Practitioner stories

Practice Building director, Andy Clark, tells OT  how playing guitar gives him a sense of escape

Optometrist Shamina Asif talks to OT  about how to best support Muslim colleagues and patients during the Muslim holy month

OT  speaks with optometrists, Dr Martin Smith and Sheena Tanna-Shah, about how they prioritise wellbeing within their working lives

“He was very quiet and he was not afraid. He was intrigued by the mirrors”

Dispensing optician and self-titled director of happiness, Garry Kousoulou, launched his guide to contentment at work at 100% Optical

OT  talks with University College London visiting professor and consultant neuropsychologist Narinder Kapur

As a workforce, optometrists are more likely to be balancing work and childcare commitments than in the past. OT  delves into the trend

Former UK optometrists, Dr Euan McGinty and Dr John Wilson, share their experience of practising in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia

How to pin down the gap between NHS reimbursement and the ‘true cost’ of a sight test? Optometrist Dr Neelam Patel started by crunching the numbers at the High Street practice where she worked. She shares her findings with OT 

“On my first day as a lecturer I was told that I couldn’t go into the staff common room because secretaries weren’t allowed”