London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

Explore pathways to strengthen glaucoma eye care services

Glaucoma relates to a group of eye conditions characterised by optic nerve damage and visual field loss, resulting in irreversible blindness. It reduces physical, emotional, and social wellbeing as well as overall quality of life.

On this four-week course from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, you’ll learn all you need to know about glaucoma and the public health approach to service provision and reducing the risk of disease progression.

You’ll explore how early detection and treatment is crucial in helping to prevent blindness and how to raise awareness within ophthalmic services. You’ll also unpack the challenge of delivering accessible and affordable high-quality eye care in preventing disease progression.

Analyse and evaluate methods of diagnosis for glaucoma

Working with experts in glaucoma, you’ll learn from their experience of delivering glaucoma services to those affected across a wide range of settings internationally.

You’ll also learn how glaucoma is investigated, diagnosed and managed across different resource settings.

Explore the management options and challenges for glaucoma

There are a number of diagnostic and treatment challenges associated with a lifelong disease like glaucoma.

You’ll assess the diagnostic guidelines and methods of management for open and closed-angle glaucomas. You’ll also learn to recognise treatment challenges faced at patient and health systems levels.

Learn how to advocate for access to good eye care to improve quality of life

Glaucoma can remain undetected for many years, leading to late presentation and high risk of blindness.

You’ll examine the key components of a glaucoma eye care programme and advocate for the resources, training, and infrastructure requirements within different levels of health services.

Who is the course for?

This course is designed for ophthalmologists, ophthalmic nurses, and medical practitioners working in eye care.

You may also find this course interesting if you specialise in other fields of medicine, if you’re a student of medicine or an NGO personnel.

On every step of the course you can meet other learners, share your ideas and join in with active discussions in the comments.

On demand

This course is available on demand, and can be accessed anytime. This means you can take the course at your own pace and engage with other learners using the comments and discussion section.

CPD Certification Service

This course has been certified by the CPD Certification Service as conforming to continuing professional development principles.

Other relevant courses

• MSc Public Health for Eye Care (Master's degree)
• Eliminating Trachoma (free online course)
• Global Blindness: Planning and Managing Eye Care Services (free online course)
• Diabetic Eye Disease: Strengthening Services (free online course)
• Retinopathy of Prematurity: Practical Approaches to Prevent Blindness (free online course)

About the International Centre for Eye Health

The International Centre for Eye Health is based at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine where it is led by Professors Allen Foster and Clare Gilbert. The main aim of the Centre is to facilitate a reduction in blindness with a particular emphasis on low-income countries.