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Whiteboard illustrations added to pre-surgery timeout procedure

1 October 2021 | Lauren R Hepworth | EYE - Paediatrics, EYE - Strabismus

The authors present results of a quality improvement initiative. A whiteboard illustrated with right and left eyes with views of the extraocular muscles was developed, the board also contained spaces for the patient’s name, deviation, versions and the procedure name....

Children’s visual acuity test without professional supervision

3 April 2024 | Ivan Yip | EYE - Paediatrics, EYE - Strabismus

With increasing outpatient demand there has been an innovative shift to involve patients managing their own condition. This article compares visual testing carried out by an orthoptist with usual clinical methods, an orthoptist using the iSIGHT Test Pro and a...

Biometry and IOL choice errors

1 April 2018 | EYE - Cataract, EYE - Refractive

In the next instalment of this series I focus on problems associated with biometry and intraocular lens (IOL) selection for cataract surgery. I have taken previous medicolegal cases I have dealt with and tried to extract some learning points and...

Home testing can help glaucoma patients, new study shows

29 June 2021

Nearly 60,000 people in Scotland living with glaucoma could benefit from carrying out tests at home, a study funded by Sight Scotland and the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh has shown.

Optoversity Challenge draws 12 universities together

27 February 2025 | charity, Vision Care for Homeless People, VCHP, fundraising, trainees, medical school, students, opportunities, competition

Out of the Box Optic’s Optoversity Challenge 2025 has brought 95 students from 12 UK universities together to take part in the exciting competition. The annual event – now in its ninth year – is a major fundraiser for Vision...

The Case of Dr Bawa-Garba – Where does the buck stop?

1 August 2018 | Amar Alwitry | EYE - Vitreo-Retinal, EYE - General

The case of Hadiza Bawa-Garba has left all of us in the UK medical profession with an uncomfortable taste in our mouths. We all know that we work under pressure and we will inevitably make mistakes. We all know that...

Should we move towards procedure-specific consent forms?

1 October 2017 | Shizhuan Tan, M Arunakirinathan, A Rajasekaran, SA Sadiq | EYE - General

The consent process represents the patient’s acceptance of the information provided to them and an agreement to undergo an intervention as suggested by a health professional. Effective doctor-patient communication, ensuring the succinct delivery of the necessary points in a way...

Lost in translation

1 June 2022 | Peter Cackett, Nathan Ng | EYE - General

The article that follows is a collection of reflections and observations by Peter (British) and Nathan (Singaporean) living and working in each other’s countries. Peter Cackett “Best thing about this place is it’s not still full of pompous ex-colonials who...

Planes, trams, and auditoriums: Beware predatory conferencing

4 December 2024 | Rod McNeil | 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

Predatory open-access journals and predatory conferences are considered the two main areas of predatory infiltration in academic medicine that are of growing concern [1–7]. Unsolicited publishing requests from potentially predatory publishers occur frequently among faculty in ophthalmology [8]. Predatory conferencing...

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