Programme – SAOA

The academic programme encompasses three days of presentations, workshops and panel debates covering a wide range of relevant topics including clinical, practice management and ethics. Presentations and speakers have undergone scrutiny by a panel of experts to ensure the highest standards and a world class event.

The programme is divided into three parallel tracks providing choice for delegates to attend those topics of particular interest. Delegates can earn up to 26 CPD points.

DAY 1

DAY 1 - Friday, 16 August 2019

8:00-8:30	Opening Session: Mr Dollars Boloka – SAOA President Mr Patrick Mawila – AFCO President Mr Clive Marchant – ABDO President
8:30-9:15	Opening Session: Guest Speaker: Dr Kgosi Letlape 20/20 and Beyond
9:15-10:00	Opening Session: Key Note Speaker: Honourable Dr Zweli Mkhize – Minister of Health
10:00-10:20	Introduction of All Sponsors: Name and Company and Acknowledgement of Past Presidents
10:20-10:45	TEA and EXHIBITION
	TRACK 1	TRACK 2	TRACK 3
	LECTURES AND PAPERS	LECTURES AND PAPERS	WORKSHOPS AND LECTURES
	MYOPIA CONTROL	LOW VISION	DISPENSING
10:45-11:30	Prof Kovin Naidoo Myopia: the challenge optometrists need to own	Ms Hazel Sacharowitz & Mr Brian Sneag Classification of Visually Impaired Athletes in SA	PANEL DISCUSSION 10.45 – 12.00Dispensing Panel Discussion: Mr Clive Marchant, Mr Tony Garett, Ms Angelique Hendricks, SAOA Representative
11:30-12:15	Prof Mervin Bloom Myopia Control Overview And Update	Mr Allan Kaye Driving and Bioptics	DISPENSING WORKSHOP 12:00-13:00Mr Clive Marchant Myopia Management for the dispensing Optician and Optometrist
12:15-13:00	ETHICS Dr Raymond Mabaso What is the role of the SAOA Ombudsman?	Karen Denton (Retina SA) The Art of Managing Visual Loss
12:30-14:00	LUNCH and EXHIBITION
	NEURO-OPHTHALMOLOGY	DRIVING and VISION	TECHNOLOGY and OPTOMETRY
14:00-14:45	Prof Anand Naidoo Third, Fourth and Sixth Nerve Palsies	Dr Karien Venter Minimum requirements for Driving: Influence of Hazard Perception Development in Novice Drivers	PENTACAM WORKSHOP 14:00-15:00Ms Dasi Raju Is this Cornea Ectatic? An analysis of Pentacam Images
14:45-15:30	Prof Anand Naidoo Neuro-ophthalmology case reports	RESEARCH IN OPTOMETRY Dr Samuel Bert Boadi-Kusi Disability Glare and Driving Safety among Commercial Drivers in the Cape Coast Metropolis of Ghana Deon Roux Current Status of Road Safety in SA	CONTACT LENS WORKSHOP 15.00-16.00Charl Laas Scleral Lens Fitting
15:30-15:40	Product Burst	Product Burst
15:40-16:00	TEA and EXHIBITION
	IN SEARCH OF 20/20	OCT and OCULAR PATHOLOGY
16:00-16:45	Ms Dasi Raju Laser Vision Correction – In Search of 20/20	Ms Rajeshree Budhoo The Use of OCT in Detecting and Assessing Retinal Pathology	DISPENSING WORKSHOP Michael Jowell The Lens Measure – more than just a curve reader
16:45-17:30	Ms Dasi Raju Intra-Ocular Lens Surgery – In Search of 20/20	Dr Maria Willemse OCT: An Evolving Role in Neuro-Ophthalmology in South Africa
17:30-19:00	MEETING: SAOA Education and Clinical Standards Committee, Academic Institutions and Rosenberg School of Optometry (San Antonia) Dr Mervyn Bloom MEETING: Academic Forum MEETING: PRESIDENTS OF THE SAOA EXHIBITION

