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CHEC launches new CPD programme for 2025
18 February 2025
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CPD, training, professional development, education, trainees, ISP, independent, industry
CHEC, a community healthcare provider delivering specialist ophthalmology services in partnership with the NHS, has launched a new CPD programme to help optometrists to enhance their skills, expand their knowledge, and improve patient care. The comprehensive programme of accredited CPD...
The Eye in History
1 June 2015
| Shirley Hancock
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EYE - Cataract, EYE - Cornea, EYE - General, EYE - Glaucoma, EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology, EYE - Imaging, EYE - Oculoplastic, EYE - Oncology, EYE - Orbit, EYE - Paediatrics, EYE - Pathology, EYE - Refractive, EYE - Strabismus, EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
Amongst the numerous texts that are available, one occasionally encounters a history of ophthalmology. There is such rapid development of technology in recent years and one can get drawn into the minutiae of a particular subject, losing track of the...
Binocular summation with low contrast
The magnitude of binocular summation was investigated in normal control subjects using four different letter charts of varying type with fixed and variable contrast levels and spatial frequency to determine which tests most readily reveal binocular summation in normal subjects....UK ophthalmologists discuss value of ultra-widefield multimodality retinal imaging
Utilising optomap ultra-widefield (UWF™) multimodality retinal imaging with integrated SS (or SD) OCT in clinical practice contributes to identifying unexpected pathologies in a patient without visual complaints, report 81% of clinicians at industry webinar.Millions of patients benefitting from improved care as new NHS IT software rolled out
26 November 2024
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patient experience, NHS, UK, IT, platform, waiting list, NHS Federated Data, Ming Tang, Anna Hargrave, Abdi Abolfazl, NHS England
Innovative IT software designed to tackle waiting lists and reduce discharge delays has been rolled out across more than two thirds of the NHS. The NHS Federated Data Platform securely brings together data currently held in separate systems, making it...
Refractive Surgery Certificate One-Day Revision Course
17 September 2023
All the expert speakers hold the CertLRS, and many have been CertLRS examiners. Unique features of the course include division of topics into five domains (Good Medical Practice/Audit, Pre-op assessment, Laser treatments, Non-laser procedures, and Post-op assessment/complications). Further, there will...
AONT (Association of Ophthalmic Nurses and Technicians) Online Glaucoma Session
11 October 2023
Soft-launch of The Association of Ophthalmic Nurses and Technicians (AONT).
Moorfields International Corneal & Cataract Symposium 2024
12 October 2024
Mr Alexander Ionides & Mr Mark Wilkins, supported by Théa Pharmaceuticals, NuVison Biotherapies, Altomed Ltd. and Daybreak Medical, are pleased to invite you to register your place for the 2024 Moorfields International Corneal & Cataract Symposium!
The programme is under construction and will include 14 talks on current Cornea & Cataract topics from Moorfields, UK and international keynote speakers.
Confirmed keynote speakers include Dr Soosan Jacob from Dr Agarwal’s Group of Eye Hospitals, Chennai, India, Prof Adnan Tufail and Prof Paul Foster from Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
Thea are pleased to be the gold sponsors of this event along with Altomed, NuVision and Daybreak - silver sponsors.
General purpose AI: Transitioning from high performance in highly curated settings to useful applications in ophthalmology
2 August 2024
| Arun James Thirunavukarasu
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EYE - General
Artificial intelligence (AI) may be understood as the ability of machines to perform tasks which otherwise require human perception, reasoning, or learning. With the advent of deep learning, AI has achieved remarkable results across a wide range of medical tasks...
Long-term meibomian gland function following a single thermal pulsation treatment
1 December 2013
| Kwesi Amissah-Arthur
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EYE - Cornea, EYE - General
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LipiFlow thermal pulsation system, dry eye, meibomian gland dysfunction
Dry eyes secondary to blepharitis and or meibomian gland dysfunction, though extremely common, is an annoyingly difficult condition to treat for several patients. Part of this difficulty lies in the inability of most patients to follow intensive and often times...
OpenEyes – Community edition
1 October 2017
| David Haider
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EYE - General
Moving to an electronic patient record (EPR) is all the rage these days, even in the District General Hospitals (DGHs). When I am not writing these articles I work in one such hospital. At Bolton Foundation Trust we deployed OpenEyes...
