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Cybersight: Using OCT as an Approach to Diagnose Glaucomatous and Other Optic Neuropathies
19 July 2024
Clinically, the difference between glaucomatous and simple optic atrophy of other origins is not always clear. OCT with the ability to image and measure inner retinal layers in the macula and peripapillary area, with the measurement of rim atrophy, is...
A guide to the Multi-Speciality Recruitment Assessment (MSRA) exam
24 November 2021
| Lois Crabtree
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EYE - General
The MSRA exam is a mandatory part of the application for ophthalmology specialist training in the UK. It is a computer-based exam which is designed to assess junior doctors with foundation level competence. It is used for entry to postgraduate...
Central corneal and epithelial thickness measured by Fourier domain OCT
This study examined intraobserver and interobserver reproducibility of corneal thickness (CT) and epithelial thickness (ET) measurement of Fourier domain OCT (RTVue) in 23 healthy volunteers. RTVue is capable of producing 26,000 A scans per second with depth resolution of 5µm....Assessing the effectiveness of undergraduate ophthalmic assessments in the UK: A literature review
2 June 2025
| Connor Henry-Blake, Elisabeth Baggus, Muhammed Jawad
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EYE - General
During 2008–2009, 300,000 patients presented to hospital emergency departments in the UK with eye conditions. This rose by nearly 200,000 over the next decade. As the population ages, the prevalence of eye disease increases [1,2]. However, the stake ophthalmology holds...
A Case-Based Guide to Eye Pain: Perspectives from Ophthalmology and Neurology
1 October 2018
| Shirley Hancock
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EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology, EYE - Paediatrics, EYE - Strabismus, EYE - General
A refreshing, systematic approach to eye pain, arguably one of the most commonly presenting symptoms and one that can be fraught with diagnostic challenges and management dilemmas for the busy clinician. There is a scarcity of books covering this particular...
Resurfacing the ocular surface
1 April 2016
| Harminder Dua (Prof)
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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...
The third #AspireOphth Competition is here!
17 May 2024
| Samuel Verdin
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#AspireOphth, competition, free book, giveaway, FRCOphth, Part 1, Sohaib Rufai, RCOphth2024, EyeConUK, conference, event, meeting, congress, RCO24
The RCOphth 2024 Annual Congress / #EyeConUK is coming up and you know what that means, we're teaming up again with Sohiab R Rufai for another #AspireOphth Competition!
HS-UK Slit Lamp Basic Skills Course
13 March 2025
The Slit Lamp Basic Skills Course offers a full day of training and includes over two hours of hands-on workshops with product experts. Designed by clinicians, for clinicians, the course is delivered by guest speaker, Dr Sunil Mamtora. Beginning with...
HS-UK Slit Lamp Basic Skills Course June
17 June 2025
The Slit Lamp Basic Skills Course offers a full day of training and includes over two hours of hands-on workshops with product experts. Designed by clinicians, for clinicians, the course is delivered by guest speaker, Dr Sunil Mamtora. Beginning with...
HS-UK Slit Lamp Basic Skills Course Oct
2 October 2025
The Slit Lamp Basic Skills Course offers a full day of training and includes over two hours of hands-on workshops with product experts. Designed by clinicians, for clinicians, the course is delivered by guest speaker, Dr Sunil Mamtora. Beginning with...
The future of binocular viewing systems?
1 December 2022
| David Haider
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EYE - General
I recently had the pleasure to visit Vision Engineering’s headquarters and manufacturing facility in Woking, UK. Vision Engineering have built an international reputation for engineering microscopes that provide 3D visualisation without the use of traditional optical eyepieces. Although the company...
My Top Five: Duke Elder Undergraduate Ophthalmology Prize Exam Tips
1 December 2022
| Paras Agarwal, Oana Vonica, Zaria Ali
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EYE - General
The prestigious Duke Elder Undergraduate Ophthalmology exam in the UK is aimed at medical students who have completed their ophthalmology undergraduate teaching but is open to all medical undergraduates provided they have not graduated at the time of the examination....
