in 2005, running The Eyebag Company Ltd alongside his clinical commitments. Teifi sold the Eyebag® to Laboratoires Théa in 2021 and they now market it as Blepha Eyebag®. Although Prof James recently ceased clinical medical practice he continues to lecture and deliver seminars. Teifi still teaches the post-graduate Tear Film module at WOPEC and has become adept at delivering virtual lectures and webinars during the covid-19 pandemic.