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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.
Headaches commonly come up in discussion in optometric practice, but how do you know when to reassure and when to refer? In this CPD video, Lorcan Butler explains the difference between primary and secondary headaches, with detail about handling the patient with migraine. He highlights those red flag symptoms that could indicate a sinister cause and warrant an urgent referral. After the video, you will be directed to a closed discussion group on LinkedIn to interact with your peers.
Author/s: Lorcan Butler BSc (Hons) MCOptom FBDO Prof Cert Paed Eye Care
Closed: 31 Oct 2025
This OT skills guide will introduce viewers to managing patients with migraines
Published: 17 Oct 2025
This OT skills guide will introduce viewers to the sinister symptoms to watch out for in patients with headaches
In this video, Lorcan Butler will discuss the four main neuro-optometric presentations that a clinician can expect to come across in children: paediatric idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) and papilloedema; pseudopapilloedema and optic disc drusen; paediatric optic neuritis; and Horner’s syndrome. The video will outline the clinical differences compared with adult presentations, highlighting the need for practitioners to adopt a nuanced approach when examining children. After the video, participants will answer 6 MCQs before being directed to a discussion about the topic on LinkedIn
Closed: 28 Feb 2025
It is indisputable that eyes are essential for sight; however, conscious perception of the visual world relies heavily on the processing capabilities of the brain. The purpose of this presentation is to discuss: the extent of cortical involvement, how the experience of the brain can influence perception and what the implications for this are, and how scientists over the years have been able to devise visual illusions and scientific measures to prove that the brain dictates what we see
Author/s: Dr Samantha Strong BSc (Hons) PhD AFHEA MEd
Closed: 18 Apr 2023
This CPD exam is intended to raise awareness of the signs and symptoms of childhood brain tumours among optometric practitioners
Author/s: Dr Deborah Armstrong BSc (Hons) PhD MCOptom DipTp(IP)
Closed: 28 Dec 2022
This video will describe the main features of papilloedema and pseudopapilloedema and consider the examinations needed to make a differential diagnosis. The risk factors involved for each differential diagnosis, the associated symptoms, the importance of record-keeping and the urgency of referral will all be discussed. After the video, participants will answer six MCQs before being directed to a discussion about the topic with their peers on LinkedIn
Closed: 14 Mar 2022
This VRICs exam features four cases of neuro-ophthalmic vision loss. Readers are invited to review the images and access additional resources where required to answer the questions
Author/s: Dr Daniel Epshtein OD
Closed: 05 Mar 2021
Recorded at 100% Optical, this video shows how the eye provides us with our sense of time and influences sleep and therefore overall health. The lecture will address how light is detected by specialised photoreceptors for the regulation of circadian rhythm and sleep. We will consider the impact of ocular disease and the new drugs being developed in the field of circadian therapeutics.
Author/s: Professor Russell Foster
Closed: 02 Mar 2021
This CET exam will explain how magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can be used to assess the consequences of retinal disease on the brain and discuss why this should be considered in the context of visual restoration
Author/s: Holly D Brown MSc, Professor Antony B Morland PhD
Closed: 27 Dec 2019
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 outlines the characteristics and clinical investigation of children presenting with cerebral visual impairment and considers strategies to support these patients
Author/s: Lisa Donaldson MCOptom
Closed: 26 Jul 2019
