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This VRICS exam considers different approaches to taking dispensing measurements using a range of devices

Closed: 05 Mar 2021

In this CET exam, scientific evidence will be combined with clinical experience in order to outline best practice when fitting scleral contact lenses

Closed: 05 Mar 2021

This CET exam explores the visual challenges that patients face when driving in suboptimal conditions and outlines potential solutions

Closed: 05 Mar 2021

This CET exam discusses lighting in the home and how it relates to the performance measured in practice, and includes a methodology for assessment in a domiciliary environment along with ideas on how ...

Closed: 05 Mar 2021

This CET exam gives an overview of some of the accessibility options and apps used by people with vision impairment to make their lives easier

Closed: 05 Mar 2021

This VRICs exam features four cases of neuro-ophthalmic vision loss. Readers are invited to review the images and access additional resources where required to answer the questions

Closed: 05 Mar 2021

Recorded at 100% Optical, this video shows how the eye provides us with our sense of time and influences sleep and therefore overall health. The lecture will address how light is detected by...

Closed: 02 Mar 2021

If you've found our recent CPD articles on effective contact lens management for children and young people helpful, take a look at these resources to continue expanding your knowledge.

Published: 20 Jan 2021

In OT’s guide, we have seen why children benefit from wearing contact lenses. But are they a suitable option for these youngsters?

Published: 19 Jan 2021

Most infants have a significant refractive error at birth, with the majority having hyperopia (longsightedness). The level of hyperopia decreases during infancy and early childhood, with most children...

Published: 18 Jan 2021

Jodie Pendlebury, a staff nurse in Liverpool, tells OT about her day-to-day work in paediatric ophthalmology...

Published: 16 Jan 2021

Feedback from young patients tells us that contact lenses give them a sense of freedom to do the activities that they want to do, to not have to think twice about what they are doing, and to be ...

Published: 15 Jan 2021

Published: 14 Jan 2021

Ceri Smith-Jaynes, OT's clinical editor multimedia editor and an IP optometrist in a High Street independent practice, explains two cases that she's encountered.

Published: 13 Jan 2021

There are many good reasons that contact lenses should be offered to all patients irrespective of age, because of the positive impact they can have on quality of life. This is especially the case for...

Published: 12 Jan 2021