Career development
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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
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Pre-reg optometrist Peter Grant on how problem solving in practice can have an important impact on patients’ wider health
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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
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From 2022, students can choose to study optical care services as part of their second year of a T level in Healthcare Sciences
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Emily Mather, pre-reg optometrist at Moorfields Eye Hospital in London, on finding variety across different clinics in the first weeks of her placement
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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
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A to Optometry
"Providing a voice for my fellow students and colleagues is something I value greatly"
Second year optometry student, Indy Ghuman, tells OT what he enjoys about being on the AOP’s student committee
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Pre-reg optometrist Luke McRoy-Jones on balancing work and study and preparing for his first assessment
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The Scottish practitioner has received the College of Optometrists’ highest qualification
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Moorfields ophthalmologist Pearse Keane is among experts scheduled to speak at a one-day online course