Advanced Retinal Imaging Workshop
for photographers already doing fluorescein angiograms

Workshop Schedule

***** This course has been awarded 21 JCAHPO Group A Continuing Education Credits for this course.

**** This course has been granted 21 Hours of Continuing Education Credits (1:1) by the Ophthalmic Photographers' Society.

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Prerequisites: A minimum of one year performing fluorescein angiography (or, if less than one year, students should have done 200+ angiograms).

Target Group:: Ophthalmic personal performing angiograms of the retina and choroid and especially those studying for the OPS CRA examination.

Course level: Intermediate to Advanced - previous experience required.

Instructional Objectives: Upon completion of this course, students should be able to:

  1. Describe the optics of retinal fundus camera.
  2. Recognize and correct errors in their retinal fundus photography.
  3. Take better retinal photographs.
  4. Apply basic photography principles to ophthalmic retinal photography.
  5. Operate a computer imaging system to make digital retinal images.
  6. Identify the various anatomic structures of the posterior segment of the human eye.
  7. Recognize various posterior abnormalities and diseases affecting these structures.
  8. Explain the properties of fluorescein dye and potential complications.
  9. Improve their fluorescein angiography technique.
  10. Develop and print a fluorescein based angiograms.
  11. Acquire, save, manipulate and output a digital angiogram.
  12. Descriptively interpret the abnormalities recorded in fluorescein angiograms.

Course Directors: John Michael Coppinger, James Gilman, CRA

Enrollment Limit: 36      Students have the option of enrolling for 1, 2, or 3 days.

  Day 1 Practical Photo Review / Photo Principles / Digital Imaging
CECs
8:15am
 Camera Anatomy Review:
Comparative Camera Mechanics
Fundus Camera Optics
0.5 hr
8:45am Review of Artifacts (errors) in the Retinal Photo process
0.5 hr
9:15am
 Camera Workshop
2.5 hrs
12:15pm
 Lunch Break
1:15pm
 Anatomy and Physiology of the Posterior Segment
1 hr
2:45pm
 Posterior Segment Abnormalities
1.0 hr
3:45pm Digital Imaging Camera Computer and Printer
1.25 hrs
Total CECs Day 1
7.0 hrs
Day 2 Fluorescein Angiography / Slit Lamp for Intermediate Students
8:15am
 Day 1 Review - Camera and Eye
0.5 hr
8:45am
 Fluorescein Angiography Workshop
with one 15 min. break at 10:30
3.00 hrs
12:15pm
 Lunch Break
1:15pm Angiography: Principles I
1.25 hr
2:15pm Angiography: Principles II
1.0 hr
3:15pm Angiography: Principles III
1.25 hr
5:00pm
 End of Day 2
Total CECs Day 2
7.00 hrs
Day 3 Descriptive Interpretation of Angiograms
8:15am
 Descriptive Interpretation Vocabulary
1.25 hrs
9:30am
 Break
9:45am
 Descriptive Interpretation I- Retinal Vascular Conditions
1.25 hrs
11:00am
 Break
11:15am Descriptive Interpretation II - Retinal Pigment Epithelial Conditions
1.0 hr
12:15pm
 Lunch Break
1:15pm
 Descriptive Interpretation - Choroidal Conditions
1.75 hrs
3:00pm
 Break
3:15pm
 Fluorescein Conference - Case Presentations
1.75 hrs
5:00pm
 Award Certificates - Course Ends
Total CECs Day 3
7.0 hrs