Practitioner stories
Optometrists, dispensing opticians and eye care professionals from across optics share their stories
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Lorraine Shields, a retina nurse in the UK, on working collaboratively to ensure that patients receive appropriate diabetes care
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Specsavers Haverfordwest director, Andy Britton, on how an interest in clinical optometry has helped him achieve his goals
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Optometrists share their reflections a year after the first UK lockdown on 23 March, 2020
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Pre-reg optometrist, Hafsah Raja, shares with OT the value of friendship, collaboration and support in fellow optometrist and friend, Brooke Hutchins
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Anjana Taank, of Cambridge independent Taank Optometrists, on bouncing back from a fire and flood during the pandemic
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Dr Liat Gantz on lightbulb moments, running research experiments, and the importance of coffee
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An optometrist saved my life“My blood pressure was so high that I could have had another stroke or a heart attack”
Patient Robert Adams, 75, and optometrist, Iain Milne, from Ellerker Opticians, a Hakim Group practice in Shrewsbury, on identifying signs of a stroke
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It is time to ease the burden on secondary care and expand the role of the low vision optometrists in the certification of vision impairment, optometrist Rebecca Bartlett explains to OT
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What I have learned“Cultural awareness is a very important skill to have, especially in a profession such as optometry”
Senior lecturer at The University of Melbourne, Dr Kwang Cham, and students Jonah and Tiffany, share how creative responses to the topic of professionalism and cultural awareness can enhance understanding
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Described as an influential, charismatic and visionary leader in optometry, Professor Cole died on 27 January 2021