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Managing Practitioner Stress and Burnout

Preventing burnout is key to maintaining well-being and job satisfaction. By recognising early signs and taking proactive steps, such as open communication, setting boundaries, practising self-care, and mindfulness, we can create a healthier, more supportive work environment.

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Nutrition and Ocular Health

Nutrition plays a crucial role in overall health, including eye health, yet it is often overlooked in clinical practice. By understanding the benefits of key nutrients, ECPs can provide targeted nutritional guidance to support long-term eye health.

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AMD: What's on the Horizon
Free Recorded Lecture

This recorded lecture explores cutting-edge advancements and strategies to preserve vision affected by AMD.

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How Optometrists Can Use Their IP Qualification to Manage Patients

This article explores how independent prescribing optometrists manage ocular conditions in community settings. Using real patient cases, it highlights their role in diagnosis, treatment, and referral, reducing pressure on GPs and hospitals while enhancing patient care.

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Laser Eye Surgery and Refractive Lens Exchange
A practical guide for primary care practitioners in 2025

This article serves as a guide to examine the suitability, success rates, and safety considerations of refractive surgery procedures.

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Applying Technological Advances in Daily Optometric Practice

This article explores early advancements in digital eyecare, shedding light on the technologies transforming optometry today, practical tips for integrating them, and what practitioners can expect moving forward.

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Examining the Diabetic Patient
Part 2

This article provides a comprehensive overview of referable diabetic eye disease, focusing on the ocular complications associated with diabetes, and their management.

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Binocular Vision Disorders in Children
Development, Diagnosis, and Management

This article covers the development, diagnosis, and management of binocular vision disorders in children. This article covers the development, diagnosis, and management of binocular vision disorders in children, focusing on conditions like amblyopia, strabismus, and convergence insufficiency. You will learn about visual development stages, critical periods of plasticity, and diagnostic techniques to identify and treat these disorders. It equips optometrists and eye care professionals with the knowledge and skills needed to manage paediatric patients with these conditions, emphasising early intervention for better outcomes. This CPD is worth 1 point and you can organise an optional discussion with a peer to earn an interactive point.

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Pigment Dispersion Syndrome

This article reviews the diagnosis of pigment dispersion syndrome in the UK, covering its epidemiology, risk factors, detection in primary care, and referral to HES.

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Pathology in Practice: Case Studies

This course includes a series of four case studies presenting with common pathology. For each case, a discussion on the diagnosis will help you to understand the signs and symptoms of these conditions, and guidance for onward referral and management.

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Examining the Diabetic Patient
Part 1

This article covers the ocular effects of diabetes, focusing on diabetic neuropathy and early non-referrable eye diseases.

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Eye Injuries in Sport

This course will identify the sports with the highest participation rates in the UK and will examine the frequency and types of eye injuries associated with these.

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Strengthening Colleague Communication in Optical Care

This article considers communication with colleagues within the optical practice environment. Exploring the multi-disciplinary team concept found in other healthcare sectors, this article will look at how adopting a multi-disciplinary team approach may help improve communication between colleagues and support patient-centred care.

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Light and the Eye Care Practitioner: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

The purpose of this article is to consider some of the pragmatic advice about light that eye care practitioners can give to patients to address common concerns about the impact of light on vision.

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What’s the Point of Bifocals?

This article looks at the various forms of bifocals available, and how we still need them in modern-day practice despite the introduction of ever-advancing technology to create progressive powered lenses.

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Geographic Atrophy and Age Related Macular Degeneration: Disease Management in a Primary Care Setting
Recorded Webinar

This recorded lecture covers the latest findings around peripheral retinal changes and the aetiology and progression of geographic atrophy and AMD.

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Chronic Open Angle Glaucoma

Focusing on open angle glaucoma in the UK, this article delves into its diagnosis and management, addressing epidemiology, risk factors, primary care detection, and referral pathways across devolved nations.

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Communication with Patients

Just as every iris has a unique pattern, each patient has their own priorities, needs and expectations. Dr Sarah Coope, Medical Educator/Coach and former GP explains how effective communication skills will help your team make a positive connection during appointments, and sets out her '5A' model for success.

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Binocular Vision Disorders in Children
Record lecture

This session will cover some of the common binocular vision disorders presenting in a paediatric population. There will be a focus on investigation, diagnosis and management of these conditions in relation to a primary care setting, and how to effectively manage these patients upon referral.

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Minor Eye Conditions Service: Inflammatory Conditions

The article explores the Minor Eye Conditions Service, focusing on red-eye presentations.

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Eye Care for Neurodivergent Patients

This article underscores the need for eye care professionals to tailor their practices for neurodivergent individuals, encompassing conditions like autism and ADHD. This piece highlights the importance of awareness, flexibility, and patience in communication and examination techniques to ensure equitable eye care access for the estimated 15% of the UK population who are neurodivergent.

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Soft Contact Lens Problems
Part 2

This is the second part of a two-part series reviewing soft contact lens complications and management. This article will focus on the less common contact lens complications seen in practice.

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Flashes and Floaters

This article provides a review and revision of the assessment of patients presenting in community optometric practice with flashes and floaters, including applications of modern ophthalmic imaging technology.

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OCT and Myopia – From Cradle to Grave
Recorded Webinar

This recorded lecture covers how OCT can improve the detection and monitoring of axial myopia and the problems related to it.

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New Technology, New Pathology
Multi-modal imaging as an enhancement to standard retinal examinations

This session, presented by Nicola Wood, is designed to demonstrate the benefits of multi modal imaging and the enhanced diagnostic capabilities use of this technology brings, instilling an enhanced level of confidence in the practitioner as a result.

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Specialist Contact Lenses - Part 2

This article offers a review of the use of specialist contact lenses to fit complex cases within a hospital contact lens clinic.

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Be Safe Not Sorry
Recorded lecture

Increase your ability to manage complaints effectively and develop a greater understanding of the new regulatory landscape.

