“It is not just domiciliary care, but for patients who are unable to sit in the clinic chair – these devices are going to play a significant role in reducing the 8.5% of overall patient waiting times that the NHS reports for ophthalmology clinics,” said Professor Jasleen Jolly, of Jolly Vision Science Limited.
The OSA’s keynote CPD lecture at 100% Optical on Saturday 28 February at 2pm is a by-product of a White Paper commissioned by the OSA’s E-Health Committee and will be delivered by Professor Jolly. Her combination of extensive research and clinical experience is grounded in patient care, providing relevant practical experience. This is set to provide an unrivalled opportunity to learn more about evaluating a growing supply of devices to help you decide, on scientific evidence, what supports needs best. Covering a variety of conditions, this will include:
*Visual acuity
*Visual function
*OCT scanning
*Tonometery
*Contrast sensitivity
“Which devices should you choose to use in practice and home visits? Making those critical decisions on what to select is increasingly challenging as the options are expanding rapidly. Making critical decisions about care demands the optimum output from devices. They will be integral to the practice’s ability to become more involved in shared care during the next five years, but robust decision making is essential,” she added.
Professor Jolly’s lecture will promote critical appraisal skills – not just for portable devices, but also as a skillset for evaluating all practice equipment –
“100% Optical is the very best opportunity to see some of the options in action, and to put the evaluation skills that I will be teaching into action.”
Professor Jolly is an academic optometrist, originally training at Cardiff University. She is now a vision scientist specialising in outcome measures for novel therapeutic interventions and new technologies for low vision management. She undertook a MSc in investigative ophthalmology and vision science from University of Manchester and then moved to Oxford, alternating between research and clinic. She completed a PhD from University of Oxford (DPhil) in clinical neuroscience after building her research portfolio with a prestigious National Institute of Health and Social Care Research clinical doctoral fellowship. Professor Jolly has her own consultancy and is an honorary academic at the University of Melbourne, Australia.
Prof Jolly has 94 peer reviewed papers and 2 book chapters. She has 2 research excellence awards, including from the College of Optometrists.