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Welcome to OT 's Education library, where you can access archived CPD and CET articles, Practice team resources and Skills guides covering 31 topic areas.
This article outlines the importance of taking a careful history from patients presenting with potential binocular vision anomalies
Author/s: Dr Catherine Porter PhD, MCOpotm, Simon Frackiewicz BSc (Hons) Optom, BSc (Hons) Orthop, MCOptom DipTp(IP)
Closed: 09 Sep 2016
This article provides an up-to-date outline of the clinical management options available for patients with nystagmus, including optical, surgical and pharmaceutical approaches. Treatments are divided...
Author/s: Dr Matt Dunn, Dr Helena Lee
There is strong scientific interest in understanding factors leading to myopia development and progression, and options for myopia control. In this CET exam article, scientific evidence will be combi...
Author/s: Dr Kate Gifford PhD, BAppSc (Optom) Hins, GCOT, FBCLA, FIACLE, FCCLSA, FAAO
Closed: 05 Aug 2016
This CET tests the practitioner’s ability to identify the type and clinical use for a range of diagnostic and therapeutic ophthalmic drugs
Author/s: Stanley Keys FCOptom, Dip Glauc, Dip Tp (IP)
Closed: 10 Jun 2016
This video details common and uncommon presentations of iritis. Dr Eric Schmidt presents diagnostic dilemmas and particular attention is paid to the systemic diseases associated with iritis. Dr Schmid...
Author/s: Dr Eric Schmidt
Closed: 07 Jun 2016
This article presents the classification, risk factors and management of retinal vein occlusion, outlining the implications for patients
Author/s: Kaykhosrov Manuchehri
Closed: 13 May 2016
Phototherapeutic keratectomy (PTK) allows superficial corneal pathology to be treated with greater success than previous treatment options and with minimal complications. This article will describe ...
Author/s: Prashant Shah MCOptom, PGDipOphth, DipClinOptom, Victoria Rowe
Closed: 11 Mar 2016
Sex hormones can affect the ocular surface contributing to dry eye; this article will summarise these effects on different ocular tissues and provide practitioners with information of sex hormone syn...
Author/s: Emma Gibson BSc (Hons), Professor Fiona Stapleton
Closed: 12 Feb 2016
Patients can present at all times of year with an ocular allergic response, but there is inevitably a spike in the number of cases during hay fever season. This CET exam gives a practical overview of...
Author/s: Dr Paramdeep Bilkhu, Dr Shehzad Naroo, Professor James Wolffsohn BSc, MBA, PhD, FCOptom
Closed: 23 Dec 2015
This CET exam discusses the diagnostic value of fluorescein and clarifies the current position regarding its use in the UK
In this article, a selection of corneal conditions is presented. Practitioners should consider the case history, delve into the sources of reference for background reading and answer the accompanying...
Author/s: Maria del Carmen Gonzalez Gallardo, Eirini Skiadaresi, Colm McAlinden, Miguel Gonalez-Andrades