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Cataract
Formation, Presentation and Regulation

This article will discuss how cataracts form, associated risk factors and their prevalence. It will also cover how to manage cataracts in practice and when referral is required.

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Keratoconus - Management, Guidance and Advice

The aim of this article is to assist you to manage keratoconus, and to guide and inform the patient to the best possible outcome.

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Inside the Lab: Spectacle lens manufacturing

Learn how your order for spectacle lenses is turned into a complete pair of glazed spectacles in 24 hours.

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Dry Eye: A Personal Perspective
Recorded webinar

Peter Charlesworth is an optometrist who suffers from dry eyes. In this recorded webinar, he'll take you through his journey from someone who manages patients' dry eyes to someone who manages their own dry eye.

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Cosmetics Conundrum: Ocular surface friend or foe?
Recorded webinar

This lecture will review the products that are frequently used around the eye and its adnexa, focussing on the ingredients that can be found lurking within them.

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Examining re-examination frequency

This article will discuss the guidance given to practitioners on recall frequency and discuss cases where early recall may be required.

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Swollen Optic Nerves- What do I do now?
Recorded webinar

Swollen optic nerves in the consulting room is not a normal appearance and can cause concern for the examining practitioner. It can be associated with numerous ocular conditions which may be sight and/or life threatening. This lecture will discuss the three most common pathologies and their differential diagnosis to aid the practitioner with their tentative diagnosis.

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Soft Contact Lens Problems
Part 1

This article will focus on the common contact lens complications seen in practice, including contact lens discomfort and contact lens induced dry eye.

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Myopia control: now is the time!

The article reviews the evidence for myopia control and provides practical tips that will facilitate ECPs in practising myopia control. Organise an optional discussion with a peer to earn an interactive point.

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Specialist Contact Lenses
Case studies

This article will review the use of specialist contact lenses to fit complex cases in a hospital contact lens clinic setting.

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How to Write Informative Ophthalmology Referrals

This article provides an overview of when we should make a referral to ophthalmology and offers some helpful tips on creating complete, good quality ophthalmology referrals for each of the various sub-specialities.

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Talking Unicorns: Paediatric Optometry Made Easy
Recorded Webinar

The aim of this webinar is to provide some of the tools to make it easier to manage preschoolers, or amblyopes, or young myopes.

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Minor Eye Conditions Service: Conjunctivitis

This article introduces the minor eye condition services available in community optometric practice, and focuses on presentations of conjunctivitis.

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Ischaemic Optic Neuropathies
Recorded Webinar

This recorded lecture will explore AION and NAION, signs and symptoms, treatment options, risk factors and the differential diagnosis between the two.

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Vision and Driving

The aim of this article is to review the visual standards for driving in the UK and to consider the role of the optometrist in applying these standards.

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Understanding Contact Lens Performance

This lecture discusses how soft materials have evolved over the last 20 years with a focus on material properties that affect the overall performance of the lens when on the ocular surface.

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Scleral Lenses for the Regular Eye

This lecture will examine the reasons to fit Scleral lenses on a non-ectatic eye, delegates will learn which eyes are suitable, how to determine the initial fitting lens, how to assess the fitting and make modifications to the fit based on clinical observations.

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Growing a Lifestyle Optometry Practice with Contact Lenses

This lecture will present how it is possible to grow your contact lens business, not only to help your patients but also your business.

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The Story of Comfort

This lecture will take insights from the BCLA CLEAR report on Contact Lens Complications and explore the concept of comfort in contact lenses.

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Interpreting Visual Fields

This article will cover the various methods of assessing the visual field. The main focus will be on static threshold testing; thought to be the gold standard of visual field examination.

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Unilateral Swollen Optic Nerves

This article will provide clinical pearls for you to take back to practice an implement straight away in aiding the differential diagnoses of unilateral swollen optic nerves.

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Paediatric dispensing

This article will explore the issues surrounding the developing facial anatomy of a child and why a small adults frame is rarely successful in dispensing the correction. Facial measurements will be considered, giving hints and tips on how to measure or estimate in certain circumstances, and also how these facial measurements and characteristics translate into spectacle frame requirements.

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Mental Health Matters: a Proactive Approach
Recorded Webinar

This recorded webinar will provide information and practical ideas on how you can protect your own mental health and identify signs of when we, or those close to us, are starting to struggle with particular reference to optometry.

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An overview of AMD

This article will provide a reminder of the pathophysiology and classification of AMD, before reviewing the current treatments and management options available. It will also discuss how to effectively and sensitively communicate AMD to patients, and highlight the information that should be provided.

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Minor Eye Conditions Service - Common Conditions
Recorded webinar

This recorded lecture covers the minor eye condition services available in community optometric practice and discusses common ocular conditions that are managed within these.

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Common Eyelid Lesions

This article will cover the aetiology, presentation and management of common eyelid lesions, including benign lesions, cysts and malignant lesions.

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Are you Fit to Practise?
Recorded Webinar

Complaints against optometrists can come from a variety of sources not just from patients, and only half of all fitness to practise cases are about about clinical issues such as missed pathology. This lecture will review the GOC’s fitness to practice procedure and will review the findings of recent FTP hearings to help you understand the common causes for complaint and how to avoid behaviour that could lead to fitness to practise proceedings in future.

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Triaging Urgent Eye Conditions in Optometry Practice
Recorded Webinar

Emergency and urgent eye condition triage is a process which involves the entire optometry practice team. Good awareness of red flag signs and symptoms amongst front of practice staff is vital, along with good clinical knowledge of the optometrist to aid effective triage. Having the correct processes in practice set up is also vital so that patients are seen without delay when the suffer a serious condition. This lecture will cover the key principles of an effective triage system within optometry practice.

