The Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital has the following education session in 2025 for Nurse Practitioners wishing to fine tune or refresh their skills:

Eye and ENT Skills Workshop - Saturday 11 October 2025

The number of places for the workshop is limited to 12 participants per session. The session will run 9am-3.40pm.

In this workshop there will be small group instruction and demonstration by Specialists. The sessions will be hands on and will be very instructive in a supportive environment.

Nurse Practitioners working in an Emergency Department need to have a high level of skill in assessing and diagnosing ENT and eye presentations. The workshop will include practical skills including ENT examination, use of tuning forks, pneumatic otoscopy, flexible nasoendoscopy, removal of ear nose and throat foreign bodies, management of epistaxis, practice of eyelid eversion, measurement of corneal depth and size of lesions using slit lamp, technique for removal of foreign body, assessment of the anterior chamber, measurement of intraocular pressure, testing for relative afferent pupil defect and retinal examination.