Active CET exams
Welcome to OT's CET section where you can take a range of CET, VRICS and CET Video exams in order to collect CET points.
Please note that when taking an exam, the MCQs may require practitioners to apply additional knowledge that has not been covered in the related CET article.
For more information on the requirements of the GOC's enhanced CET scheme, click here.
If you have any questions or queries relating to the CET that we offer, including missing points, you may be able to find the answer using OT’s new CET chatbot.
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An updated and expanded Infection control and prevention CET exam for 2021: In this lecture, Dr Peter Hampson explains how to protect staff and patients in practice as the pandemic continues. He shares current knowledge on how the virus is transmitted and how best to clean and disinfect. He presents the evidence about testing, vaccinations, air filters, temperature checks and social distancing
Exam type: Video
Practitioner type: O, DO
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This CET Video exam details the clinical features to look for when assessing choroidal naevi in practice. Guy Negretti explains when pigmented choroidal lesions should be referred to the hospital eye service and when they can be safely monitored within primary care. He discusses choroidal lesions that may mimic the appearance of a choroidal naevus, including choroidal melanoma
Exam type: Video
Practitioner type: O, DO
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This CET exam considers the possible complications associated with cataract surgery, their prophylactic and therapeutic management, together with the relative risk and mitigating factors for those complications
Exam type: CET
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Practitioner type: O, TO, DO
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This CET exam gives an overview of new high-tech devices designed for people with visual impairment, which provide high magnification, contrast enhancement, field expansion and text-to-speech
Exam type: CET
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Practitioner type: O, DO
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This CET exam outlines the options for optometric management of children with amblyopia
Exam type: CET
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Practitioner type: O, DO
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This CET exam provides an overview of the literature on the use of omega-3 for ocular health
Exam type: CET
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Practitioner type: O, TO, DO, CL
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This VRICS exam features a series of cases that commonly present to eye casualty. Readers are invited to review the images and access additional resources where necessary to answer the questions
Exam type: VRICS image-based
Practitioner type: O, TO
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This VRICS exam assesses the use, features and practical applications of ancillary tests commonly used in practice
Exam type: VRICS image-based
Practitioner type: O
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Survival pack
In this Survival Pack CET exam, Dr Katrina Schmid discusses the importance of detection and treatment of meibomian gland dysfunction at the earliest possible stage to prevent or delay the onset of dry eye
Exam type: CET
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Practitioner type: O, TO, DO, CL
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Survival pack
This Survival Pack CET Video recording of a webinar provides an update on the step-by-step assessment of patients presenting with ocular trauma and their initial management in a primary care setting. A section of the lecture will also cover the hospital management of these cases. The presentation contains graphic images of ocular and facial trauma
Exam type: Video
Practitioner type: O, TO, DO
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Survival pack
This Survival Pack CET exam will discuss the incidence, types and visual optics of anisometropia, its impact upon amblyopia, the optical effects which anisometropia may cause and suitable management options
Exam type: CET
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Practitioner type: O, DO, CL
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Survival pack
This Survival Pack CET exam outlines ways to support successful spectacle wear for children with learning disabilities. The role of dispensing in a multidisciplinary special school eye care team is discussed
Exam type: CET
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Practitioner type: O, DO
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Survival pack
Tear breakup time (TBUT) is a test commonly used to investigate and monitor dry eye. This Survival Pack CET exam explores the various methods of assessing TBUT, along with their strengths and weaknesses
Exam type: CET
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Practitioner type: O, TO, DO, CL
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Survival pack
In this Survival Pack CET Video exam, we look behind the curtain of secondary care to hear how referral letters are received and dealt with. We hear from an optometrist whose job it is to triage referrals, as well as from an ophthalmologist who is responsible for providing the right treatment in a timely manner with finite resources. They will discuss the content of a helpful and an unhelpful referral letter and how to build a better relationship between primary and secondary eye care
Exam type: Video
Practitioner type: O, TO
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Survival pack
This Survival Pack CET exam provides an overview of the visual factors associated with reading difficulties in school-aged children
Exam type: CET
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Practitioner type: O, DO
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Survival pack
This Survival Pack CET exam discusses the resurgence of orthokeratology (ortho-k), its role in myopia management, and the characteristics of lens designs
Exam type: CET
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Practitioner type: O, DO, CL
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Survival pack
This Survival Pack CET exam describes the impact of visual impairment in the workplace and the role that practitioners can play in helping these patients
Exam type: CET
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Practitioner type: O, DO
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In this CET video exam, Prof James Wolffsohn looks at the current evidence-base for myopia management options, to help you weigh-up the practical choices for your patients, as individuals. Indie Grewal takes us through implementing a myopia control strategy in practice, including how to communicate with parents and children.
Exam type: Video
Practitioner type: O, DO, CL
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This VRICS exam presents cases of ocular pathology related to diabetes. Readers are invited to review the images and access additional resources where necessary to answer the questions.
Exam type: VRICS image-based
Practitioner type: O
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The CET exam explains the main types of heterophoria and, most importantly, when it needs treatment
Exam type: CET
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Practitioner type: O, DO
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This CET exam outlines the clinical use and potential adverse effects that can arise with the use of fluoroquinolones
Exam type: CET
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Practitioner type: O, TO, CL
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This VRICS exam features a series of eye casualty cases. Readers are invited to review the images and access additional resources where necessary to answer the questions
Exam type: VRICS image-based
Practitioner type: O, TO
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This CET exam outlines the characteristics of Cushing’s syndrome and uses a case example to present the clinical features
Exam type: CET
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Practitioner type: O
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This CET exam describes the theory of cultural competence and its significance to eye care practice
Exam type: CET
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Practitioner type: O, DO
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This lecture presents real case examples of patients who attended a large ophthalmic emergency department. Helen Wilson, from Manchester Royal Eye Hospital, discusses the presenting signs and symptoms, differential diagnoses, ocular and systemic investigation and treatment regimes for these cases.
Exam type: Video
Practitioner type: O, TO
Education library
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- AMD 22
- Anterior segment 91
- Binocular vision 38
- Communication 53
- Contact lenses 88
- Cornea 15
- Diagnostics 145
- Dispensing 44
- Drugs 35
- Glaucoma 45
- Instrumentation 74
- Laser 11
- Legal and regulatory 30
- Low vision 29
- Myopia 28
- Neurology 39
- OCT 43
- Ocular surface disease 38
- Paediatrics 40
- Pathology 134
- Posterior segment 68
- Professional development 30
- Refraction 31
- Refractive surgery 13
- Research 41
- Retina 24
- Secondary care 29
- Surgery 30
- Systemic disease 44
- Therapeutics 82
- Visual fields 17
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