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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 VRICS exam presents a range of optic nerve pathologies. Practitioners should use their clinical expertise and access additional resources where necessary to complete the questions
Author/s: Stanley Keys FCOptom, Dip Glauc, Dip Tp (IP)
Closed: 22 Feb 2019
This CET Video exam introduces the basics of brain imaging - MRI and CT scanning. Vision and visual-motor problems are commonly caused by neurological disease. Filmed at the London Therapeutics Co...
Author/s: Leonard V. Messner
Closed: 26 Dec 2018
This VRICS exam presents a series of anomalies resulting from cranial nerve damage for the practitioner to interpret
Author/s: Prashant Shah MCOptom, PGDipOphth, DipClinOptom, Yashita Shah MCOptom, PGDipOphth
Closed: 07 Sep 2018
Optometrists are regularly the first point of call for patients experiencing symptoms due to a brain tumour. This CET exam highlights the signs and symptoms that might present during an eye examinatio...
Author/s: Jasmin Patel MOptom (Hons), MCOptom
This CET article outlines the basic principles of high-level processing and uses a series of visual illusions to explain the underlying mechanisms
Author/s: Dr Samantha Strong BSc (Hons), PhD, AFHEA, Dr Corinne Fulcher BSc (Hons), PhD
Closed: 10 Aug 2018
This CET exam provides an overview of early visual processing and describes how the properties of some of these neurons may give rise to a number of visual illusions
Author/s: Dr Corinne Fulcher BSc (Hons), PhD, Dr Samantha Strong BSc (Hons), PhD, AFHEA
Closed: 06 Jul 2018
This CET Video exam describes how to differentiate between high-risk and low-risk neuro-ophthalmology presentations in optometric practice, with insight into how these are investigated by oph...
Author/s: James Acheson
Closed: 06 Mar 2018
This CET exam considers visual deficits associated with Alzheimer’s disease and dementia, and how these may affect patients in everyday life
Author/s: Dr Laura E Sweeney PhD, BSc, MCOptom, Dip Tp(IP), FHEA, Julia Blair MSc, BA (Hons)
Closed: 09 Feb 2018
This CET exam considers the classification of and different approaches to managing ptosis
Author/s: Dr Narendra Kumar BAMS, DROpt, PGCR
Closed: 27 Dec 2017
Perception is the final stage in the visual pathway. Over the years, several case studies of patients with perceptual dysfunction have enriched our understanding of the normally functioning visual sys...
Author/s: Dr Matt Dunn
Closed: 08 Dec 2017
This VRICS exam requires the practitioner to interpret the pathological features present at the optic nerve head
Author/s: Dr Samantha Strong BSc (Hons), PhD, AFHEA, Dr Jonathan Denniss
This CET exam considers the clinical applications of visual evoked potential for objective assessment of visual function in practice
Author/s: John Maguire
Closed: 22 Sep 2017