Webinar 8: Maternal opiate use and its effect on children’s vision (Dr Freddie Burgess)

Course evaluation summary

Number of Participants: 20
Number of Respondents: 12

Overall Assessment:

Will you do anything differently as a result of today's training?

Yes, link in with organisations who support people in recovery.
Ensure we are consistent in supporting existing families to overcome barriers and access services.
Will reflect on children on caseload displaying the profile and will be useful in understanding new referrals.
Yes I will apply my new knowledge when teaching children who have been born with neonatal abstinence syndrome.
I will definitely asking more questions from the referrer regarding possible maternal drug usage particularly opiates.
I'm more aware of the affect that opioids have on children's vision.
Improved knowledge.
Be more aware of the likelihood of visual problems in relation to opioid use. Read more about the issue and the current research.
Will share info with colleagues to raise awareness.
Has increased my understanding so I can rely info to staff I support in various settings.
Help to raise awareness of this issue within our service and the local authority.
More awareness of the possible reasons for specific VIs.
Share what I had learnt with my colleagues.

What was best about the course/event?

Lots of very good info and stats
The easy listening style of the presenter. It made a difficult topic very easy to understand.
Clear presentation and lots of time allowed to ask questions.
The fact we can actually have a webinar, so much easier to attend.
How opioids affect the unborn child.
Good information on research.
The expertise of the presenter, time been given for questions to be addressed.
Speaker was engaging, and well organised. Informative, good links. Good to share experiences at the end. Good balance of medical background, and the effects on a day to day basis. Time worked well.
The increase to my knowledge base around substance abuse and the feedback from the research that is being done.
The information shared during the presentation and the answers to the questions.
Explained very clearly without too much medical language so could understand.
Enjoyed it all.

What, if anything, could have been improved about the course?

Slides were not accessible
Nothing.(3) It was one of the most worthwhile presentations I have been to in a long on issues relating to VI.
Would be good to have seen the video clip, but have the link so I will see it in my own time.
Felt the pace of the presentation was too fast, found it difficult to read slides as moved on too quickly.
Just the sound problem with the video at the beginning.
Slightly slower delivery, New concepts and medical info needed a little bit more time to assimilate and make notes

How did you hear about this course?

Course Info Email from SSC: 5
SSC eBulletin: 3
Line manager: 4

What other CPD training would you like the SSC to provide?

FASD.
Good practice in teaching primary mathematics to pupils requiring modified large print.
Training on how to do assessments over teams.
QTVI assessment of appropriate print sizes.
FAS and it's impacts. Visual perception difficulties.
More about CVI.

Technical Feedback

How would you rate the webinar technology? 4.7/5

Any comments on the technical aspects

Went well easy to use.
No problems at all. (3)
Can slides be forwarded to participants.
Shame the sound didn't work on the short clip but being able to access it by the link given in the comments was a good substitute.