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Ophthalmology Lecture Notes (Twelfth Edition)
1 October 2021
| Omar Mostafa
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EYE - General
During medical school, our seniors often told us that the easiest way to remember something is to understand it. And rightly so, when I came across the Ophthalmology Lecture Notes textbook as a student I realised that the key to...
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...
GREG (Gloucestershire Research & Education Group): Introduction to Grading Diabetic Retinopathy (DR)
11 November 2024
-12 November 2024
This course has been designed to introduce students to grading in diabetic retinopathy, based around national standards. It consists of pre-course online learning, and two days of face to face training. It explores diabetic retinopathy in depth, and provides students with an extensive understanding of how this condition is classified.
The teaching is provided by Gloucestershire Research & Education Group and participants will receive an in-house certificate from the Gloucestershire Research & Education Group, on successful completion.
Survey of current undergraduate ophthalmology teaching in the United Kingdom
1 October 2019
| Farihah Tariq, Mohamad Loutfi, Nazim Ghouri, Mark Watts
Is there a crisis in ophthalmic education? The British Undergraduate Ophthalmology Society surveyed medical students and junior doctors to evaluate current ophthalmology teaching across medical schools in the UK. British medicals schools are currently not obligated to include ophthalmology within...
Virtual reality pupil assessment software
1 October 2021
| David Haider
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EYE - General
For Oct/Nov 2021 we review a virtual reality (VR) solution for training and assessing pupil function. Different types of VR exist, and the application described here is used on the Oculus Quest or Pico headsets. The user wears a headset...
Building research capacity through the VISION 2020 LINKS Programme
1 August 2017
| Philip Burgess, Stephen Gichuhi, Simon Arunga, Mike Burdon, Marcia Zondervan, Allen Foster (Prof)
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EYE - Cataract, EYE - Cornea, EYE - Glaucoma, EYE - Imaging, EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology, EYE - Oculoplastic, EYE - Oncology, EYE - Orbit, EYE - Paediatrics, EYE - Pathology, EYE - Refractive, EYE - Strabismus, EYE - Vitreo-Retinal, EYE - General
The aim is to build capacity for research in the region covered by the College of Ophthalmology of Eastern, Central and Southern Africa (COECSA). The project will build research capacity in three ophthalmology training institutions by ‘training the trainers’ and...
Congratulations to the SOC poster prize winners!
24 September 2021
The Scottish Ophthalmological Club (SOC) recently hosted another excellent webinar on the theme ‘Post COVID – The Best of Times and The Worst of Times'.
Clinical tutor enjoys rewarding nature of volunteering
Bradford University Clinical Tutor, Benji Chandra, celebrates five years of supporting the needs of homeless people this summer.Crisis at Christmas Opticians celebrate 20-year partnership
The London Crisis at Christmas Opticians and Eyecare Service, which is run as a partnership between Crisis, the national charity for people experiencing homelessness and Vision Care for Homeless People, celebrated its 20th year in December, with the service growing from one initial clinic to nine in London.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...
NHS Lothian donates ophthalmic equipment to Ukraine
24 July 2023
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NHS, NHS Lothian, Aid, Ophthalmology, Charity, International, Peter Cackett, Edinburgh, Ukraine, Kyiv
Following the outbreak of the war in Ukraine, an NHS Lothian doctor has set his sights on distributing donations to his Eastern European counterparts.
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.
