The Duke Elder undergraduate prize examination is an annual exam organised by the Royal College of Ophthalmologists in the United Kingdom. Named after Sir Stewart Duke Elder, a prominent British ophthalmologist, the exam is designed to encourage undergraduate medical students...
On the sad passing of Eye News’ first editor and long-term contributor JF (Barry) Cullen, his friend Hector Chawla takes a look at the life and career of this effervescent character and giant of the ophthalmology world. Barry Cullen was...
Ophthalmology remains one of the most competitive specialties of 2026, which means every point in your evidence folder matters. The largest and most influential section is the ‘Ophthalmology specialty links and commitment to date as a career’, worth an impressive...
5 October 2026
| Astrid Leck, Hugh Bassett, Jelena Djordjevic, Matthew J Burton
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EYE - General
For many eye health professionals, the barriers to further training are practical rather than motivational. Time away from clinic, course fees and restrictive entry requirements can all limit access. This can be particularly true for colleagues working in under-resourced settings...
This study group compared the higher order aberrations (HOAs) between femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery (FLACS) and manual cataract surgery. Consecutive patients undergoing FLACS or manual cataract surgery with implantation of an intraocular lens from January 2017 to February 2018 were...
“I want you to deal with your problems by becoming rich” As declared by Jordan Belfort in a motivational speech to his staff in the film Wolf of Wall Street (2013). Unfortunately, medicine as a career does not lead to...
The Moorfields International refractive symposium covers contemporary vision correction surgery to surgeons in the UK and around the world. Taking place on Thursday 24 April at the Royal College of Physicians in London (08:30 - 17:45), the symposium aims to...
If you are in your final year of medicine at university, firstly congratulations on making it so far and secondly, you may be wondering how and which jobs to rank highly. If you have found yourself reading this article, then...
The author shares his personal experience of contracting coronavirus. I managed to body swerve COVID-19 for nine months. The Pfizer vaccine was being rolled out in my trust. I had my first inoculation booked in three weeks. I had survived...