Career development

Following a year of disruption, OT  investigates what effect the pandemic could have for students and pre-registration optometrists entering the profession – and what the wider implications might be for the way optometry is taught to future generations

Pre-reg optometrist Peter Grant on how problem solving in practice can have an important impact on patients’ wider health

Over a year on from the first lockdown in the UK, OT  is reflecting on the disruption current students and pre-registration optometrists have experienced, and the hurdles that remain

From 2022, students can choose to study optical care services as part of their second year of a T level in Healthcare Sciences

Emily Mather, pre-reg optometrist at Moorfields Eye Hospital in London, on finding variety across different clinics in the first weeks of her placement

GCSE and A-level students will receive grades submitted by their teachers this year in place of exams that are unable to take place due to the pandemic

Second year optometry student, Indy Ghuman, tells OT  what he enjoys about being on the AOP’s student committee

Pre-reg optometrist Luke McRoy-Jones on balancing work and study and preparing for his first assessment

The Scottish practitioner has received the College of Optometrists’ highest qualification

Moorfields ophthalmologist Pearse Keane is among experts scheduled to speak at a one-day online course