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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 CET exam outlines the tests and conditions related to the accommodation system that can be encountered in optometric practice
Author/s: Niall Hynes BSc (Hons), MCOptom
Closed: 09 Feb 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)
This CET exam will offer practical advice and strategies on how to successfully support patients with learning disabilities around their eye care and vision needs
Author/s: Lisa Donaldson MCOptom
Closed: 25 Aug 2017
This CET exam presents a series of binocular vision cases, which may be encountered routinely in practice. The clinical features and management is described in each scenario
Author/s: Victoria Tang BMedSci (Hons)
Closed: 20 Jul 2017
This visual recognition feature tests the practitioner’s ability to identify a range of binocular vision anomalies
Author/s: Dr Andrew Logan PhD, MCOptom, DipTp (IP), Dr Samantha Strong BSc (Hons), PhD, AFHEA
Closed: 13 May 2017
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
In the second part of this series, the latest research relating to our understanding of eye dominance will be explored with its significance considered in relation to sport and monovision correction
Author/s: Professor Brendan Barrett
This lecture will provide an up-to-date guide to nystagmus, covering diagnosis, classification and how to modify a standard routine. Currently available treatments will be discussed
Author/s: Dr Matt Dunn
Closed: 02 Sep 2016
Practitioners regularly encounter patients with nystagmus in practice, especially in the low vision setting. This first article in a two part series provides an up-to-date guide to nystagmus, covering...
Closed: 05 Aug 2016
Part 1 of this two-part series considers the different methods of determining eye dominance and its relevance in practice.
This article allows practitioners to understand when it is appropriate to prescribe spectacles to young children, and on what basis the correction should be worn
Author/s: Margaret Woodhouse
Closed: 08 Jul 2016