Coronavirus: the daily optics briefing
Suppliers adapt to maintain support during outbreak
A number of frame, lens and surfacing suppliers are continuing operations to support practices providing urgent or essential appointments during the outbreak
“Now is the time to transition into looking at the opportunity”
Owner of Jones and Co. Styling Opticians, Conor Heaney, shares insight into how his practice is operating in the coronavirus pandemic and how his peers should use this time as an opportunity to grow
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- Boots provides support in COVID-19 testing for NHS staff
- UK optical practices feel the business impact of COVID-19
- Optical bodies share guidance for use of PPE
- “This experience has made me realise the importance of a thorough and experienced optician”
- OFNC labels GOS fee freeze “a serious injustice”
Specsavers events go digital
Specsavers to run its MiniPAC event series as online learning for practitioners
CooperVision launches Learning Academy
The company has brought forward the launch of its eLearning platform to support staff training
Scientists use VR to simulate glaucoma
City, University of London research has explored how head mounted displays can be used to illustrate the visual challenges faced by those with glaucoma
AI signals babies at risk of sight-threatening disease
Technology that could help to identify those at risk of the most severe form of retinopathy of prematurity has been fast-tracked for approval by the FDA
“As a locum, your career is literally in your hands”
The AOP Awards 2020 Locum of the Year, Prinal Patel, shares the moving image that first sparked her interest in optics
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OFNC labels GOS fee freeze “a serious injustice”
The fee remains unchanged for a fifth consecutive year
“Optometry? I absolutely love it”
AOP Awards 2020 Lecturer of the Year, Dr Rakhee Shah, on passing a love for clinical practice on to the next generation
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“This experience has made me realise the importance of a thorough and experienced optician”
Optometrist at the Lancashire-based Broadhurst Optometrists, Jennifer Smith, and her patient June Williams, discuss how a routine check-up unveiled a choroidal melanoma
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C-73847 Abnormalities of the eyelid
Practitioners should review the images in this feature and use their clinical knowledge, along with additional resources where required, to answer the questions
CET points: 1
Published: 29 February 2020 | Closes: 24 April 2020
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C-73811 Disinfection and patient comfort with soft contact lens care solutions
This article discusses the current evidence of disinfection and ocular comfort reported with the various soft contact lens care solutions available in the UK
CET points: 1
Published: 29 February 2020 | Closes: 24 April 2020
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C-74171 Understanding employee wellbeing in optical practice
In this article, antecedents and consequences of employee burnout and wellbeing are described with reference to job demands, job resources, and theories of occupational stress
CET points: 1
Published: 29 February 2020 | Closes: 24 April 2020
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