Expanding roles, Enhancing Care

Ophthalmic Nursing Symposium
Expanding roles, Enhancing Care

Date: 19 Sep 2025, Friday | Time: 1525 - 1655 | Track Type: Symposium | Venue: L2-S3&S4, Level 2, Academia

This program is designed to provide ophthalmic nurses with the latest updates and innovations in ophthalmic nursing practice. The program will feature a range of topics, including expanding the ophthalmic nursing pool, evolving roles in dry eye clinics, intravitreal nurse training, peri-operative nursing practice, patient education, and anxiety reduction in pediatric patients. The program aims to create awareness among health care workers on the enhanced patient care, nurses’ autonomy, and professional development in ophthalmic nursing.

TOPIC 1:
Expanding Ophthalmic Nursing Pool Locally through Education and Training
Speaker: Ms Chitra Vallei D/o Govindasamy

TOPIC 2:
The Evolving Role of Nurses in Dry Eye Clinic
Speaker: Ms Veronica Sam Le Ee

TOPIC 3:
Leading the Revolution: The First Intravitreal Nurse Trainer
Speaker: Ms Desiree Wong Shimin

TOPIC 4:
“Lensy”:The Evolvement of Peri-Operative Nursing Practice
Speaker: Ms Serene Low Meow Sim

TOPIC 5:
Name Recall Made Easy: Interventions to Boost Patient Memory of Name of Intravitreal Medication
Speaker: Ms Pamela Swee Jia Hui

TOPIC 6:
Anxiety Reduction in Pediatric Patients: A Preoperative Intervention
Speaker: Mr Jason Mok You Cheng