British Association of Retinal Screeners - BARS Courses, Training and Education.

British Association of Retinal Screeners Courses Page

A number of training courses for people already working in the field of diabetic retinopathy screening and those with no previous screening experience are available in the UK.

Although BARS are unable to formally endorse any specific courses we are happy to list them for the benefit of our members.

The following courses are currently available and should be contacted direct for further details.

If you run a training course for screeners and would like details to appear on this page please contact the BARS Webmaster.

Heart of England

Diabetic Retinopathy Screening Centre of Excellence- Screening Course

This four day course, held at Birmingham Heartlands Hospital is designed to produce competent screeners and graders and also caters for clinicians who may wish to work in tertiary grading. A range of talented and experienced presenters lecture in their specific areas of expertise, within a fun and motivating atmosphere.

For details contact Jane Pitt or Helen Seymour

Tel: 0121 424 0105 or 0121 424 0954 or

jane.pitt@heartofengland.nhs.uk

Helen.seymour@heartofengland.nhs.uk

Tayside

Diabetic Retinopathy Screener's Training Course

Fully comprehensive course aimed at diabetic retinopathy screeners. The course is organised on a 'demand basis' and covers the retinopathy competencies which have been designed by Skills for Health. The course includes the Scottish Diabetic Retinopathy Grading Scheme.

For details contact Angela Ellingford.

Tel: 01382 633956 or

angela.ellingford@nhs.net

Newcastle

Practical Diabetic Retinal Screening Course

Comprises of 5 sections: Clinical context of diabetes,biology of DR,image acquisition,image interpretation & explanation to the patient and ophthalmology.These sections may be used in any combination. The courses have been arranged on an individual basis with no more than 2 people at a time and typically last 2-4 weeks, depending on levels of experience.

Costs £300 per person/week

For details contact Denise Young.

denise.young@nhs.net

Other Resources

RCP Type 2 Guidelines

Training resource

Patient information PowerPoint

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