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A Holistic and Functional Approach to Low Vision Rehabilitation

This article explains how to identify the needs of people with sight loss using effective history taking and gives an overview of common low vision aids, as well as an update on technological support available.

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Independent prescribing by Optometrists in a Community Setting

This article reviews how independent prescribing Optometrists already enhance eye health services in community practice and how each clinician can work within the boundaries of their own knowledge and skills.

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A Guide to Concomitant Deviations

As an eye care professional it is important to be aware of the different types of strabismus present, as well as their causes and management. The aim of this article is to provide clear information that will enable professionals to have the confidence to detect, diagnose and manage binocular vision patients effectively.

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Primary Angle Closure Disease
To treat or not to treat

This article describes angle closure related disease and its management in light of proposed new guidance.

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Facial Skin Lesions
Recorded Webinar

This recorded webinar will describe the most common skin lesions you are likely to come across and explain how to manage them.

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Post-operative cataract assessment in the community

This article proposes to highlight best practice when seeing post-operative cataract patients in optometric practice.

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Herpes Simplex Virus Keratitis
Clinical manifestations, diagnosis and management

This webinar outlines the epidemiology of Herpes Simplex Virus Keratitis, discusses its clinical signs, and discusses the diagnosis and management of Herpes Simplex Virus Keratitis.

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Solutions for patients with nystagmus

This recorded webinar discusses nystagmus and associated conditions and the potential benefits sometimes overlooked that contact lenses can offer as well as considering the current evidence base.

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Investigating and managing nystagmus in the orthoptic clinic

This lecture discusses the aetiology, classification, investigation and management strategies for nystagmus.

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1 in 1,000 things you never knew about nystagmus

This recorded webinar by the Nystagmus Network provides a unique view on the effects and impact of nystagmus from a patient's perspective as well as explaining the causes and classifications.

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OCT: A guide to differentiating lesions
Part 2

This article is the second in a series looking at how to understand lesions on OCT scans and differentiate them between various conditions and ocular pathology. We will explore disc scans and associated pathologies, as well as naevi and OCT-A.

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See well, play well, and be well
The relationship between vision, physical activity and BMI in schoolchildren

This lecture will review the Ireland Eye Study investigating whether refractive error and vision problems in children are associated with increased sedentary behaviour, reduced participation in physical activity and increases in body mass index.

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Adapt Your Examination: Visual Impairment

The aim of this article is to cover how elements of the routine primary care eye examination can be adapted for patients with visual impairment. While it isn’t intended as a guide to specific low vision assessments, we will discuss some straightforward elements of low vision practice that can be covered even within the confines of a General Ophthalmic Services sight test.

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New Technology - New Pathology - Updates
Recorded Webinar

As optometrists continue to invest in new diagnostic technology such as OCT and ultra-widefield retinal imaging, many of them embark on a natural steep learning curve as they get to grips with new imaging techniques. his webinar will help you understand and interpret multi-modal imaging combining OCT and ultra-widefield imaging.

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Business Aspects of Myopia Management
Recorded Webinar

This lecture discusses clinical optometric practice post-pandemic lockdowns, and shows how contact lenses in general have been a life saver for business during the last two years.

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The Trouble With Kids
Learning from complaints in paediatric care

In this article Richard Edwards of the OCCS uses three redacted case files to illustrate some key points for registrants to consider in handling customer concerns relating to paediatric eye examinations.

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Myopia: Commercialise and Communicate
Article

This article will initially consider the economic and clinical implications of myopia, before looking at how optometry might respond to these implications and what the duty of care is.

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A Guide to Incomitant Deviations

Many optometrists are uncomfortable with differentiating and managing incomitant deviations and this article aims improve knowledge and confidence in clinical decision making when presented with these patient cases. The main types of incommitant strabismus are summarised, including what to do when a patient presents with symptoms of various incommitant deviations.

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Evidence-based Myopia Management – Clinical Implications of the New Standard of Care
Recorded Webinar

This lecture will explore the reasons why the World Council of Optometry, European Society of Ophthalmology and International Myopia Institute are calling for an evolution in the standard of care for myopia management.

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Myopia: Commercialise and Communicate

This recorded webinar looks more closely, however, at ways in which practitioners can communicate the need for myopia management to their patients and how they can set up a viable myopia management service.

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Brain Tumours in an Eye Exam
Part 2

Nearly 12,000 people in the UK will be diagnosed with a brain tumour each year - that’s 31 per day. Approximately 30% of people with brain tumours report visual disturbances. This article is part 2 of a two part series by The Brain Tumour Charity discussing the top 10 signs and symptoms of a brain tumour that could be detected in an eye examination.

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The Lowdown on Demodex

Demodex is one of the most common, but often overlooked, causes of blepharitis and ocular surface inflammation, being associated with between 29% and 74% of all cases of blepharitis. This article will review demodex, its prevalence, its diagnosis and its treatment.

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Enhanced Services in Community Practice
Providing a Minor Eye Conditions Service

The investigation and treatment of a range of common eye conditions has become a significant part of community optometry practice. This article will explain some of the legal framework, practical issues around providing the service, and discuss the treatment of some common conditions.

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Dry Eye Disease: Diagnosing, managing and improving patient outcomes
Recorded Webinar

Dry Eye Disease (DED) is a multifactorial disease that for decades has been treated with OTC artificial tears from your local drugstore and baby shampoo.

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Initial Management of Common Ocular Diseases
Peer Review Pack

Registrant-led peer review pack for optometrists, dispensing opticians and contact lens opticians.

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Independent Prescribing
Peer Review Pack

Registrant-led peer review pack for therapeutic prescribers.

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Successfully Managing Dry Eye

In this course, we will discuss DED identification and management using the approach outlined in the Tear Film and Ocular Surface Society’s second International Dry Eye Workshop report (TFOS DEWS II).

