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OT  spoke to students, Saira Saleem and Nkosi Yearwood, about their experience of the past year and the challenges and changes ahead

The College shared that the temporary changes had been “invaluable” in allowing the progression of pre-registration optometrists through the Scheme for Registration during the pandemic

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

Pre-reg optometrist Peter Grant on how problem solving in practice can have an important impact on patients’ wider health

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

Pre-reg optometrist, Hafsah Raja, shares with OT  the value of friendship, collaboration and support in fellow optometrist and friend, Brooke Hutchins

Emily Mather, pre-reg optometrist at Moorfields Eye Hospital in London, on finding variety across different clinics in the first weeks of her placement

Pre-reg optometrist Luke McRoy-Jones on balancing work and study and preparing for his first assessment

The product has specially designed features to direct warm currents of air away from the lens

While a number of previously raised concerns have been addressed in the new requirements, the AOP committed to monitoring developments, sharing that “This does not mean our concerns about the ESR have all been resolved”