Practitioner stories
Optometrists, dispensing opticians and eye care professionals from across optics share their stories
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Australian optometry duo, Drs Paul and Kate Gifford, have created a unique T-shirt club among clinicians and researchers combatting myopia. OT speaks to its members
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Research orthoptist Helen Kuht, and NIHR clinical lecturer Dr Mervyn Thomas discuss a project to bring the benefits of AI to paediatric ophthalmology
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Optometrist Farah Hasham on teaching children about eye care through a pirate-themed children’s book
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Author Ben Shaberman talks to OT about how families affected by blindness helped to inspire his new novel, Retina Boy
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Professor Arnold Wilkins highlights how fluorescent lighting could be causing eye-strain and headaches in schools and offices
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Newly-qualified optometrist and AOP Council member, Josie Evans, discusses the importance of dual monitors during eye exams with young patients
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Locum optometrist at Specsavers, Zeeshan Khalid (pictured), and mother of 10-year-old patient Eve (pictured), Penny Wilson, discuss a referral that led to the identification of a brain tumour
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While the barriers to change in primary and secondary care can appear insurmountable, Julie Dowdney sets out a vision where local NHS teams, orthoptists, optometrists and ophthalmologists collaborate and learn together
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Optometrist and independent practice owner of Edwards & Walker Opticians, Pretty Basra, talks to OT about her interest in children’s vision, her PhD and balancing work, study and family life
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Fitting contact lenses for older children and teenagers can have a positive emotional impact, improving self-perception and confidence, even in those who are typically happy to wear glasses, optometrist and Cardiff University lecturer, Dr Katharine Evans explains