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OCT: A guide to differentiating lesions
Part 1

This article takes a closer look at characteristics of the most common lesions and accompanying ocular conditions seen on OCT scans as well as how to differentially diagnose certain key pathologies in day-to-day practice. Case records will focus on macula pathology and how to diagnose and manage these conditions in practice.

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Brain Tumours in an Eye Exam - Common Signs & Symptoms

Nearly 12,000 people in the UK will be diagnosed with a brain tumour each year - that’s 31 per day. Approximately 30% of people with brain tumours report visual disturbances. This article is part one of a two part series by the Brain Tumour Charity discussing the top 10 signs and symptoms of a brain tumour that could be detected in an eye examination.

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Papilloedema is it or isn't it?
Recorded Webinar

The session will assist practitioners in safely managing patients who are suspected of having swollen optic nerve heads.

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I've already said this...The continuing importance of communication

This article discusses the importance of communication in clinical practice, the impact of remote consultation and PPE on communication, and methods for improving communication with patients.

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Addressing Data Security in Sightcare
Recorded Webinar

This recorded webinar addresses the security concerns central to providing optometry service across the UK.

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Expectations, implementation and responsibility for myopia control in 2021

With myopia control now being available in contact lens and spectacle lens correction there has never been a better time for young myopes.

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Understanding the tear film and supplementation

This article will cover the structure and function of the tear film, the changes that occur in dry eye disease, and assessment of the tear film. The properties and formulations of eye drops, and how they act upon the different layers of the tear film will also be discussed.

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Prescribing prisms in optometric practice
A user-friendly guide

Optometrists often report anxiety when they encounter a patient wearing prisms or who asks whether a prismatic correction would help their symptoms. This article attempts to de-mystify this area of optometric practice.

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Acanthamoeba Keratitis
Prevention is better than cure

This article will cover the prevalence of Acanthamoeba Keratitis, its aetiology, diagnosis and treatment. The main focus will be on prevention by patient education, and on early detection and referral.

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Tear Film and Supplementation
Recorded Webinar

The tear film acts as a barrier between the eye and the environment. It is a complex structure with many functions essential to maintaining ocular health.

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Fitness to Practise - The why and the how
Recorded webinar

Fitness to Practise – three words that can instil fear and panic into the strongest and most confident registrants. This recorded webinar provides an opportunity to explore the reality behind the myths, to understand more about the fitness to practise function of the General Optical Council, and see if you would reach the same outcomes as our decision makers do.

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OCT: Everyday Cases From Practice

Test your OCT skills and improve your understanding with these OCT cases from practice.

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Optimising Contact Lens Comfort for Wearer Success

In this multimedia article, Professor Philip Morgan reports how eyecare practitioners can reduce the number of people discontinuing contact lens wear by proactively addressing the issue of contact lens discomfort in practice.

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Independent Prescribing by Optometrists in a Hospital Setting

The article reviews how Independent Prescribing Optometrists work in a hospital setting, and discusses the management of various ocular conditions.

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Getting on the right tract with uveitis
Part 2

This course we will consider anterior uveitis in a systematic and logical approach.

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Enhancing the Eye Exam: Ultrawidefield and Autofluorescent Retinal Imaging
Calderdale and Kirklees LOC (Recorded Webinar)

The webinar and slides include images from different instruments to demonstrate the logical process of the image review. At each stage we will consider differential diagnosis. Including additional diagnostic tests that can be carried out to confirm or rule out potential diagnoses.

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Dry Eye Management in Primary Care
Recorded Webinar

This multidisciplinary webinar will help primary care providers including optometrists, GPs and pharmacists provide better management and a more effective patient journey for those presenting with dry eye in a primary care setting.

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Retinal Imaging - Case Studies

This course will present 5 patient case studies in which ultra-widefield retinal imaging has been performed. The diagnosis, management and referral protocols for each case will be discussed.

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Goldmann Applanation Tonometry

The aim of this article is to offer an overview of when we should use Goldmann Applanation Tonometry, how to carry it out, and provide guidance on how to minimise inaccuracies.

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Brush up on your BV
Recorded Webinar - North Yorkshire LOC

This recorded webinar focuses on the management of binocular vision anomalies in optometric practice.

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Ophthalmic Referrals
Recorded Webinar - North Yorkshire LOC

The aim of the session is to help optometrists understand what information is required by the hospital when writing a referral, to help improve local referrals.

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What's in a frame?

This article will give an overview of the history of spectacle frames and provide guidance for frame selection, fitting and adjustments, including paediatric dispensing and high-powered lenses.

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Precision for Astigmatism
Recorded Webinar

This webinar focuses on the journey of a new astigmatic contact lens patient and the range of options available to correct their prescription, with a focus on soft toric contact lenses.

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Multi Modal Imaging: How Ophthalmology Uses This Resource
North Yorkshire and Calderdale and Kirklees LOC (Recorded Webinar)

This presentation aims to inform delegates about the nature of different elements of multimodal imaging, how they are used in ophthalmology and to discuss certain pathological retinal cases.

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Peripheral Retina
Case Studies

This article provides a brief review of conditions that increase the risk of retinal detachment and includes 4 case studies.

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Infection control in practice

This article will discuss the danger zones for infection transmission, how to minimise the risk of transmission, and how to identify and protect vulnerable patients in practice.

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Ocular nutrition
Front to back

This presentation provides an overview of published literature on the role of nutritional supplementation in maintaining eye health with specific focus on dry eye disease and AMD.

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Why do we keep failing in patients with blepharitis?

In this recorded webinar Saj Khan offers a recap of the principles in management of blepharitis and identifies common areas of failure in treatment. The foundations of treatment, and recommendations to enhance communication and compliance are also discussed.

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A Clinician’s Guide to Nystagmus
Recorded Webinar

Nystagmus affects 0.24% of the population, yet it is a very poorly understood condition. Optometrists regularly encounter patients with the condition in practice, especially in the low vision setting. Knowing how to modify routines appropriately, as well as how to classify and potentially refer patients for treatment, helps maintain high clinical standards.

