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My Top Five: Trinkets of fact or fiction

3 June 2024 | | EYE - General
Trinkets of adult wisdom are often delivered to children alongside warnings of catastrophic outcomes. In this article we present five ‘facts’ about eye health and vision and ask the question: to what extent are these ideas backed up by literature?...

My ophthalmology elective: Reflections from Singapore

4 August 2025 | | EYE - General
Why do an ophthalmology elective? An elective in ophthalmology can offer a unique opportunity to delve deeper into the highly competitive specialty beyond the confines of the medical school curriculum, while experiencing a healthcare system in a new cultural setting....

Leadership and management in optometry: why is it important?

1 April 2018 | | EYE - General
The General Medical Council recognises that leadership and management is essential for every doctor, and provides guidance detailing management and leadership responsibilities [1]. Indeed, management and leadership is part of the core training for all medical trainees. However, to date,...

My Top Five: Debunking common myths in ophthalmology and vision care

29 August 2024 | | EYE - General
In the field of eye health, numerous misconceptions persist. Let’s examine five prevalent myths and uncover the truth behind them. Myth 1: Wearing glasses weakens your eyesight Origin: This myth likely originated from the observation that people often need stronger...

Gambia-Swansea Partnership: Technical support in our 16-year partnership

3 February 2026 | | EYE - General
I have been involved in the Gambia-Swansea VISION 2020 LINK now for more than 16 years. I hope that this article will be of some interest to anyone considering volunteering overseas, as part of a LINK or in any other...

Sustainability in ophthalmology and healthcare: An overview

2 April 2025 | | EYE - General
Finally, even staunch sceptics are coming around to recognising that climate change is real and that we should do something about it. But how proximal the threat is and at what pace change has to happen is not universally agreed...

See sweet to C-suite: Carrie MacEwen

2 April 2025 | | EYE - General
The business world tells us, “Know your why.” But increasingly, we live in a society where people think, “Why bother?” In this interview, David wants to know what makes Carrie MacEwen tick, and why she bothered to get involved locally,...

The challenges of rural optometry and how independent prescribing has helped

1 February 2017 | | EYE - General
Why move from a busy professional independent Aberdeen optometry practice over 200 miles to one of the most remote places in the United Kingdom? I could talk about the professional challenge of supporting a rural community, or the chance to...

Management of squint with near-distance angle disparity

5 February 2020 | | EYE - Cataract, EYE - Refractive, EYE - General
These are a group of strabismus disorders where the angle of misalignment is different between near and distance. The focus of this article will be on the patients where the angle for near exceeds the distance angle by more than...

Congenital cranial dysinnervation disorders (CCDDs)

3 October 2022 | | EYE - General
The term congenital cranial dysinnervation disorder (CCDD) was introduced by Gutowski et al. in 2003 to describe strabismus conditions that result from developmental error in innervation of some of the extraocular muscles. Examples of these conditions include Duane’s syndrome and...

What's trending Apr/May 2020

1 April 2020 | | EYE - Cataract, EYE - Refractive, EYE - Vitreo-Retinal, EYE - General
#punch #shark Nick Minogue, a 60-year-old New Zealander, was surfing off Pauanui Beach when he was attacked by a Great White Shark. Luckily, he recalled advice that sharks are vulnerable if hit in the eyes or the nose. His first...

Hype or helpful: ChatGPT

5 June 2023 | | EYE - General
It would have been hard to miss all the attention chatbots have received over the last few months. Whilst ChatGPT is easily the most well-known example of the large language models that have become so widespread of late, artificial intelligence...