Primary Eye Diseases

Overview:

Ophthalmology for primary care! During this presentation, Dr. Lilian Nguyen will focus on common ophthalmic conditions and will identify core ophthalmic knowledge for all primary care practitioners.  She will also review how to manage various ocular conditions as well as when to refer.

Objectives:

• Describe the anatomy of the eye and the visual system.
• Identify causes of acute painless vision loss, chronic vision loss, and red or painful eye.
• Describe ocular manifestations of systemic disease.

Presenter:

Lilian Nguyen, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Residency Associate Program Director
Director of Medical Student Education
Department of Ophthalmology
UT Health San Antonio

 

Financial Disclosures:

Lilian Nguyen, MD has no financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.

The Family & Community Medicine Professional Development and Grand Rounds Committee members (Mark Nadeau, MD, Marcy Wiemers, MD, Maria Del Pilar Montañez Villacampa, MD, Christine Song, DO, Nehman Andry, MD, Margaret Finley, MD, Gabriela Gibson-Lopez, PsyD, Richel Avery, MD, Yun Shi, MD, Stacy Ogbeide, PsyD, Lauren Fuller,MD and Nichole Rubio) have no financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.

The Family & Community Medicine Professional Development and Grand Rounds Committee member Carlos Roberto Jaén, MD has disclosed he receives royalties from General Practice and Family Medicine for being UpToDate Editor-in-Chief.

Credits:

AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (1.00 hours), Non-Physician Participation Credit (1.00 hours)

Target Audience:

Specialties – Primary Care; Family Medicine
Faculty, residents, other health care providers and staff from our department; physicians and health care providers from San Antonio and South Texas; and medical students in our third-year clerkship and fourth year rotations.

Accreditation:

The UT Health Science Center San Antonio is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit Designation:

The UT Health Science Center San Antonio designates this live activity up to a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.

Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nurses and other healthcare professionals will receive a Certificate of Attendance. For information on applicability and acceptance, please consult your professional licensing board.

For activity related questions, please contact:
Name: Nichole Rubio- FCM Grand Rounds Coordinator
Email: rubion@uthscsa.edu

For CME general questions, please contact
Ph: (210) 567-4445
Email: cme@uthscsa.edu