Cadre trained | Key competencies developed | Duration of training |
---|---|---|
Primary Health Care Nurses Part 1 | • Measurement of Visual acuity | 5 days |
Identification of basic eye pathological conditions | ||
Primary Health Care Nurses Part 2 (Advanced Training offered to a percentage of those that completed Part 1) | • Ophthalmoscopy | 5 days |
Identification of basic posterior segment diseases | ||
Ophthalmic Nurses | • Basic Refraction | 5 days |
Diagnosis & Management of Ocular Disease | ||
Optometrists | • Low Vision Assessments | 5 days |
• Treatment of Binocular Vision Anomalies | 2 days | |
 | • Posterior Segment Pathology |  |