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Welcome to OT 's Education library, where you can access archived CPD and CET articles, webinar recordings and video skills guides covering 31 topic areas.
This CPD exam presents the factors involved in measuring visual acuity and proposes a protocol for testing
Author/s: Jonathan Shapiro BSc (Hons) FCOptom FAAO FEAOO
Closed: 31 Dec 2024
Professor Bruce Evans presents his survivor’s guide to orthoptics for the busy practitioner. This video will run through investigation and management of every day binocular vision problems. It will help you identify incomitancy and those abnormalities which require referral. After the video, participants will answer 6 MCQs before being directed to a discussion about the topic on LinkedIn.
Author/s: Professor Bruce Evans BSc PhD FCOptom FAAO FEAOO FBCLA DipCLP DipOrth
Closed: 09 Mar 2024
This OT skills guide will share insight on how to adapt to patients who are bedbound during a domiciliary sight test
Published: 28 Dec 2023
This OT skills guide will share insight on what tools and equipment optometrists require in order to perform a domiciliary sight test
This article covers recent changes to laser vision correction and phakic intraocular lens implants which can correct a wide range of refractive errors and have applications in post-operative corneal transplant management.
Author/s: Marcello Leucci BSc (Hons) Dip Tp (IP), Daniel Gore
Closed: 03 Nov 2023
This CPD exam considers the discussions that practitioners can have with patients prior to cataract surgery to enable them to be left with the refraction that best suits their lifestyle
Closed: 02 Sep 2022
This Survival Pack CET exam provides an overview of the visual factors associated with reading difficulties in school-aged children
Author/s: Dr Caroline Chambers PhD MCOptom
Closed: 28 Dec 2021
This CET exam will discuss the incidence, types and visual optics of anisometropia, its impact upon amblyopia, the optical effects which anisometropia may cause and suitable management options
Author/s: Jo Mackenzie BSc (Hons) MCOptom PG Cert TLCP DipTP(AS) DipTP(SP) DipTP(IP) PG Cert HCL
Closed: 02 Jul 2021
This CET exam outlines the approaches that can be taken to help explain the implications of refractive outcome to parents of children with myopia
Author/s: Sarah L Morgan BSc (Hons) MCOptom MPhil FAAO FBCLA
Closed: 27 Dec 2020
This CET exam outlines the implications of refractive status at a key milestone in a child’s visual development, particularly in the context of myopia
Closed: 30 Oct 2020
This CET Video exam describes how professional perceptions of the value of prisms to treat defects of binocular vision can differ. When are they a lifeline or an unnecessary crutch? Professor Anna Horwood, an experienced orthoptist, will cover prism therapy in various binocular vision anomalies. There is a surprisingly weak evidence base for their value, efficacy and long-term outcomes, despite them being a mainstream treatment with undoubted value
Author/s: Professor Anna Horwood PhD DBO(T)
Closed: 22 Sep 2019
This CET exam discusses the options for managing patients presenting with diplopia in routine practice
Author/s: Fabrizio Bonci Dip Optom (ITA)
Closed: 23 Aug 2019
