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Short courses in ophthalmology

Advance your clinical skills in ophthalmology

Facilitated by the Specialty of Clinical Ophthalmology and Eye Health our short courses in ophthalmology are designed to help you advance your career and clinical skills in ophthalmology.

The Specialty of Clinical Ophthalmology and Eye Health offers a number of short courses and professional development opportunities throughout the year. 

Courses vary from short seminars to non-degree units of study that run over a 13-week semester (see Study Dates), and it is possible to undertake almost any ophthalmology unit of study as a non-award study.  Browse our full range of units of study available, or learn more about non-degree study.

Microsurgical Skills
Dates: 2023 dates TBC
Presenters:
 
  • Mr Nigel Cox, Consultant Ophthalmologist, UK                     
  • Associate Professor Con Petsoglou, The University of Sydney
  • Dr Graham Wilson, University of Otago
Cost: $2,500 (plus GST)
IOL Selection and Biometry
Dates: 13th February - 26th March 2023
Presenters:
 
  • Associate Professor Con Petsoglou, The University of Sydney
  • Professor Colin Chan, The University of Sydney, University of Canberra
Cost:
  • Trainees - $250 (plus GST)
  • Other - $500 (plus GST)
Ocular Pathology
Dates: 2023 dates TBC
Presenters:

 

  • Dr Alexandra Allende, Douglass Hanly Moir Pathology
  • Dr Geoffrey Hall, Douglass Hanly Moir Pathology
  • Professor Sarah Coupland, George Holt Chair in Pathology
  • Associate Professor Con Petsoglou, The University of Sydney
Cost:

 

  • Part 1 only - $250 (plus GST)
  • Part 1 and Part 2 - $800 (plus GST) 
Corneal Diseases and their Management
Dates: 2023 dates TBC

Course convenors:

 
  • Professor Stephanie Watson OAM, The University of Sydney
  • Professor John Grigg, The University of Sydney
Cost:

 

  • Trainees: $250 (plus GST) 
  • Others: $500 (plus GST)
Visual Electrophysiology for Technicians
Dates: 2023 dates TBC
Course Convenors:
 
  • Dr Dorothy Thompson, Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, UCL
  • Professor John Grigg, The University of Sydney
Cost: $370 (plus GST)