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Vision part 2: screening for visual impairment in stroke survivors

Friday 12 August 2022, 2–3 pm AEST

National Webinar Series 

Presented by Neryla Jolly and Michelle Courtney-Harris 

This webinar will discuss the Vision Defect in Stroke Screening Tool (VDiSST) and the accompanying eLearning module.

Find out why they were created, how they can be accessed and how they can support overall care and rehabilitation of the stroke survivor.

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About the presenters

Neryla Jolly

Neryla Jolly is an orthoptist at Royal Ryde Brain Injury Unit, and in private practice testing patients for vision and driving standards.

Neryla's clinical experience has disclosed the importance of vision in daily living skills. Her research involvement has been in the areas of stroke and brain injury and their impact on vision.
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Michelle Courtney-Harris

Michelle Courtney-Harris is an experienced clinical orthoptist, and lecturer at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) dedicated to fostering academic learning and clinical education of orthoptic students.

Michelle has recently completed a PhD, with the chosen area of research focused on visual problems in stroke and related ocular conditions. As a result of Michelle’s PhD project NSW Health now has a validated vision-screening tool and an accompanying eLearning module that can be accessed by practitioners to aid in the screening of vision problems in stroke survivors.