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The most memorable patient encounters and what they taught me

3 April 2026 | | EYE - General
In ophthalmology, some encounters blend quietly into the rhythm of clinic. Others stay with us, shaping how we practice and who we become as clinicians. These moments become the unexpected teachers of our training. They are subtle yet leave a...

My message to future ophthalmology teaching fellows: Organising an effective ophthalmology placement

2 October 2025 | | EYE - General
Globally, teaching ophthalmology during the undergraduate period presents challenges. The time allocated for it is minimal with substandard exposure [1,2]. Additionally, the number of universities mandating formal ophthalmology education has significantly declined [3]. Research supports the observation that doctors in...

UK doctors seek new opportunities down under

18 July 2023 | travel, Australia, GP, opportunities, jobs
Australian medical clinics and recruiters are seeing a significant rise in applications and enquiries from UK General Practitioners hoping to move down under. As junior doctors strike for more pay and pressure increases on the NHS, Australia is becoming an...

Free Q3 Lunch and Learn Training Webinar: The mediSIGHT Glaucoma Pathway

29 September 2023
In this free lunch and learn webinar we will take you through the entire Glaucoma pathway in mediSIGHT including: How to use surgeon defaults for more efficient clinics Medication defaults Visual Fields Viewer Optic disc height fields Glaucoma summaries chart...

My ophthalmology taster week experience at Whipps Cross Eye Treatment Centre

3 April 2023 | | EYE - General
Deciding to explore ophthalmology Having read about ophthalmology, I have always found myself fascinated about what a career in ophthalmology entails. I have often wondered what ophthalmologists actually do, as we as medical students did not have a lot of...

Celebrations for 20 years of VCHP ring out from the city

10 October 2023 | VCHP, Vision Care, Homeless, Charity, Volunteering
20 years of Vision Care for Homeless People, and the 18,000+ people who have been helped to better vision through the regional drop-in clinics, were celebrated by a host of volunteers, charity founders and generous donors from the optical community last week.

Designing ophthalmology services - Part 1: How do we address the queues in a clinic?

23 January 2020 | | EYE - General
This first of a three-part series shows how systems engineering can be used to correctly diagnose and address the causes of delays in a clinic. The second article, which will be featured in the April/May 2020 issue, describes how to...

Quality matters in the management of serious eye disorders

1 June 2019 | | EYE - Cataract, EYE - Glaucoma, EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology, EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
The author discusses the first quality standard for serious eye disorders from NICE and takes a look at new care models for enhanced service delivery. Patient backlogs pose risks to patient safety, with research showing that people are losing sight...

Eye testing at home – developing an app for measuring vision

5 October 2020 | | EYE - General
COVID-19 has made home vision monitoring a necessity. Stephanie Campbell shares how her idea for a vision testing app that would engage patients became a reality. Months before COVID-19 first began to mutate to its human host, there was a...

Letter from America: Orbit and oculoplastic fellowship, University of California, San Diego

1 June 2014 | | EYE - Oculoplastic, EYE - Orbit
I was the fortunate recipient of the 2012 Keeler Scholarship, granting me the incredible opportunity to undertake a fellowship at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) in orbital, oculoplastic and reconstructive surgery. My fellowship mentors were the renowned Professor...

My experience of the transition into a specialist orthoptist role

1 August 2018 | | EYE - General
Michelle Dent discusses the process of transitioning into a new role and the pros and cons along the way. An opportunity arose for a permanent, full time, band 7 specialist role in the medical retina (MR) team in the Newcastle...

The Eye Health Network – an ‘optometry-first’ approach to eye care

1 April 2014 | | EYE - Cornea
Historically, in NHS Grampian, ophthalmology and optometry worked separately, with even the process of optometry referral to hospital occurring only at the behest of the patient’s general practitioner (GP). Criteria for referral were not discussed and feedback after referral was...