BCLA webinar on myopia management

Karin van Hees

The first British Contact Lens Association (BCLA) webinar of 2024 will look at using axial length measurement as a guide for decision making around myopia management.

Titled ‘Myopia in practice: evidence-based decision making using axial length growth charts’, the webinar will be held from 7pm on Wednesday 27 February. It is open to all, with one CPD point available for BCLA members.

Delivered by Karin van Hees and Daisy Laan, the interactive session will provide guidance on when eyecare professionals should start treatment, when to claim success and when to stop.

Delegates will learn how to use axial length and progression as a guide in decision making, and the hosts will provide tips on how to manage patients without axial length data. The session will also focus on patient communication, education and how to choose the best treatment.

Daisy Laan

Karin Van Hees graduated from the University of Applied Sciences in Utrecht in 2010. She has been working with one of the leading Dutch contact lens practices ever since, with a focus on specialty lenses and myopia management. She’s chair of the Contact Lens Committee of the Dutch Association of Optometry and an ambassador for contact lens safety and myopia.

Daisy Laan is an experienced healthcare professional skilled in both orthoptics and optometry. She has a Master`s Degree in Clinical Health Sciences and has extensive experience in myopia management in primary and secondary care. After seven years of experience in optics, Daisy now works in the hospital and as a lecturer at the University of Applied Sciences in Utrecht, contributing to both clinical practice and education in the fields of orthoptics and optometry.

Register for the webinar here.