Johnson & Johnson Vision Care has launched CET distance learning modules entitled 'Performance, vision and sport', following on from its 'Be the best you can be' roadshows earlier this year.
Attendees of the roadshows will automatically be sent the tri-module series along with a 12-part multiple choice questionnaire, worth two CET points. Eye care practitioners (ECPs) who did not attend the roadshows can obtain an order form for the modules through their account manager.
The three modules introduce the concept of enhancing visual performance in sport and how vision training in sports can be incorporated into everyday clinical practice. There is also guidance on questions to ask of sports players, how results should be interpreted and how training programmes should be prescribed.
J&J added that there was a major opportunity for practitioners to be involved in sports, with 48 million sports participants in the UK, and millions of these enthusiasts among the 17.5 million people in the UK who seek an eye examination each year.
The series aims to assist athletes and ECPs in better understanding the visual aspects of sport.
Module one details evidence that visual performance can be enhanced in sport, leading to improvements. Modules two and three contain more in-depth discussion on diagnosis, vision correction and performance vision training techniques. A set of case histories will illustrate how the enhanced vision training programme improves sporting performance.
'As the official vision care product partner for the Olympic Games, Johnson & Johnson Vision Care is delighted to feature new clinical techniques for enhancing performance in sport as well as in day-to-day life,' said David Ruston, director of professional affairs, UK, Ireland, Nordics and Holland.