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See sweet to C-suite: Imran Rahman

4 February 2025 | David Lockington | EYE - Cataract, EYE - Cornea, EYE - Glaucoma

See also - See sweet to C-suite: Peter Holland In this three-part conversation series, Co-editor David Lockington speaks with highly influential individuals about their journey to the top, with advice for the next generation of leaders. Part Two: David speaks...

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Introducing the Royal College of Nursing Ophthalmic Nursing Forum

4 February 2025 | Tendai Gwenhure | EYE - Cataract, EYE - Cornea, EYE - Glaucoma, EYE - Imaging, EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology, EYE - Oculoplastic, EYE - Oncology, EYE - Orbit, EYE - Paediatrics, EYE - Pathology, EYE - Refractive, EYE - Strabismus, EYE - Vitreo-Retinal, EYE - General

The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) represents nurses and nursing. While the terms ‘nurses’ and ‘nursing’ are used generically, membership is inclusive of a variety of clinical roles, including midwives, advanced nurse practitioners, advanced clinical practitioners, nurse consultants, registered nursing...

Modern practice options for UK ophthalmologists

4 December 2024 | Romesh Angunawela | EYE - Cataract, EYE - Refractive, EYE - General

When I spoke on setting up private practice at the annual United Kingdom & Ireland Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgeons (UKISCRS) meeting in November ’23 there was a lot of interest in different types of practice models. If we...

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How to get a trainee from 0 to 600 cataracts in two years: Perspectives from the trainee and the trainer

4 December 2024 | Anna Song, Pei-Fen Lin | EYE - Cataract, EYE - Refractive

Trainee’s perspective I remember my first day as an ST1 at Moorfields Eye Hospital in Croydon. I was in theatre for a cataract list, and the challenges were numerous. From draping to hydrating the wound, it was all completely new...

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Planes, trams, and auditoriums: Beware predatory conferencing

4 December 2024 | Rod McNeil | EYE - Cataract, EYE - Cornea, EYE - Glaucoma, EYE - Imaging, EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology, EYE - Oculoplastic, EYE - Oncology, EYE - Orbit, EYE - Paediatrics, EYE - Pathology, EYE - Refractive, EYE - Strabismus, EYE - Vitreo-Retinal, EYE - General

Predatory open-access journals and predatory conferences are considered the two main areas of predatory infiltration in academic medicine that are of growing concern [1–7]. Unsolicited publishing requests from potentially predatory publishers occur frequently among faculty in ophthalmology [8]. Predatory conferencing...

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See sweet to C-suite: Peter Holland

4 December 2024 | David Lockington | EYE - Cataract, EYE - Cornea, EYE - Glaucoma, EYE - Imaging, EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology, EYE - Oculoplastic, EYE - Oncology, EYE - Orbit, EYE - Paediatrics, EYE - Pathology, EYE - Refractive, EYE - Strabismus, EYE - Vitreo-Retinal, EYE - General

See also - See sweet to C-suite: Imran Rahman In this three-part conversation series, Co-editor David Lockington speaks with highly influential individuals about their journey to the top, with advice for the next generation of leaders. Part One: David speaks...

The sexist lens addressing cataract-induced blindness in women

3 October 2024 | Jaskaran Singh, Gwyn Samuel Williams | EYE - Cataract, EYE - Refractive

Ninety percent of the world’s blind population resides in low-income, developing countries [1]. The primary cause of their blindness is cataract, a condition that is easily treatable and unnecessary. A cataract is the clouding of the eye’s lens, often resulting...

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Bionic eyes: deciphering the neural circuitry of vision restoration

3 June 2024 | Muhammad Khursheed Ullah Khan Marwat | EYE - Cataract

As the boundaries between technology and biology blur, retinal prosthetics, often dubbed ‘bionic eyes’, present a ground-breaking paradigm shift in addressing blindness. This article delves into the captivating scientific intricacies of these neural interfaces, exploring their mechanisms of action, current...

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How effective is nurse-led telephone preassessment for cataract surgery?

25 July 2023 | Colver Ken Howe Ne, Tabitha Kusi-Yeboah, Madhavan S Rajan | EYE - Cataract, EYE - Refractive

Cataract surgery is the most frequently performed surgical procedure in the UK [1]. The demand for cataract surgery is projected to increase with ageing population, and the recent pandemic has further contributed to the extended waiting times in the UK....

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Passing the Refraction Certificate as a Foundation doctor

3 April 2023 | Tsz Lun Ernest Wong, Samantha S Mann, Zaria Ali | EYE - Cataract, EYE - Refractive, EYE - General

Application for ophthalmic specialist training (OST) is competitive. This means you should consider making every effort to maximise your portfolio points, as it may have a significant contribution to your OST application ranking. The “Commitment to Specialty” section is the...

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Blame the lens – not its position – in refractive surprise

3 February 2023 | Josephine A Bates, Simon N Madge | EYE - Cataract, EYE - Refractive, EYE - General

Aetiology of postoperative refractive surprise Weber coined the term “wrong eye, wrong intraocular lens, wrong patient” in 2008 as an aide memoir of major factors believed to underlie refractive surprise – defined as a significant unintended difference between dioptric refraction...

Ophthalmology in a War Zone: an interview with Dr Volodymyr Melnyk

7 December 2022 | Peter Cackett | EYE - General, EYE - Cornea, EYE - Cataract, EYE - Glaucoma

It is now nine months since the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine commenced in late February 2022, with Putin announcing a “special military operation” to “denazify and demilitarise” Ukraine. The rest of the world, however, saw it for what it...

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