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Valuable resources for FRCOphth Part 1 exam preparation

24 November 2021 | Yifan Chen | EYE - General

The FRCOphth Part 1 exam is a difficult exam with an average pass rate of 46% in the last year. It is a requirement before entry into the third year of ophthalmology specialty training (OST). Passing this exam during foundation...

Ophthalmic exposure for emergency medicine doctors

2 August 2024 | Edward Saxton | EYE - General

Emergency medicine is a challenging specialty which requires managing a range of acute issues. In this article, I explore the experiences of emergency doctors towards ophthalmic cases presenting in the emergency department, identifying what initiatives have helped trainees. Emergency medicine...

Assessment and management of dry eye disease

1 August 2018 | Sofia Rokerya | EYE - Cataract, EYE - Refractive

This paper is an update on the assessment and management of dry eye disease (DED). According to the second International Dry Eye Workshop 2017, “Dry eye is a multifactorial disease of the ocular surface characterised by a loss of homoeostasis...

A missed intraocular telescope – an opportunity to re-focus the evidence

4 February 2021 | Hani Hasan, Jennifer McMahon, Guy Smith | EYE - Cornea, EYE - Vitreo-Retinal, EYE - Imaging, EYE - General

Intraocular telescopes allow magnification of the image so that it would be projected into a larger area of the macula, this makes the central defect caused by dry age-related macular degeneration (AMD) smaller. The most common approach is a Galilean...

Climb every mountain!

2 August 2024 | David Lockington

Recently, on a weekend break away in the beautiful Cairngorms, I foolishly let it be known that I had never actually climbed a ‘Munro’, despite having moved from Northern Ireland to Scotland nearly 17 years ago! For the unaware, Munros...

Don’t miss Optometry Tomorrow 2024

22 February 2024 | BCLA, optometry, optometrist, Optometry Today, contact lens, conferences, events

There is still time to register for the College of Optometrists’ flagship event, Optometry Tomorrow.

Burnout: ubiquitous and unavoidable?

3 August 2023 | Meriam Islam | EYE - General

Meriam Islam reminds us of the importance of ‘putting our oxygen mask on first’ and avoiding burnout while we progress through our careers. Burnout. It’s a term we hear a lot. What does it mean though? According to Merriam Webster,...

VISION 2020 LINKS: Retinoblastoma  in Africa

1 October 2015 | Marcia Zondervan, Lindsay Hampejsková, Sunday Abuh, Sharai Shamu, Mayuri Makan, Rosie Brennan, M Ashwin Reddy, Richard Bowman | 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 VISION 2020 LINKS Programme is part of the ‘VISION 2020: The Right to Sight’ global initiative to eliminate avoidable blindness [1]. The LINKS Programme works with overseas eye departments to help identify priorities and match their priority needs with...

The role of injection assistant devices in establishing a nurse-led AMD service

1 April 2018 | Hani Hasan | EYE - Vitreo-Retinal

The author shares his experience of setting up a nurse-led service to deliver anti-VEGF intravitreal injections and how injection assistant devices supported training. Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) has become a leading cause of irreversible blindness [1]. It is estimated that...

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