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LSHTM: Skills for Eye Field Research

This course takes place in November/December each year on Thursdays and Fridays over 3 weeks (5 teaching days and one day for the written assessment). All sessions are delivered face-to-face for the whole day (09:30 - 12:45 and 14:00 -...

Moorfields Lacrimal assessment for nursing & allied professionals study day

This course will educate nurses and allied health professionals on lacrimal examination and investigation. A hands on teaching approach ensures that delegates are able to demonstrate safe and effective lacrimal technique, whilst the patient's perspective as a service user remains...

RCOphth DEMYSTIFYING STRABIMUS: Ocular Motility Curriculum Study Day

An all day event simplifying strabismus, with practical teaching sessions ("you too can do a cover test"), common clinical and exam scenarios, top tips from expert clinicians and educators in the field. Aimed at trainees, SAS doctors and the general...

Assessing the quality of scars from incisions made by a Colorado needle or a scalpel

Traditional teaching has held the best scars are achieved with cold steel although no previous study has formally investigated this hypothesis in oculoplastic surgery. This paper describes a non-randomised cross-sectional study comparing the scar quality achieved from cold steel with...

Practical application of cataract risk stratification

This study assessed the practicability of a risk stratification system, the New Zealand Cataract Risk Stratification (NZCRS) in a major teaching hospital. The scoring system was as follows: three points for Dense cataract, pseudoexfoliation (PXF), phacodonesis, previous vitrectomy and only...

The effect of orbital decompression on upper eyelid retraction

This is a systematic review and meta-analysis on whether there is a change in upper lid retraction following orbital decompression. Traditional teaching states that the order of surgery for thyroid eye disease should be decompression firstly, followed by squint surgery...

Zoom

One of the side-effects of the coronavirus pandemic is that suddenly everything is now done on Zoom. In case anyone is fortunate enough to have no idea what this is, Zoom is an app that allows virtual meetings to take...

Orbis launches podcast and vodcast series exploring cutting edge tech

A new podcast and vodcast series exploring cutting edge tech to curb rise in preventable blindness has been launched by international eye health charity, Orbis.

Two cases of acute syphilitic posterior placoid chorioretinitis

Syphilis has re-emerged as a significant public health concern, with the World Health Organization (WHO) estimating that 8 million adults aged 15–49 acquired syphilis in 2022. Untreated syphilis can have severe consequences, including cardiovascular, neurological and ocular complications. Ocular manifestations...

Presidency changes hands at the International Opticians Association (IOA)

This year saw the baton of the presidency of the International Opticians Association (IOA) handed from Fiona Anderson to Donald Crichton BSc (Hons) FBDO.

SpaMedica celebrates 15 years of industry innovation and unrivalled patient care

Launched in 2008, the UK’s largest provider of NHS cataract surgery has helped thousands of patients and invested in world-class training.

The happiness coefficient: Pete’s hidden curriculum Part 5

Jeremy: Come on, man, shake your booty! Tonight even Paxman’s out, hoovering up lines of crank off Krishnan Guru-Murthy. Tonight’s the big one.Mark: Jeremy, all rational people agree it’s a truth self-evident that it’s impossible to have a good time...