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When OCT Misleads: False Positives, False Negatives and How to Avoid Them

28 July 2026
Presenter: Dr Lee O'Mara CPD Points: 1 Target Audience: Optometrist / DO

OCT in Glaucoma: Recognising Disease and Avoiding Pitfalls

21 July 2026
Presenter: Dr Lee O'Mara CPD Points: 1 Target Audience: Optometrist

Inflammatory Optic Neuritis: Typical, Atypical and When It’s Urgent

7 July 2026
Presenter: Dr Lee O'Mara CPD Points: 1 Target Audience: Optometrist / DO

The Eye as a Window: Recognising Ocular Side-Effects of Oral Medications

16 June 2026
Presenter: Dr Lee O’Mara CPD Points: 1 Target Audience: Optometrist / Specialty optometrist (AS/SP/IP)

Resurfacing the ocular surface

1 April 2016 | | EYE - Cornea
The ocular surface (OS) is an anatomical and functional unit made of the tear film, the conjunctival, limbal and corneal epithelium, the lacrimal, mucous and meibomian glands and the lids and blink reflex. The tear film is composed of a...

My message to future ophthalmology teaching fellows: Organising an effective ophthalmology placement

2 October 2025 | | EYE - General
Globally, teaching ophthalmology during the undergraduate period presents challenges. The time allocated for it is minimal with substandard exposure [1,2]. Additionally, the number of universities mandating formal ophthalmology education has significantly declined [3]. Research supports the observation that doctors in...

A connected workplace - Part 2

1 February 2019 | | EYE - Imaging, EYE - General
In Part 1 of this topic (bit.ly/ENconnected) the need for a mature ophthalmic imaging network was described. Here, I provide a scoring scheme that can be used to articulate the maturity of existing devices. As with any scoring system, the...

The assessment of pupils and 
pupillary reactions

1 October 2015 | | EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
Understanding pupillary reactions is vital in understanding basic neuro-opthalmology. It is a skill required in eye casualty, clinics and perhaps most importantly, exams. To start at the beginning, the pupil is the central aperture of the iris, its size controlling...

RCOphth Annual Congress - Day 1

23 May 2022 |
Follow all the updates from the first day of the RCOphth 2022 Annual Congress here.

Corneal hysteresis: An emerging biomarker in the management of glaucoma

2 October 2025 | | EYE - Cornea
Corneal hysteresis (CH) is gaining recognition as a valuable parameter in the management of glaucoma. Corneal hysteresis is defined as the difference between the inward and outward pressure responses of the cornea during deformation. This measurement reflects the viscoelastic properties...

Getting one’s eye in

4 February 2021 | | EYE - General
Lisette Bijma, Sister in the Eye Emergency Department at John Radcliffe Hospital, explains how COVID-19 provided a ‘baptism by fire’ and enabled fundamental and positive changes to the running of the department. Five years ago, I arrived in the UK,...

Trends in Ophthalmology Meeting 2024

7 March 2024 -8 March 2024
The ‘Trends in Ophthalmology’ meeting has been organised annually by the Ophthalmology faculty of St Thomas’ Hospital for almost 50 years. It highlights ‘trends’ in ophthalmic management and covers a wide range of ophthalmic sub-specialties which alternate every 2 years....