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Testing, Dispensing and Supporting Patients with Nystagmus

This webinar gives an overview of adapting routine optometric practice to satisfy the needs of patients with nystagmus.

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A Thoroughly Modern Presbyope
Recorded Webinar

This recorded webinar focuses on communication skills and understanding of today's presbyopes. It discusses different stages of presbyopia, the attitudes towards presbyopia and the overall awareness of the condition from the patient's perspective. It is designed to allow Optometrists, Contact lens Opticians and Dispensing Opticians, the opportunity to re-visit their own attitudes to presbyopia and reflect on their current practice.

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Managing dry eye for the busy practitioner

This article will highlight the management options available for dry eye disease, and also look at how other treatment modalities can be incorporated into our daily practice.

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Ocular Emergencies

This article provides an overview of ocular emergencies and their key clinical features.

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Dry Eye - Patients Do Not Have To Suffer In Silence

This recorded webinar will look at the prevalence and importance of ‘dry eye’, both in the UK and on a worldwide scale. An evidence-based, logical, and systematic approach, supported by recent global studies will enable delegates to encompass an empathetic and imaginative approach to both diagnostic and treatment programmes. A number of ‘real-life’ case studies will be observed, discussed and debated, with a realistic and pragmatic expectation of outcome and success.

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An Introduction to Visual Impairment
Recorded Webinar

An introduction to visual impairment discusses the principal causes of sight loss in children, adults and the elderly and the associated symptoms in the initial and advanced stages. It discusses the problems visually impaired people experience even when visiting eye care practitioners and considers what reasonable adjustments should be made to better serve such patients. A unique perspective is provided by the presenter who is registered blind.

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Ocular Surface Disease Review II

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Resolving health inequalities for homeless and vulnerable people

This article discusses the barriers faced by homeless people in accessing eye care and the difference an eye examination can make to this vulnerable population.

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Working safely as a locum

This article will highlight some of the practical and clinical issues locums may face and suggest solutions to mitigate them so you can practice safely and confidently.

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Ensuring contact lens compliance

This article will discuss the most common non-compliance factors for contact lens wearers and the associated consequences.

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Ch-Ch-changes in refraction

This article will consider how changes in refraction can indicate underlying pathology. The investigations that should be conducted to aid diagnosis will be discussed as well as management and referral procedures.

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Free-form progressive powered lenses
Improving outcomes, reducing mistakes

This article describes the considerations that need to be made when dispensing free-form progressive powered lenses and how to reduce non-tolerance in practice.

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Anterior segment tumours

This article will review the prevalence, aetiology, clinical features and treatment of the most common forms of anterior segment ocular tumours.

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A guide to low vision in practice

This article discusses the prevalence of low vision in the UK and provides guidance on assessing low vision patients. In addition, the various visual aids that can be dispensed, including traditional magnifiers and modern options are discussed.

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Looking at diabetes and the eye

This article covers the physiological effects of diabetes to explain diabetic eye disease and how to identify it.

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Contact Lens Verification and Identification

This article covers the methods and instrumentation required to identify and verify contact lenses.

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Managing Practitioner Stress and Burnout

Preventing burnout is key to maintaining well-being and job satisfaction. By recognising early signs and taking proactive steps, such as open communication, setting boundaries, practising self-care, and mindfulness, we can create a healthier, more supportive work environment.

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Pathology in Practice: Case Studies

This course includes a series of four case studies presenting with common pathology. For each case, a discussion on the diagnosis will help you to understand the signs and symptoms of these conditions, and guidance for onward referral and management.

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Eye Injuries in Sport

This course will identify the sports with the highest participation rates in the UK and will examine the frequency and types of eye injuries associated with these.

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Strengthening Colleague Communication in Optical Care

This article considers communication with colleagues within the optical practice environment. Exploring the multi-disciplinary team concept found in other healthcare sectors, this article will look at how adopting a multi-disciplinary team approach may help improve communication between colleagues and support patient-centred care.

1 CPD point
Chronic Open Angle Glaucoma

Focusing on open angle glaucoma in the UK, this article delves into its diagnosis and management, addressing epidemiology, risk factors, primary care detection, and referral pathways across devolved nations.

1 CPD point
Communication with Patients

Just as every iris has a unique pattern, each patient has their own priorities, needs and expectations. Dr Sarah Coope, Medical Educator/Coach and former GP explains how effective communication skills will help your team make a positive connection during appointments, and sets out her '5A' model for success.

1 CPD point
Eye Care for Neurodivergent Patients

This article underscores the need for eye care professionals to tailor their practices for neurodivergent individuals, encompassing conditions like autism and ADHD. This piece highlights the importance of awareness, flexibility, and patience in communication and examination techniques to ensure equitable eye care access for the estimated 15% of the UK population who are neurodivergent.

1 CPD point
Cataract
Formation, Presentation and Regulation

This article will discuss how cataracts form, associated risk factors and their prevalence. It will also cover how to manage cataracts in practice and when referral is required.

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Mental Health Matters: a Proactive Approach
Recorded Webinar

This recorded webinar will provide information and practical ideas on how you can protect your own mental health and identify signs of when we, or those close to us, are starting to struggle with particular reference to optometry.

1 CPD point
Common Eyelid Lesions

This article will cover the aetiology, presentation and management of common eyelid lesions, including benign lesions, cysts and malignant lesions.

1 CPD point
Are you Fit to Practise?
Recorded Webinar

Complaints against optometrists can come from a variety of sources not just from patients, and only half of all fitness to practise cases are about about clinical issues such as missed pathology. This lecture will review the GOC’s fitness to practice procedure and will review the findings of recent FTP hearings to help you understand the common causes for complaint and how to avoid behaviour that could lead to fitness to practise proceedings in future.

