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Under pressure: a tool to aid the  non-ophthalmic practitioner in the timely management of acute angle closure

1 April 2017 | Sajjad Abbas, Roger Humphry | EYE - Glaucoma, EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology

Acute angle closure is a true ophthalmic emergency that mandates timely diagnosis and treatment. The priority in initial management is to lower the intraocular pressure in an expeditious matter using medical treatments. The risk of irreversible glaucomatous optic neuropathy is...

My ophthalmic elective: Lerdsin Hospital, Thailand

2 June 2021 | Teerajet Taechameekietichai | EYE - General

My decision to undertake elective in Thailand was made to help broaden my horizons on ophthalmic conditions and practices. Additionally, I hoped to improve my Thai medical vocabulary to communicate with Thai patients fluently. As I got an opportunity to...

Patient safety – is this achieved in optometry with CET?

1 August 2018 | Janet Pooley | EYE - General

Collecting points and ticking boxes – as we come to the end of another three year cycle of continuing education and training (CET), the rush to ensure that everything has been completed on the myGOC (General Optical Council) dashboard feels...

Illuminating task lighting

1 October 2019 | Janet Pooley | EYE - General

Good lighting is always important but especially for patients who are visually impaired. Janet Pooley provides an overview. We tend to discuss lighting with patients when their vision is reduced, and where we are considering higher reading adds or low...

Digital eyecare – enabling better communication between primary and secondary care

3 June 2021 | Alexander Chiu, Neylya Solomons, Guy Mole | EYE - Imaging, EYE - General

Alexander Chiu and his co-authors highlight innovations influencing healthcare advancement and how trainees can get involved. Hospital eye services (HES) were under great pressure to meet demand, even before the COVID-19 pandemic. This pressure has increased with the cancellation and...

The ‘art’ of refraction – designing a refraction course

1 April 2016 | Inderpaul S Sian, Paul Artes (Prof), Phillip Buckhurst | EYE - Cataract, EYE - Refractive

Learning how to refract requires theoretical knowledge, practice and determination. Refraction is a notoriously challenging skill to acquire and the competing demands on junior ophthalmologists can often be restrictive of the development of this core skill. To consolidate theory learnt...

Paediatric ptosis

1 December 2018 | Parth Shah, Angelos Sinapis, Manoj V Parulekar | EYE - Paediatrics, EYE - General

Manoj Parulekar and colleagues provide a comprehensive overview of the diagnosis, assessment and management of childhood ptosis. Blepharoptosis (commonly referred to as ptosis – Greek, πτῶσις, ‘to fall’) is a condition where the upper eyelid is in an abnormally low...

The past and the future for paediatric ophthalmology

1 June 2018 | Jane Ashworth, Chris Lloyd (Prof) | EYE - Paediatrics

The past 25 years have seen remarkable advances in clinical eye care for children in the UK. This has led to both improved outcomes and better patient and family experiences. There have been substantial changes to patient pathways, major advances...

New IGA research award

11 February 2020

Applications open for new £50,000 glaucoma research Allied Healthcare professionals award The International Glaucoma Association (IGA) announces call for applications for new £50,000 Allied Healthcare professionals award for glaucoma research. The new award, which opened on 21 October 2019 and...

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