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This CPD article looks at the role of clinical leadership in healthcare and its relevance in the context of optometry

Closed: 25 Mar 2022

This CET exam describes the theory of cultural competence and its significance to eye care practice

Closed: 28 Dec 2021

In this Survival Pack CET Video exam, we look behind the curtain of secondary care to hear how referral letters are received and dealt with. We hear from an optometrist whose job it is to triage...

Closed: 28 Dec 2021

This Survival Pack CET exam provides an overview of the visual factors associated with reading difficulties in school-aged children

Closed: 28 Dec 2021

This CET exam describes health literacy, its relevance, challenges and outcomes. Communication interventions to promote health literacy in healthcare practice are suggested

Closed: 02 Jul 2021

This CET exam offers guidelines about maintaining professional boundaries and standards when using social media and advises how individual practitioners, businesses and the profession as a whole can...

Closed: 08 May 2021

This CET exam outlines two scenarios highlighting how to communicate effectively to patients with AMD, thereby avoiding the potential for complaints.

Closed: 08 May 2021

This CET exam considers the practical implications of cataract development, and advice to help prepare patients for surgery, and outlines the improvements that surgery can make to lifestyle

Closed: 27 Dec 2020

This CET exam discusses ways to ensure that practitioners are able to communicate effectively with patients to help them address their fears, anxieties and concerns

Closed: 30 Oct 2020

This CET exam outlines the steps and procedures needed to return to optometry after a career break from the perspective of the practitioner and the employer

Closed: 04 Sep 2020

This CET lecture helps practitioners provide remote care for patients in a safe, effective way, both as part of the care they provide in their everyday practice and during exceptional circumstances,...

Closed: 19 Aug 2020

In this CET Video exam, AOP clinical director, Dr Peter Hampson, gives a unique insight into the three most common types of legal claims that are handled by the AOP’s in-house legal and regulatory ...

Closed: 27 May 2020

CET exam will cover important considerations for the clinician in their assessment and management of children who may have suffered from non-accidental injury

Closed: 22 May 2020

In this CET exam article, antecedents and consequences of employee burnout and wellbeing are described with reference to job demands, job resources, and theories of occupational stress

Closed: 24 Apr 2020

This CET exam will explore the beliefs eye care professionals hold about daily disposable silicone hydrogel contact lenses, contrasting that thinking with current fitting practice and patient expecta...

Closed: 27 Dec 2019