Career development
Insight into the career options that are available within optics from those who have been there and done it
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OT poses a monthly scenario from a practitioner. This month, we look at meeting the needs of patients with hearing loss with optometrist Cirta Tooth
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OT speaks to Susan Bowers, Ross Henderson and Martin Hood, three of the first class of optometrists to gain their independent prescribing qualification when it was introduced 12 years ago
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Rochdale-based locum optometrist Atif Hussain was one of the first to sign up to work for the NHS’s Test and Trace team. He tells OT about his new role handling local outbreaks
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Second edition highlights advances in diagnostic imaging techniques and treatment
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Co-author of the Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) ophthalmology national report, Professor Carrie MacEwen, and lead ophthalmologist at Hinchingbrooke Hospital, Dr Chris Stephenson, discuss how optometry can alleviate strain on NHS ophthalmology departments
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Optometrist Madeline Hocking and professional services consultant at Visioncall Dr Scott Mackie discuss the domiciliary eye care company’s dementia-friendly training programme
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Optometrist and OT clinical editor for multimedia, Ceri Smith-Jaynes, provides a 20-minute tutorial on contact lenses
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Orbis-supported integrated eye care worker in Ethiopia’s Dita district, Tsehay Tsambalo, discusses the role that she plays in helping to eliminate trachoma and give people their sight back
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Consultant ophthalmologist and chief medical officer at Visulytix, Sameer Trikha, discusses the synergies between eye care and technology and how he believes artificial technology will impact optics
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OT speaks to three optometrists about how they became comfortable fitting and offering contact lenses to patients when they were newly-qualified