A new study has shown that Orbis International’s online course helps nonophthalmic health care workers, who are already trained to recognize diabetic retinopathy, identify signs of glaucoma comparable to ophthalmologists.
“Glaucoma is the leading cause of irreversible blindness around the world,” lead researcher Olusola Oluyinka Olawoye, MSc, MD, PhD, a glaucoma specialist at the College of Medicine University of Ibadan in Nigeria, said in an Orbis International press release. “High-risk patients who have regular screenings can be prevented from going blind from