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2025 Section 1: Visual Pathways | Oliver Wroe-Wright

21st Jan 2025
6:30 - 7:30pm (GMT)
21st Jan 2025
6:30 - 7:30pm (GMT)
Hosted on MedAll
Attendance certificate available
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Description

This on-demand teaching session will focus on the anatomy of the Cranial Nerves & Skull Base, relevant to medical professionals & students.

During the session, Mr Oliver Wroe-Wright, a neurosurgical registrar based at the London deanery, will review visual field defects in patients with monocular visual loss, such as optic neuritis, compressive lesions, central retinal artery occlusions and vascular issues. Atendees will identify & understand the shape of different visual field patterns, effects of macula and fovea, and the afferent/efferent pathways.

This knowledge will be integrated with core neurological disorders, including Multiple Sclerosis, Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension and Thyroid Eye Disease.

Participants who complete the session will receive a certificate.

Summary

Enter the fascinating world of visual pathways with Oliver Wroe-Wright's enlightening session. Dive deeper into the complexities of the human visual system and understand its crucial role in our interaction with the world. This session offers a comprehensive overview on visual pathways, perfect for medical professionals interested in optometry, neurology, and general practice. Don't miss out on this exceptional opportunity to enhance your clinical skills and knowledge about one of our body’s most captivating systems.

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Learning objectives

  1. Understand the core anatomy of the visual pathway (optic nerve, optic chiasm, optic tracts, lateral geniculate body, optic radiations including Meyers loop and non-Meyers loop and primary visual area)
  2. To be able to use the correct terminology to describe visual pathway lesions (homonymous hemianopia, heteronymous hemianopia, or bi-nasal/bi-temporal hemianopia and quadrantanopia)
  3. To be able to identify the region of a visual pathway lesion following a description of visual field deficits described by a patient
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21st Jan 2025
6:30 - 7:30pm (GMT)
Hosted on MedAll
Attendance certificate available
This event has ended. Similar events
Free
ONLINE