Coronavirus

OT  spoke to students, Saira Saleem and Nkosi Yearwood, about their experience of the past year and the challenges and changes ahead

As lifestyles evolve through pandemic restrictions, the way contact lenses are introduced is also changing. OT  speaks to Johnson & Johnson Vision on engaging patients and improving conversion

Following a year of disruption, OT  investigates what effect the pandemic could have for students and pre-registration optometrists entering the profession – and what the wider implications might be for the way optometry is taught to future generations

Pre-reg optometrist Peter Grant on how problem solving in practice can have an important impact on patients’ wider health

Over a year on from the first lockdown in the UK, OT  is reflecting on the disruption current students and pre-registration optometrists have experienced, and the hurdles that remain

Optometrist and AOP clinical director, Dr Peter Hampson, discusses infection control in practice during the pandemic

How can practitioners prevent contact lens dropout, and what methods are they using to achieve this? OT  sought to find out

100% Optical will deliver a virtual event between 23–24 May, offering education and interactive CET, as well as networking and meeting opportunities. OT  found out more…

Optometry Wales chief executive, Sali Davis, and Angharad Bowie, optometrist at Haverfordwest Specsavers, give OT  an insight into optometry’s role in the COVID-19 vaccination programme in Wales

Russell Bickle, general manager for Shamir UK, on the effects of COVID-19 and the key areas of opportunity for practices to engage patients