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OT ’s clinical multimedia editor and IP optometrist, Ceri Smith-Jaynes, discusses her journey into optometry and why she decided to gain her IP qualification
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OT talks with clinicians about how independent prescribing has changed their practice – and explores how the qualification can develop in the future
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Amit Sharma, optometrist and director at Hakim Group's Pinder & Moore Opticians, in Kingswinford, and lecturers at Ulster University, Dr Julie McClelland and Patrick Richardson, discuss a special cohort of IP training
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What trailblazing IP optometrists have learned over the last decade in practice
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Antimicrobial prescribing guidance for conditions such as blepharitis, conjunctivitis and cellulitis have been refreshed
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Practice owner Peter Frampton was in the first class of optometrists to qualify in independent prescribing, in 2009. More than a decade on, he explains how having a fully IP staff has huge benefits for the contact lens side of his business
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Is qualification the start of your education journey, and what does further learning mean to you?
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Evidence suggests therapeutic prescribing has a positive impact on enhanced services, while a placement bottleneck is among barriers identified
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The GOC has agreed to a “more flexible” approach to meeting logbook requirements in independent prescriber training, a decision expected to help optometrists complete their training
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OT spoke with BCLA president, Indie Grewal, ahead of the publication of the Contact Lens Evidence-based Academic Reports in March