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RCOphth Annual Congress 2026

18 May 2026 -21 May 2026
The Royal College of Ophthalmologists (RCOphth) Annual Congress 2026

A guide to utilising your time efficiently to develop clinical and procedural skills as an aspiring ophthalmologist

4 February 2025 | | EYE - General
Ophthalmology often receives limited coverage in the undergraduate medical curriculum, and the availability of foundation programme jobs in this field is also restricted, reducing exposure to this field for aspiring ophthalmologists. Even if you’re not planning to specialise in ophthalmology,...

The Scottish Optometry Awards

13 August 2025 | optometry, events, meetings, Scotland, awards
Join us at the inaugural Scottish Optometry Awards dinner dance at the Glasgow Radisson Blu Hotel on Saturday 15th November. Drinks 7.00 for 7.30pm. Dinner 7.30–9.00pm. Awards 9.00–9.30pm. Dancing with DJ 9.30–11.30. On the Saturday evening at the Scottish Optical...

Preview: ISD-DE 2024

6 February 2024 | dry eye, isd-de, congress, event, annual, Dacryology
A preview of the 14th Congress of the International Society of Dacrylogy and Dry Eye, in London 29–31 May 2024.

Conference Report: Scottish Ophthalmological Club Spring 2025 Meeting

5 June 2025 | | News, Report, Conferences, Meetings, UK, Scotland, SOC
The biannual Scottish Ophthalmological Club (SOC) meeting took place on 21 February 2025 in the rolling hills of Stirling at the Stirling Court Hotel. Kindly hosted by NHS Forth Valley, the free paper session commenced after a cordial opening message...

The ophthalmologist’s elbow: a potentially painful point of contact

1 February 2015 | | EYE - General
Three months ago I leant, in the customary manner, on the box of my indirect lens at the slit lamp to examine a patient’s fundus. An acute and severe pain in the tip of my elbow immediately interrupted me. I...

Preparing for modern ophthalmic surgical training as a trainee

9 December 2022 | EYE - General
As a trainee in ophthalmology, every day you are learning more and more about the specialty. In addition, you will most likely be exploring the vast array of subspecialties that ophthalmology has to offer, and would probably be trying to...

The International Council of Ophthalmology: what is it and is it useful for UK ophthalmologists?

1 April 2018 | | EYE - General
ICO Director for Examinations and Assessments, Simon Keightley, explains the history and role of the organisation today, as well as outlining recent changes to the ICO examinations. The International Council of Ophthalmology (ICO) is the only international medical specialty organisation...

Useful digital resources for the modern ophthalmologist

1 April 2019 | | EYE - General
In the age of the internet and a smartphone at everyone’s fingertips, here are some free resources I have found to be useful on the job, and hopefully will be of use to you too. Feedly (Android/iOS): Better known as...

Simulated ocular surgery – strabismus surgery

1 October 2015 | | EYE - Oculoplastic, EYE - Orbit
See also Simulated ocular surgery and Simulated ocular surgery: pars plane vitrectomy and scleral buckling surgery Strabismus surgery requires a range of skills, distinct to those required for intraocular surgery. Even if a trainee does not plan to become a...

The creation of PlayDoh<sup>®</sup> models as an educational tool for teaching anatomy of the eyelid

1 July 2018 | | EYE - Oculoplastic, EYE - General
An understanding of the anatomy of the eyelid is essential for training in oculoplastic surgery. Active learning has been shown to increase knowledge and retention and has an advantage over passive teaching methods alone [1,2]. PlayDoh® models have been used...

Addressing childhood blindness in sub-Saharan Africa

2 August 2024 | | EYE - Paediatrics, EYE - Strabismus
In this article, the authors explore paediatric ophthalmology subspecialist fellowship training in African nations south of the Sahara. Until recently, most African ophthalmologists who wished to pursue a subspecialty ophthalmology training fellowship had to go abroad. There is a huge...