Vision part 2: screening for visual impairment in stroke survivors (replay)
Wednesday 8 March 2023, 1:30–2:30 pm AEDT
Presented by 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.
About the presenter
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.
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