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BIOS: Clinical Tutor Course

British and Irish Orthoptic Society

Doing a systematic review: a users’ guide for foundation doctors

Research is increasingly important for junior doctors and systematic reviews (SRs) are a great place to start. Carrying out an SR can help a doctor demonstrate commitment to a specialty, develop research skills and get results quickly. This article aims...

3D Slit Lamp Grand Round at the Royal College of Ophthalmologists Congress 2023

This year at the Royal College of Ophthalmologists saw a world’s first for any conference: a slit-lamp grand round.

Factors affecting the success of canalicular repairs

This is a ten year retrospective review of 137 canalicular laceration repairs, looking for factors which affected the outcome. A successful outcome was defined as no epiphora at three months or more after removal of the stent. Overall the success...

Setting up successful safe & efficient nurse-led intravitreal injection service

In September 2019, we organised a training course at Great Western NHS Hospital (GWH), Swindon, which provided presentations, discussions and hands-on wet lab experience on how to perform intravitreal injection using intravitreal assisted device (INVITRIA) for nurses and doctors from...

Establishing an intra-arterial chemotherapy service for children with retinoblastoma in Nigeria for the first time

This is the first in a series of three articles (see Part 2 here) about strengthening eye health services in Nigeria through collaboration with the LINKS and Networks run at the International Centre for Eye Health, London School of Hygiene...

Scope Ophthalmology Case Awards 2023 now open for submissions

Scope Eyecare are delighted to announce that the Scope Ophthalmology Case Awards for 2023 are open for submissions. Ophthalmologists in training and fellows are invited to submit interesting ophthalmology cases they were involved with in the areas of anterior segment,...

Moorfields: Eye emergencies for the non-ophthalmologist Oct

Moorfields: Eye emergencies for the non-ophthalmologist

Moorfields Education Eye emergencies for the non-ophthalmologist

Ophthalmological presentations account for a significant number of cases in both general practice and accident and emergency, and prompt identification and treatment can prevent irreversible sight loss. The proportion of A&E attendances having eye problems may be as high as...

AI-Based devices in national screening programmes: barriers and challenges

Diabetic retinopathy (DR) may have long-term complications and is recorded as a leading cause of blindness. National DR screening programmes have effectively reduced severe visual loss by timely detection and subsequent treatment of sight-threatening proliferative DR and diabetic macular oedema....

Ophthalmology assessment using Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy

Bloom’s Taxonomy is a hierarchical list of attributes and skills that facilitates teachers to effectively teach, whilst concurrently enabling learners to effectively learn. It was first developed in 1956 by Benjamin Bloom, an educational psychologist along with a team of...

Differences between ages and onset in functional network changes associated with reading Braille

Visual impairment affects learning ability, speed and accuracy required for reading, writing and learning memory in terms of educational performance. Braille training requires decoding of simple dots into meaningful words and sentences. The objectives of this study were to evaluate...