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Competition ratios: Is the future of ophthalmology too bright?
29 August 2023
| Bilal Khan
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EYE - General
In the UK, ophthalmology is a highly competitive speciality, attracting many medical graduates keen to pursue a career in this area. However, in recent years, the competition ratios for ophthalmology ST1 training posts have increased significantly, creating a challenging environment...
Eye Surgeons of the Future
5 August 2022
Who and where are the eye surgeons of the year 2040? Chien Wong reports from a London school's Careers Fair.
Thomas Pocklington Trust and Guide Dogs expands student support services to include younger age group
Sight loss charities, Guide Dogs and Thomas Pocklington Trust (TPT) are working together to deliver advice and guidance to blind and partially sighted students, their families and carers and any professionals that support them. The two charities have partnered to...Refresh for ABDO College common room thanks to Millmead Optical Group
Students at ABDO College will be able to relax in comfort and enjoy a refreshed common room thanks to Millmead Optical Group.Doctor in the House
4 August 2021
| Peter Cackett
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EYE - General
“What’s the bleeding time?”“10 past 10 sir”. These are the famous lines uttered by Chief Surgeon Sir Lancelot Spratt (James Robertson Justice) and Medical Student Simon Sparrow (Dirk Bogarde) on a pre-op ward round at the fictional St Swithin’s Hospital,...
Spectacle Makers' Charity: Student Bursary Scheme opens for 2024-25 academic year
12 November 2024
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opticians, optical, optometry, awards, bursary, opportunities, funding, spectacles, orthoptics
The Spectacle Makers’ Charity has this week opened applications for student bursaries for the 2024-25 academic year. Since launch, the bursary scheme has helped more than 120 students enrolled on degree and diploma courses in dispensing, orthoptics, optometry, ophthalmic imaging...
Moorfields Education: Eye emergencies for the non-ophthalmologist
12 March 2024
This course is aimed at doctors, aspiring ophthalmologists, nurses, allied health professionals and students wishing to learn how to recognise, manage and treat acute ophthalmology presentations.
UKNOS (UK Neuro-ophthalmology Society) Annual Meeting 2025
27 February 2025
The UK Neuro-ophthalmology Society (UKNOS) Annual Meeting will take place on Thursday 27 February 2025 at the International Students House, Regent's Park, London. The theme is Anatomical Antagonists. Sessions will include clinical talks, scientific presentations with a prize for the best trainee presentation and a breakfast session for Allied Professionals in Neuro-ophthalmology
Medical Medway Fayre 2024
9 July 2024
by Ines Lahlou Chettab, Ophthalmologist (Algeria), MCh Ophthalmology Student, Canterbury Christ Church University, UK. Over the past six years, the Institute of Medical Sciences of Canterbury Christ Church University has hosted the Medway Medical Fayre. This event was initiated and...
House of cards
3 August 2023
| Peter Cackett
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EYE - General
When I was a junior doctor in the late 1990s writing my first scientific papers, once each article was finished, I had to fill out an application form, print out multiple copies and then walk to the post office at...
