Pre-reg focus

Getting over the first patient nerves

Olympia Haralambous reflects on her first month as a hospital pre-reg optometrist

26 September 2018

To view this content, please log in.

Not a member or subscriber? Join AOP today for access to a whole range of benefits, or subscribe to OT for immediate access to our premium content.

Comments (0)

You must be logged in to join the discussion. Log in

Watch OT’s Skills Guides

Skills Guide

Managing the patient with migraines

This OT skills guide will introduce viewers to managing patients with migraines

Skills Guide

History and symptoms: sight test

This OT skills guide will introduce viewers to taking history and symptoms at the start of a sight test

Skills Guide

History and symptoms for contact lenses

This OT skills guide will introduce viewers to taking history and symptoms for contact lenses

Skills Guide

Headaches: red flag symptoms

This OT skills guide will introduce viewers to the sinister symptoms to watch out for in patients with headaches

Skills Guide

Dry eye: therapeutic management

This OT skills guide will introduce viewers to the therapeutic management of dry eye

Skills Guide

Dry eye: investigative techniques

This OT skills guide will introduce viewers to a range of techniques that can be used in practice for investigating dry eye

Skills Guide

Dry eye: history and symptoms

This OT skills guide will introduce viewers to taking a history and symptoms for dry eye patients

Skills Guide

Assessing the fit of a rigid gas permeable contact lens

This OT skills guide will introduce viewers to assessing the fit of a rigid gas permeable contact lens

Skills Guide

Assessing the fit of a soft contact lens

This OT skills guide will introduce viewers to assessing the fit of a soft contact lens

Chosen for you

A close up of the view finder of a piece of optical equipment in a consulting room

Frustration over plans for digitising referrals without “fully costed plan for a national roll-out”

AOP

09 Jun 3

Emma Spofforth and Nizz Sabir sitting on an sofa holding the AOP chairman medal

Leadership, continuity and change: AOP chairman handover

AOP

08 Jun 7 min read

Faayza is wearing a shirt and sits at a table with a bunch of flowers

How I got here

“I know how frustrating it can be when you don’t feel heard”

Career development

05 Jun 8 min read 8 mins

The audience at the HG Roadshow event at Old Windsor

Three insights from the HG Roadshow event at Old Windsor

Career development

11 Jun 5 min read

June/July 2026

The Practice resilience edition

05 Jun

Quick links

Quick links

Pre-reg focus

Getting over the first patient nerves

Comments (0)

Watch OT’s Skills Guides

Managing the patient with migraines

History and symptoms: sight test

History and symptoms for contact lenses

Headaches: red flag symptoms

Dry eye: therapeutic management

Dry eye: investigative techniques

Dry eye: history and symptoms

Assessing the fit of a rigid gas permeable contact lens

Assessing the fit of a soft contact lens

Chosen for you

Frustration over plans for digitising referrals without “fully costed plan for a national roll-out”

Leadership, continuity and change: AOP chairman handover

“I know how frustrating it can be when you don’t feel heard”

Three insights from the HG Roadshow event at Old Windsor

The Practice resilience edition

Quick links

Getting over the first patient nerves

Comments (0)

More Pre-reg focus

Chosen for you