1 CPD point
Triaging Urgent Eye Conditions in Optometry Practice
Recorded Webinar

Emergency and urgent eye condition triage is a process which involves the entire optometry practice team. Good awareness of red flag signs and symptoms amongst front of practice staff is vital, along with good clinical knowledge of the optometrist to aid effective triage. Having the correct processes in practice set up is also vital so that patients are seen without delay when the suffer a serious condition. This lecture will cover the key principles of an effective triage system within optometry practice.

1 CPD point
Primary Angle Closure Disease
To treat or not to treat

This article describes angle closure related disease and its management in light of proposed new guidance.

1 CPD point
Facial Skin Lesions
Recorded Webinar

This recorded webinar will describe the most common skin lesions you are likely to come across and explain how to manage them.

1 CPD point
Post-operative cataract assessment in the community

This article proposes to highlight best practice when seeing post-operative cataract patients in optometric practice.

1 CPD point
Brain Tumours in an Eye Exam
Part 2

Nearly 12,000 people in the UK will be diagnosed with a brain tumour each year - that’s 31 per day. Approximately 30% of people with brain tumours report visual disturbances. This article is part 2 of a two part series by The Brain Tumour Charity discussing the top 10 signs and symptoms of a brain tumour that could be detected in an eye examination.

1 CPD point
Enhanced Services in Community Practice
Providing a Minor Eye Conditions Service

The investigation and treatment of a range of common eye conditions has become a significant part of community optometry practice. This article will explain some of the legal framework, practical issues around providing the service, and discuss the treatment of some common conditions.

1 CPD point
Independent Prescribing
Peer Review Pack

Registrant-led peer review pack for therapeutic prescribers.

3 CPD points
Successfully Managing Dry Eye

In this course, we will discuss DED identification and management using the approach outlined in the Tear Film and Ocular Surface Society’s second International Dry Eye Workshop report (TFOS DEWS II).

1 CPD point
OCT: A guide to differentiating lesions
Part 1

This article takes a closer look at characteristics of the most common lesions and accompanying ocular conditions seen on OCT scans as well as how to differentially diagnose certain key pathologies in day-to-day practice. Case records will focus on macula pathology and how to diagnose and manage these conditions in practice.

1 CPD point
Brain Tumours in an Eye Exam - Common Signs & Symptoms

Nearly 12,000 people in the UK will be diagnosed with a brain tumour each year - that’s 31 per day. Approximately 30% of people with brain tumours report visual disturbances. This article is part one of a two part series by the Brain Tumour Charity discussing the top 10 signs and symptoms of a brain tumour that could be detected in an eye examination.

1 CPD point
Addressing Data Security in Sightcare
Recorded Webinar

This recorded webinar addresses the security concerns central to providing optometry service across the UK.

1 CPD point
Prescribing prisms in optometric practice
A user-friendly guide

Optometrists often report anxiety when they encounter a patient wearing prisms or who asks whether a prismatic correction would help their symptoms. This article attempts to de-mystify this area of optometric practice.

1 CPD point
Fitness to Practise - The why and the how
Recorded webinar

Fitness to Practise – three words that can instil fear and panic into the strongest and most confident registrants. This recorded webinar provides an opportunity to explore the reality behind the myths, to understand more about the fitness to practise function of the General Optical Council, and see if you would reach the same outcomes as our decision makers do.

1 CPD point
OCT: Everyday Cases From Practice

Test your OCT skills and improve your understanding with these OCT cases from practice.

1 CPD point
Getting on the right tract with uveitis
Part 2

This course we will consider anterior uveitis in a systematic and logical approach.

1 CPD point
Dry Eye Management in Primary Care
Recorded Webinar

This multidisciplinary webinar will help primary care providers including optometrists, GPs and pharmacists provide better management and a more effective patient journey for those presenting with dry eye in a primary care setting.

1 CPD point
Retinal Imaging - Case Studies

This course will present 5 patient case studies in which ultra-widefield retinal imaging has been performed. The diagnosis, management and referral protocols for each case will be discussed.

1 CPD point
Ophthalmic Referrals
Recorded Webinar - North Yorkshire LOC

The aim of the session is to help optometrists understand what information is required by the hospital when writing a referral, to help improve local referrals.

1 CPD point
Multi Modal Imaging: How Ophthalmology Uses This Resource
North Yorkshire and Calderdale and Kirklees LOC (Recorded Webinar)

This presentation aims to inform delegates about the nature of different elements of multimodal imaging, how they are used in ophthalmology and to discuss certain pathological retinal cases.

1 CPD point
Ocular Emergencies

This article provides an overview of ocular emergencies and their key clinical features.

1 CPD point
An Introduction to Visual Impairment
Recorded Webinar

An introduction to visual impairment discusses the principal causes of sight loss in children, adults and the elderly and the associated symptoms in the initial and advanced stages. It discusses the problems visually impaired people experience even when visiting eye care practitioners and considers what reasonable adjustments should be made to better serve such patients. A unique perspective is provided by the presenter who is registered blind.

1 CPD point
Resolving health inequalities for homeless and vulnerable people

This article discusses the barriers faced by homeless people in accessing eye care and the difference an eye examination can make to this vulnerable population.

1 CPD point
Ch-Ch-changes in refraction

This article will consider how changes in refraction can indicate underlying pathology. The investigations that should be conducted to aid diagnosis will be discussed as well as management and referral procedures.

1 CPD point
Anterior segment tumours

This article will review the prevalence, aetiology, clinical features and treatment of the most common forms of anterior segment ocular tumours.

1 CPD point
Looking at diabetes and the eye

This article covers the physiological effects of diabetes to explain diabetic eye disease and how to identify it.

1 CPD point
Pigment Dispersion Syndrome

This article reviews the diagnosis of pigment dispersion syndrome in the UK, covering its epidemiology, risk factors, detection in primary care, and referral to HES.

