The Royal College of Ophthalmologists (RCOphth) are requesting materials across a range of topics for their online learning platform, INSPIRE.
INSPIRE is an online learning platform for RCOphth, members to stimulate and support the development of ophthalmologists and colleagues in eye care. Multimedia materials cover the whole clinical spectrum and provide personal and professional development tailored to different roles and career stages.
Submission can be made to INSPIRE@rcophth.ac.uk.
Most submissions will be sufficiently large that they need to be sent via WeTransfer (files up to 2gb are free to transfer). When submitting, you should complete the Submissions Form, and send that together with all the individual image and video files.
The editorial team are looking for material on the list of topics below to populate this platform:
Course |
Unit |
Lesson |
| Structure & Function of the immature visual system | Embryology of the visual system | Globe, extraocular structures, nervous system; highlight pathophysiology |
| Growth and development of the ocular structures | mainly structural, include optics/refraction | |
| Genomics of the visual system | info required for Part 1, role of different genes in eye development | |
| Maturation of visual function | include delayed visual maturation | |
| Eye movement control | Extraocular muscle structure function and control, Accommodation convergence reflex | |
| Vision assessment in children | History of visual function | case based discussion |
| Vision assessment in pre-verbal children | case based discussion | |
| Vision screening | ||
| Amblyopia | Aetiology, management | |
| Visual impairment in children | incidence/aetiology, management, multisystem-disability | |
| Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP) | Aetiology and Pathophysiology | |
| Clinical features of ROP | ||
| Screening guidelines for ROP | landmark ROP studies | |
| Treatment of ROP | visual outcome and long term follow up | |
| Telemedicine and ROP | quiz | |
| ROP service | case based discussion | |
| Squint | Infantile esotropia | case scenarios for different types of squints |
| Fully and partially accommodative esotropia | management, case based discussion | |
| Intermittent distance exotropia | ||
| Sensory exotropia | ||
| Vertical strabismus | A and V patterns, Brown’s, trauma/blow out | |
| Nystagmus | Congenital idiopathic nystagmus | case scenarios , videos and photographs |
| Vertical and rotary nystagmus | work up and management , CBD | |
| Watering eyes in infants | Differential diagnosis | Assessment, investigations, compare and contrast |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | case reviews , history and examinations | |
| Nasolacrimal duct obstruction | videos of cases regarding examination of children with epiphora | |
| Congenital glaucoma | ||
| Ocular surface disease in children | Differential diagnosis | case reviews |
| Allergic eye disease in children | including Vernal keratoconjunctivitis, management of shield ulcer | |
| Leucocoria | Differential diagnosis | Assessment, investigations, compare and contrast |
| Congenital cataract | examination and management | |
| surgical videos | ||
| IATS and landmark studies | ||
| vision rehabilitation after cataract surgery | ||
| long term complications and follow up | ||
| Subluxated lens | Marfan’s syndrome | |
| Retinoblastoma | history and examination | |
| variable examination findings, case reviews | ||
| classification of RTB | ||
| role of genetics , screening and follow ups | ||
| Congenital Corneal opacities | Peter’s syndrome | |
| other anterior segment anomalies a | ||
| Congenital glaucoma | Congenital glaucoma | clinical features and their assessment |
| management | ||
| Secondary glaucoma in children | uveitic glaucoma | |
| aphakic glaucoma | ||
| Anterior segment dysgenesis and glaucoma | peters anomaly | |
| Axenfield anomaly | ||
| persistent pupillary membranes | ||
| Retinal dystrophies | Coats disease | classification , case reviews and management |
| X linked retinoschisis | retinal images and quizzes | |
| Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) | genetics and retinal images | |
| Stargardts disease | history and case based discussion | |
| Neuro-ophthalmology in children | Papilloedema and pseudopapilloedema | work up and management |
| videos and OCT images | ||
| Congenital anomalies of optic nerve | coloboma | |
| morning glory | ||
| PFV | ||
| optic disc pit | ||
| Neurofibromatosis 1 and OPG | screening and management | |
| Optic neuritis and neuropathies | case scenarios | |
| Anisocoria | ||
| Non-Accidental Injury (NAI) | Identification and Clinical features | case scenarios and quiz |
| Clinical management | ||
| Safeguarding, child protection | ||
| Genetic Eye Disorders | Genetics and paediatric ophthalmology | Chromosomal and gene mutation; case based discussion |
| Genetic counselling | quizzes | |
| Paediatric Ophthalmology: Service Delivery | Multi disciplinary work | Case based discussions |
| Virtual clinics | ||
| Transition clinics |