DAY 2

DAY 2 - Saturday, 17 August 2019

	TRACK 1	TRACK 2	TRACK 3
TIME	LECTURES AND PAPERS	LECTURES AND PAPERS	WORKSHOPS AND LECTURES
	OCULAR PATHOLOGY	CONTACT LENSES	BINOCULAR VISION WORKSHOP
8:00-8:45	Prof Paul Ramkissoon Great Tips to Diagnose and Treat Common Anterior Segment Conditions	Dr Dirk Booysen Evolution of Contact Lens Practice in South Africa – A personal Perspective
8:45-9:30	Dr Stefano Guglielmetti Keratitis	Mr Charl Laas A Modern Approach To Fitting Irregular Corneas	SPORT VISION LECTURE Prof Meryn Bloom Integrating Elite Sports Vision into you Practice
9:30-10:15	Dr Kgaogelo Edward Legodi Anterior Uveitis	Mr Charl Laas Scleral Lens fitting	SPORTS VISION WORKSHOP 9.30-10.30Prof Meryn Bloom Sports Vision Workshop
10:15-10:25	Product Burst	Product Burst
10:25-10:50	TEA and EXHIBITION
	PAEDIATRIC VISION and RESEARCH	CONTACT LENSES	BINOCULAR VISION WORKSHOP
10:50-11:35	Prof Tuwani Rasengane The Effect of Mobile Touch Screen Device use on the Health and Vision of Infants, Toddlers and Preschoolers	Mr Charl Laas Advanced topography guided orthokeratology	10:50-11:50 Mr Alvin Munsamy and Mr Nashua Naicker The Evaluation of Non-Strabismic Binocular Vision Disorders As Part Of A Routine Vision and Eye Health Examination
11:35-12:20	RESEARCH IN OPTOMETRY Dr Abraham Opare School vision screening programmes in reducing children with uncorrected refractive error in low and middle income countries-LMIC (systematic review Dr Ingrid Metsing Comparison Of The Snellen Acuity Chart With The Spectrum Eye Care Software LogMAR Chart Amongst Children Of School Going Age.	RESEARCH IN OPTOMETRY Kgaogelo Mothapo A comparison of two subjective dissociated heterophoria measurements using von Graefe and red Maddox rod tests Timothy Makgaba Investigation of the possible use of the cross cylinder at distance as an alternative method for the duochrome technique	11:50-12:50 Mr Nashua Naicker and Mr Alvin Munsamy The 1;2;3s of a Strabismus Work Up
12:00-17:00	AFCO AGM
12:20-12:30	Product Burst	Product Burst
12:30-14:00	LUNCH and EXHIBITION
	MYOPIA CONTROL	ETHICS
14:00-14:45	Mr Allan Kaye Myopia control: various methods of slowing myopia progression	Prof Viren Rambiritch Emerging role for research optometrists in low to middle income countries	BINOCULAR VISION LECTURE Mr Warren Wagner Rehabilitation of an Alternating Exotropia
14:45-15:30	Prof Jannie Ferreira Redefine Optometric Practice Through Myopia Control	RESEARCH IN OPTOMETRY Dr Raymond Mabaso Knowledge and practices related to Diabetes Mellitus among adults with Diabetes Dr Samuel Bert Boadi-Kusi Lipid Associated Oxidative Stress in Diabetic Retinopathy	VISION THERAPY WORKSHOP 14:45-15:45Dr Ingrid Metsing and Mr Anthony Carlson Vision therapy workshop for patients with accommodative disorders
15:30-15:40	Product Burst	Product Burst
15:40-16:00	TEA and EXHIBITION
	DRY EYES	PRACTICE MANAGEMENT	LOW VISION
16:00-16:45	Ms Marietjie Cilliers Practical management of dry eye disease	Mr Obakeng Malope Optometry in the 21st Century	LOW VISION WORKSHOP 16:00-17:00Ms Hazel Sacharowitz and Mr Brian Sneag Unravelling the Berkley Rudimentary Vision Test (BRVT) for The Classification of Visual Impaired Athletes
16:45-17:30	Doran Nonkula The Prevalence of Dry Eye Syndrome in Patients at the Eye Clinic in Nelson Mandela Academic Hospital Gloria Tsholo Tamenti Ocular Symptoms associated with Computer use	Mr Obakeng Malope Advanced business strategies for Optometric Practices
17:30-19:00	EXHIBITION
19:00 TILL THEN	SOCIAL EVENT

