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Provider Resources

We create tools for eye care providers. These tools can assess, treat, and help manage eye and ocular injuries and conditions. We get our content for our tools from:

  • Our ongoing practice
  • Our advanced research
  • Input from trusted:
    • Experts
    • Clinical communities
    • Academic communities

Our tools focus on preventing, diagnosing, mitigating, treating, and rehabilitating ocular conditions. By doing this, we set new benchmarks in eye care services. We give our providers the latest guidelines and recommendations. We are helping those providers who are helping our service members and veterans. 

 

Clinical and Practice Recommendations

We develop recommendations for eye care providers. They are:

  • Clinical recommendations
  • Practice recommendations

We get input from subject matter experts. This input help us to develop assessment, treatment, and/or management tools for certain eye conditions. These conditions include eye and vision system diseases.

Practice Recommendation - Laser Exposure

 

Practice Recommendation - Dizziness and TBI

 

Clinical Recommendation - Oculomotor Dysfunction and TBI

 

Clinical Recommendation - Visual Field Loss Associated with TBI/ABI

 

Clinical Recommendation - Eye and Vision Care Following Blast Exposure and/or Possible TBI

 

Clinical Practice Guidelines

Clinical Practice Guidelines are evidence-based tools. These tools help doctors provide consistent care. Experts create these guidelines. They review medical research to do this. CPGs ensure doctors use the best practices. This applies when treating health conditions or injuries. These guidelines are updated often. This ensures they stay current. By following these guidelines, doctors can improve patient care. They can also increase patient satisfaction.

Current Clinical Practice Guidelines

Online Training on Joint Knowledge Online

DHA-US 1165   Vision Dysfunction Following Traumatic Brain Injury

The modules in this course will help eye care providers, therapist, and all other multidisciplinary staff understand:

  • Vision Dysfunction following TBI
  • Underlying anatomy and causes of TBI associated vision dysfunction
  • Initial assessment and evaluation
  • Items to consider for treatment and rehab at a local site
  • What to do next and how to refer for:
    • Additional evaluations
    • Care
    • Treatment strategies

You'll need a CAC to access JKO.

DHA-US 1165 Vision Dysfunction Following Traumatic Brain InjuryGoes to JKO

Federal Optometric Residency 

We have a joint effort with the Uniformed Services University to help eye care providers. Here’s how these tools can help:

Core Program

  • Provides a strong education
  • Covers clinical care and research
  • Offers training for brain injury patients in the military, VA and in the public
  • Focuses on best proven practices and seeks to always improve

Federal Optometric Residency in Brain Injury Rehabilitation Core CurriculumView curriculum

Milestones Assessment Plan

  • Offers a clear way to evaluate residents’ progress
  • Assesses skills in patient care, medical knowledge, and communication

Federal Optometric Residency in Brain Injury Rehabilitation - Milestones Assessment PlanView plan

Ocular Trauma and Vision Readiness Video Teleconference

We host a monthly worldwide teleconference to educate about eye injuries and vision readiness. We get insights from the Department of Defense, Defense Health Agency, and Department of Veterans Affairs.

Here's what you need to know:

  • Our conferences bring together experts from care sites worldwide
  • We review vision cases and look for ways to improve our processes
  • Participants, including eye doctors, neurologists, physicians, and nurses, can earn Continuing Education

Come join us to learn, share, and improve vision care together! Email us at [email protected]Email the VCE to learn how to register for the next teleconference.

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Last Updated: September 12, 2024
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