1 CPD point
Light and the Eye Care Practitioner: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

The purpose of this article is to consider some of the pragmatic advice about light that eye care practitioners can give to patients to address common concerns about the impact of light on vision.

1 CPD point
What’s the Point of Bifocals?

This article looks at the various forms of bifocals available, and how we still need them in modern-day practice despite the introduction of ever-advancing technology to create progressive powered lenses.

1 CPD point
Geographic Atrophy and Age Related Macular Degeneration: Disease Management in a Primary Care Setting
Recorded Webinar

This recorded lecture covers the latest findings around peripheral retinal changes and the aetiology and progression of geographic atrophy and AMD.

1 CPD point
Communication with Patients

Just as every iris has a unique pattern, each patient has their own priorities, needs and expectations. Dr Sarah Coope, Medical Educator/Coach and former GP explains how effective communication skills will help your team make a positive connection during appointments, and sets out her '5A' model for success.

1 CPD point
Minor Eye Conditions Service: Inflammatory Conditions

The article explores the Minor Eye Conditions Service, focusing on red-eye presentations.

1 CPD point
Eye Care for Neurodivergent Patients

This article underscores the need for eye care professionals to tailor their practices for neurodivergent individuals, encompassing conditions like autism and ADHD. This piece highlights the importance of awareness, flexibility, and patience in communication and examination techniques to ensure equitable eye care access for the estimated 15% of the UK population who are neurodivergent.

1 CPD point
OCT and Myopia – From Cradle to Grave
Recorded Webinar

This recorded lecture covers how OCT can improve the detection and monitoring of axial myopia and the problems related to it.

1 CPD point
New Technology, New Pathology
Multi-modal imaging as an enhancement to standard retinal examinations

This session, presented by Nicola Wood, is designed to demonstrate the benefits of multi modal imaging and the enhanced diagnostic capabilities use of this technology brings, instilling an enhanced level of confidence in the practitioner as a result.

1 CPD point
Be Safe Not Sorry
Recorded lecture

Increase your ability to manage complaints effectively and develop a greater understanding of the new regulatory landscape.

1 CPD point
Dry Eye: A Personal Perspective
Recorded webinar

Peter Charlesworth is an optometrist who suffers from dry eyes. In this recorded webinar, he'll take you through his journey from someone who manages patients' dry eyes to someone who manages their own dry eye.

1 CPD point
Cosmetics Conundrum: Ocular surface friend or foe?
Recorded webinar

This lecture will review the products that are frequently used around the eye and its adnexa, focussing on the ingredients that can be found lurking within them.

1 CPD point
Myopia control: now is the time!

The article reviews the evidence for myopia control and provides practical tips that will facilitate ECPs in practising myopia control. Organise an optional discussion with a peer to earn an interactive point.

1 CPD point
Minor Eye Conditions Service: Conjunctivitis

This article introduces the minor eye condition services available in community optometric practice, and focuses on presentations of conjunctivitis.

1 CPD point
Vision and Driving

The aim of this article is to review the visual standards for driving in the UK and to consider the role of the optometrist in applying these standards.

1 CPD point
Understanding Contact Lens Performance

This lecture discusses how soft materials have evolved over the last 20 years with a focus on material properties that affect the overall performance of the lens when on the ocular surface.

1 CPD point
Growing a Lifestyle Optometry Practice with Contact Lenses

This lecture will present how it is possible to grow your contact lens business, not only to help your patients but also your business.

1 CPD point
Unilateral Swollen Optic Nerves

This article will provide clinical pearls for you to take back to practice an implement straight away in aiding the differential diagnoses of unilateral swollen optic nerves.

1 CPD point
An overview of AMD

This article will provide a reminder of the pathophysiology and classification of AMD, before reviewing the current treatments and management options available. It will also discuss how to effectively and sensitively communicate AMD to patients, and highlight the information that should be provided.

1 CPD point
Minor Eye Conditions Service - Common Conditions
Recorded webinar

This recorded lecture covers the minor eye condition services available in community optometric practice and discusses common ocular conditions that are managed within these.

1 CPD point
A Holistic and Functional Approach to Low Vision Rehabilitation

This article explains how to identify the needs of people with sight loss using effective history taking and gives an overview of common low vision aids, as well as an update on technological support available.

1 CPD point
Independent prescribing by Optometrists in a Community Setting

This article reviews how independent prescribing Optometrists already enhance eye health services in community practice and how each clinician can work within the boundaries of their own knowledge and skills.

1 CPD point
A Guide to Concomitant Deviations

As an eye care professional it is important to be aware of the different types of strabismus present, as well as their causes and management. The aim of this article is to provide clear information that will enable professionals to have the confidence to detect, diagnose and manage binocular vision patients effectively.

1 CPD point
Solutions for patients with nystagmus

This recorded webinar discusses nystagmus and associated conditions and the potential benefits sometimes overlooked that contact lenses can offer as well as considering the current evidence base.

1 CPD point
1 in 1,000 things you never knew about nystagmus

This recorded webinar by the Nystagmus Network provides a unique view on the effects and impact of nystagmus from a patient's perspective as well as explaining the causes and classifications.

1 CPD point
OCT: A guide to differentiating lesions
Part 2

This article is the second in a series looking at how to understand lesions on OCT scans and differentiate them between various conditions and ocular pathology. We will explore disc scans and associated pathologies, as well as naevi and OCT-A.

1 CPD point
See well, play well, and be well
The relationship between vision, physical activity and BMI in schoolchildren

This lecture will review the Ireland Eye Study investigating whether refractive error and vision problems in children are associated with increased sedentary behaviour, reduced participation in physical activity and increases in body mass index.

1 CPD point
New Technology - New Pathology - Updates
Recorded Webinar

As optometrists continue to invest in new diagnostic technology such as OCT and ultra-widefield retinal imaging, many of them embark on a natural steep learning curve as they get to grips with new imaging techniques. his webinar will help you understand and interpret multi-modal imaging combining OCT and ultra-widefield imaging.

