Systemic Disease with Ocular Manifestations: Enhancing Diagnostic and Collaborative Skills in Optometric Practice - Optometry Continuing Education, 4 Hours

Approved for 4 Hours

Here's How Simple It Is:

1. Read the material online
2. Complete the quiz online
3. Get your certificate and earn hours towards your license renewal
4. Access Optometry automatically reports your completions to COPE and your state board (if applicable) within 7 days

Course Outcome

≥93% of participants will enhance their ability to recognize how conditions that affect the entire body can show early signs in the eyes.

Course Objectives

After completing this course, the participant will be able to:

• Identify key ocular findings that suggest systemic diseases such as diabetes, hypertension, multiple sclerosis, thyroid dysfunction, and autoimmune conditions.
  
• Understand diagnostic techniques, including OCT, OCT-A, visual fields, fundus imaging, and appropriate systemic laboratory tests, to correlate ocular signs with potential systemic conditions.
  
• Interpret disease progression using ocular biomarkers and integrate findings with current standards of systemic disease management.
  
• Strengthen co-management and referral practices with primary care, neurology, endocrinology, infectious disease, and rheumatology teams.
  

Who Should Enroll?

• Licensed Optometrists: Clinicians seeking to sharpen their skills in detecting and co-managing systemic diseases through ocular signs.
  
• Optometry Educators and Residents: Faculty and trainees in optometric programs who wish to align their instruction and clinical judgment with current evidence and interdisciplinary best practices.