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Moorfields Education: Flashes and floaters: A masterclass for optometrists and allied health professionals
22 January 2024
Free webinar! Open to optometrists and allied health professionals. This is your chance to understand the causes and management of symptomatic vitreous opacities with guidelines for referral.
Updated Guidance for Professional Practice published by College of Optometrists
11 December 2023
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optometry, guidelines, legislation, patient care, Decision making, clinical, Good Practice Better Care
The College of Optometrists has today (11 December) published updated Guidance for Professional Practice for optometrists, including new sections.
Treatment of amblyopia by Ghanaian optometrists
In Ghana, optometrists are the primary eyecare professional as a first contact for many patients with amblyopia. This study evaluated practice patterns in the management of amblyopia by optometrists in Ghana. The authors conducted a cross-sectional online survey aimed at...Distance esotropia due to excessive near work
The authors aimed to review cases with divergence insufficiency esotropia in 12 young adults associated with excessive near work. Patients were aged 28.17 ±4.06 years and had normal external, anterior / posterior segment examinations and no neurological signs. Ten had...Twenty-five years in retina
In the next of our articles celebrating 25 years of Eye News, the authors look at how the retina specialty has changed over this time and ask what the future might hold. Retinal disease management has benefited from great advances...The Escape Room and gamification of ophthalmology teaching
3 April 2024
| Akash Dharni
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EYE - General
Recently, there has been an interesting development in medical education and its ‘gamification’. Educators are constantly looking for new ways to engage their students by adding a friendly element of competition, as evidenced by the great success of online education...
College of Optometrists urges next government to prioritise eye health
The College of Optometrists is calling on the next Westminster government to establish optometrists as the first port of call for anyone with an eyecare issue.New AOP members elected to join Hospital Optometrists Committee
The appointment of Lucy Andrews and Claire Melvin confirmed at the AOP’s Hospital and Specialty Optometrists Conference.Practice Plus Group: Mastering vitreoretinal pathology assessment in community optometry
6 May 2025
Practice Plus Group Ophthalmology are delighted to offer a virtual accredited event for local referrers: ‘Mastering vitreoretinal pathology assessment in community optometry’In this course, optometrists will master the art of assessing and distinguishing between common vitreoretinal pathologies right from their...
The College of Optometrists welcomes the new community-based approach to health care in England
The College of Optometrists welcomes the new community-based approach to health care in England and highlights how eyecare is already well-placed to meet it. Dr Gillian Rudduck MCOptom, President of The College of Optometrists, commented: “The College of Optometrists is...Effect of the COVID-19 Urgent Eyecare Service on patient referrals to general practitioners and Hospital Eye Service
28 April 2023
| Hafsa Amjad, Nicholas Rumney
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EYE - General
The COVID-19 Urgent Eyecare Services (CUES) was developed to relieve the demands of hospital ophthalmology, aiming to allow patients to have remote consultations and be managed by community optometric practice. This was because access to Hospital Eye Service (HES) Ophthalmic...
Moorfields Education: Glaucoma level 2 (College of Optometrists Professional Higher Certificate in Glaucoma)
22 January 2024
This course is designed for optometrists and other healthcare professionals, who've completed the level 1 Professional Certificate in Glaucoma and wish to further develop skills in detecting change in clinical status and decision-making in patients at risk of developing glaucoma.