DAY 3

DAY 3 - Sunday, 18 August 2019

	TRACK 1	TRACK 2	TRACK 3
	LECTURES AND PAPERS	LECTURES AND PAPERS	WORKSHOPS AND LECTURES
	OCULAR PATHOLOGY	DISPENSING	STAFF TRAINING WORKSHOP
8:00-8:45	Dr Phillip Phatudi The Glaucoma Suspect	Ms Prelina Ramkissoon The Role of the Dispensing Optician in Private Practice	Mr Obakeng Malope Staff Training Workshop for Employees
8:45-9:30	Prof Paul Ramkissoon Great Tips to Diagnose and Manage Common Posterior Segment Conditions	Ms Kirsty Pienaar The Drought of Dispensing Opticians vs the Duty of Them	Ms Marietjie Kriel Ethics: What Optometric Assistants need to know?
9:30-10:15	Dr Robert Rainey Daniel Nutritional Supplementation and Ophthalmic Diseases	Mr Sipepiso Mhlope Blind Spots of Dispensing	Ms Marietjie Kriel Communication Skills, Desk and Time Management for Optometric Assistants
10:15-10:25	Product Bursts	Product Bursts
10:25-10:50	TEA and EXHIBITION
	AVIATOR VISION	DISPENSING	STAFF TRAINING WORKSHOP
10:50-11:35	Dr Dirk Booysen Aviation vision – what every optometrist should know about visual requirements of their aviator patients	Mr Anthony Carlson Antireflection Coatings: The difference between good quality and poor-quality coatings	SAOA Team Understanding Visual Acuity and Refractive Error
11:35-12:20	RESEARCH IN OPTOMETRY Prof Solani Mathebula Comparison of the amplitude of accommodation determined subjectively and objectively Ms Mbali Ndlovu Agreement between distance and near minus lens to blur amplitude of accommodation in pre-presbyopic subjects	Dr Dave Burch Ultraviolet, High Energy Visible Light, and Sunglasses	SAOA: Audience Maluleke Effective Coding and Billing
12:20-12:30	Product Burst	Product Burst	Product Burst
12:30 14:00	LUNCH and EXHIBITION
	STAKEHOLDER UPDATE	DISPENSING	DRY EYE WORKSHOP
14:00 -14:45	Mr France Nxumalo National Department of Health and National Health Insurance (NHI)	Ms Jorina Lombard Lifestyle dispensing	14:00-15:00 Ms Marietjie Cilliers The Dry Eye Clinic and How Does it Work?
14:45 -15:30	Mr Maemo Kobe Professional Board for Optometrists and Dispensing Opticians: An Update (PBODO)	Mr Clive Marchant The most tangible Measures
15:30-15:40	Product Burst	Product Burst
15:40–16:00	TEA and EXHIBITION
	STAKEHOLDER UPDATE	ETHICS and RESEARCH	FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
16:00-16:45	Mr Preggie Naidoo Principles of Managed Care as Applied in South African Health Care	Dr Nina Kriel Understanding the function and Processes of the HPCSA Preliminary Committee of Enquiry	LECTURE: FINANCE Thami Bokwa (PPS) Financial Wellness
16:45 -17:30	Haseena Majid How the expanded scope of optometry practice meets the needs of NHI and prescribed minimum benefits in South Africa	RESEARCH IN OPTOMETRY Mr Lerato Landela The Effect of Prematurity on Visual Perceptual Skills Amongst School Age Children in Grade 4-6 at Pulamadibogo School in Mankweng, Limpopo Mr Michael Jowell The relationship between intraocular pressure and anthropometric measurements in adults in Cape Town	LECTURE: SARS Aletta von Tromp Taxation: A Forensic Perspective
17:30-17:45	CLOSING SESSION

*The programme may be subject to change.

SAOA Conference 2019: Social Event
Saturday 17 August 2019
19h00 till late
Outfit: Smart Casual
AROUND THE WORLD – THROUGH THE LENS OF FOOD

Members of the eye care professions and industry will be transported on a visual and taste journey embracing the finest flavours from around the world, including contemporary cuisine, produced with the finest local ingredients and presented with flair.

Join the SAOA Board of Directors, regional representatives, staff, colleagues and industry representatives on an enjoyable social adventure whilst experiencing a taste of Europe, South America, Asia and Africa.

The evening will include presentation of awards to those who have who have provided exemplary service to the professions of optometry, dispensing opticianry and/or the SAOA and is designed to combine great food, good music and bad dancing to create an unrivalled and unforgettable experience for each and every delegate.

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