The time to update the GOC’s requirements for independent prescribers is now, explains the regulator’s director of education, Leonie Milliner

OT  will launch its CET survival pack in September, designed to help practitioners meet the requirements of the current CET cycle. Clinical multimedia editor for OT , Ceri Smith-Jaynes, shares all you need to know about the CET survival pack

OT  talks with clinicians about how independent prescribing has changed their practice – and explores how the qualification can develop in the future

Amit Sharma, optometrist and director at Hakim Group's Pinder & Moore Opticians, in Kingswinford, and lecturers at Ulster University, Dr Julie McClelland and Patrick Richardson, discuss a special cohort of IP training

Pre-reg optometrist and AOP Councillor, Luke McRoy-Jones, on being signed off for Stage 1, preparing for Stage 2 and looking ahead to the OSCEs

Optometrists Ameerah Riaz Ahmed and Nasir Ahmed speak to OT  about how the pandemic and having their first child during lockdown 1.0 led them on a career path they never intended

AOP chairman, Dr Julie-Anne Little, on the rapid innovation in telemedicine and tech, the impact of COVID-19 on the profession, and how independent prescribing is making its mark

OT  speaks to Susan Bowers, Ross Henderson and Martin Hood, three of the first class of optometrists to gain their independent prescribing qualification when it was introduced 12 years ago

Patty Perreira, co-founder and designer of the eyewear brand, Barton Perreira, tells OT  about her eyewear style icons, and where she draws her design inspiration

Dr Scott Mundle, immediate past president of the World Council of Optometry, on the decision behind the resolution to make myopia management a standard of care and what comes next for practices