Selina Powell

Assistant editor

Selina Powell is assistant editor for Optometry Today, where she focuses on covering the latest innovations and research in eye health. She also profiles what optometrists get up to outside of the consulting room through her regular Secret life of the optometrist feature.

Selina worked as a journalist for weekly and daily newspapers in New Zealand before moving to the UK in 2016.

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  AOP to host free webinar on the GOC's Education Strategic Review

  GOC director of education, Leonie Milliner, will provide an overview of planned changes to education and how optical professionals can have their say

  • OT news and features
  • Pulished 10 Sep 2020
  • by Selina Powell

  AOP GOC Education
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  New AOP register connects pre-reg optometrists with practices

  The AOP has launched an online register that enables students to list their availability for pre-reg placements

  • OT news and features
  • Pulished 21 Aug 2020
  • by Selina Powell

  AOP Practice management Coronavirus Pre-regs
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  CET claims window opens in England

  Claims can now be lodged online for a Continuing Education and Training allowance

  • OT news and features
  • Pulished 05 Aug 2020
  • by Selina Powell

  AOP Education CET
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  AOP reduces membership fee by 20% in response to COVID-19 pandemic

  “The AOP Board is acutely aware of the cashflow difficulties many of our members are having at this unprecedented time”

  • OT news and features
  • Pulished 02 Apr 2020
  • by Selina Powell

  AOP Practice management Business Coronavirus
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  Milestone moments

  OT  takes a look at landmark events in optometry over the past six decades

  • OT news and features
  • Pulished 10 Jan 2020
  • by Selina Powell

  AOP Government NHS Business Multiple Independent OCT Feature
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  Optometrist of the Year finalists

  AOP Optometrist of the Year finalists speak to OT 

  • OT news and features
  • Pulished 04 Dec 2019
  • by Selina Powell

  AOP AOP Awards Practice owners Business Business management Feature
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  The Education Strategic Review in a nutshell

  AOP policy director Tony Stafford (pictured) delves into what the GOC’s planned transformation of optical education means for practitioners

  • OT news and features
  • Pulished 02 Oct 2019
  • by Selina Powell

  AOP GOC Feature
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  Q&A: Professor Roger Anderson

  The HOAC speaker on how ancient armies tested vision, reducing variability in testing and why visual acuity charts will always have a place

  • OT news and features
  • Pulished 19 Sep 2019
  • by Selina Powell

  AOP Hospital optometrists Sight test AMD Events
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  AOP Council considers transformation of optometric education

  The GOC’s Dr Subo Shanmuganathan received feedback from councillors on the optical regulator’s plans for an overhaul of education and training

  • OT news and features
  • Pulished 05 Jul 2019
  • by Selina Powell

  AOP AOP Council GOC
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  Q&A: AOP policy manifesto

  Past AOP chair, Kevin Thompson, shares his thoughts on a short and accessible summary of AOP policy

  • OT news and features
  • Pulished 12 Jun 2019
  • by Selina Powell

  AOP Government NHS AOP Council Communication