Eye movement and pupil abnormalities can be signs of life and vision threatening neurological and non-neurological disease highlighting the need for rapid and accurate diagnosis.

The Neuro Ophthal app is a clinical simulator that uses a virtual patient, accurately portraying over 100 ocular motility, lid and pupil conditions. Patients with these conditions often present acutely, meaning that doctors exposure is impossible to timetable and highly variable.

This clinical reference/educational app accurately recreates ocular motility and neurology signs on an interactive interface enabling the clinician to develop the clinical skills needed to make an accurate diagnoses.

Welsh based company suprAnuclear has an innovative approach to medical education and is passionate about educating healthcare professionals through mobile technology. Using virtual gaming methodology it is possible to facilitate the effective delivery of medical teaching through mobile platforms.

Clinical skills replicated:

Assessment of saccades, smooth pursuit, convergence and oculocephalic reflex cover test with accommodative elements at distance and near

Distinguish between incomitant and concomitant strabismus

Assessment of nystagmus amplitude, frequency and direction

Fatigability in myasthenia, Bielschowsky head tilt test, ptosis assessment

Working with CEMAS has enabled my app

to be built to a high standard. Without access

to this level of support the app would have never

been developed, this engagement decreased

the risk to my business from building such

a complex clinical simulator app, which is the

first of its type.

Dr Luke Anderson

Neuro Opthal

telephone. 01443 654265 email. cemas@southwales.ac.uk

twitter. @CEMAS_USW website. www.cemas.mobi

The app is targeted at healthcare professionals in particular those related to eye care including ophthalmologists, orthtoptists and optometrists. It is equally useful for those who need to spot signs of serious neurological disease, from AE nurse-practitioners to neurosurgeons.