1 CPD point
Business Aspects of Myopia Management
Recorded Webinar

This lecture discusses clinical optometric practice post-pandemic lockdowns, and shows how contact lenses in general have been a life saver for business during the last two years.

1 CPD point
The Trouble With Kids
Learning from complaints in paediatric care

In this article Richard Edwards of the OCCS uses three redacted case files to illustrate some key points for registrants to consider in handling customer concerns relating to paediatric eye examinations.

1 CPD point
Myopia: Commercialise and Communicate
Article

This article will initially consider the economic and clinical implications of myopia, before looking at how optometry might respond to these implications and what the duty of care is.

1 CPD point
A Guide to Incomitant Deviations

Many optometrists are uncomfortable with differentiating and managing incomitant deviations and this article aims improve knowledge and confidence in clinical decision making when presented with these patient cases. The main types of incommitant strabismus are summarised, including what to do when a patient presents with symptoms of various incommitant deviations.

1 CPD point
Evidence-based Myopia Management – Clinical Implications of the New Standard of Care
Recorded Webinar

This lecture will explore the reasons why the World Council of Optometry, European Society of Ophthalmology and International Myopia Institute are calling for an evolution in the standard of care for myopia management.

1 CPD point
Myopia: Commercialise and Communicate

This recorded webinar looks more closely, however, at ways in which practitioners can communicate the need for myopia management to their patients and how they can set up a viable myopia management service.

1 CPD point
Dry Eye Disease: Diagnosing, managing and improving patient outcomes
Recorded Webinar

Dry Eye Disease (DED) is a multifactorial disease that for decades has been treated with OTC artificial tears from your local drugstore and baby shampoo.

1 CPD point
Initial Management of Common Ocular Diseases
Peer Review Pack

Registrant-led peer review pack for optometrists, dispensing opticians and contact lens opticians.

3 CPD points
I've already said this...The continuing importance of communication

This article discusses the importance of communication in clinical practice, the impact of remote consultation and PPE on communication, and methods for improving communication with patients.

1 CPD point
Acanthamoeba Keratitis
Prevention is better than cure

This article will cover the prevalence of Acanthamoeba Keratitis, its aetiology, diagnosis and treatment. The main focus will be on prevention by patient education, and on early detection and referral.

1 CPD point
Optimising Contact Lens Comfort for Wearer Success

In this multimedia article, Professor Philip Morgan reports how eyecare practitioners can reduce the number of people discontinuing contact lens wear by proactively addressing the issue of contact lens discomfort in practice.

1 CPD point
Enhancing the Eye Exam: Ultrawidefield and Autofluorescent Retinal Imaging
Calderdale and Kirklees LOC (Recorded Webinar)

The webinar and slides include images from different instruments to demonstrate the logical process of the image review. At each stage we will consider differential diagnosis. Including additional diagnostic tests that can be carried out to confirm or rule out potential diagnoses.

1 CPD point
Brush up on your BV
Recorded Webinar - North Yorkshire LOC

This recorded webinar focuses on the management of binocular vision anomalies in optometric practice.

1 CPD point
What's in a frame?

This article will give an overview of the history of spectacle frames and provide guidance for frame selection, fitting and adjustments, including paediatric dispensing and high-powered lenses.

1 CPD point
Peripheral Retina
Case Studies

This article provides a brief review of conditions that increase the risk of retinal detachment and includes 4 case studies.

1 CPD point
A Clinician’s Guide to Nystagmus
Recorded Webinar

Nystagmus affects 0.24% of the population, yet it is a very poorly understood condition. Optometrists regularly encounter patients with the condition in practice, especially in the low vision setting. Knowing how to modify routines appropriately, as well as how to classify and potentially refer patients for treatment, helps maintain high clinical standards.

1 CPD point
A Thoroughly Modern Presbyope
Recorded Webinar

This recorded webinar focuses on communication skills and understanding of today's presbyopes. It discusses different stages of presbyopia, the attitudes towards presbyopia and the overall awareness of the condition from the patient's perspective. It is designed to allow Optometrists, Contact lens Opticians and Dispensing Opticians, the opportunity to re-visit their own attitudes to presbyopia and reflect on their current practice.

1 CPD point
Dry Eye - Patients Do Not Have To Suffer In Silence

This recorded webinar will look at the prevalence and importance of ‘dry eye’, both in the UK and on a worldwide scale. An evidence-based, logical, and systematic approach, supported by recent global studies will enable delegates to encompass an empathetic and imaginative approach to both diagnostic and treatment programmes. A number of ‘real-life’ case studies will be observed, discussed and debated, with a realistic and pragmatic expectation of outcome and success.

1 CPD point
Ocular Surface Disease Review II

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1 CPD point
Ensuring contact lens compliance

This article will discuss the most common non-compliance factors for contact lens wearers and the associated consequences.

1 CPD point
Free-form progressive powered lenses
Improving outcomes, reducing mistakes

This article describes the considerations that need to be made when dispensing free-form progressive powered lenses and how to reduce non-tolerance in practice.

1 CPD point
A guide to low vision in practice

This article discusses the prevalence of low vision in the UK and provides guidance on assessing low vision patients. In addition, the various visual aids that can be dispensed, including traditional magnifiers and modern options are discussed.

1 CPD point
Featured

Nutrition and Ocular Health

Nutrition plays a crucial role in overall health, including eye health, yet it is often overlooked in clinical practice. By understanding the benefits of key nutrients, ECPs can provide targeted nutritional guidance to support long-term eye health.

1 CPD point
Start CPD
New
AMD: What's on the Horizon
Free Recorded Lecture

This recorded lecture explores cutting-edge advancements and strategies to preserve vision affected by AMD.

1 CPD point
New
How Optometrists Can Use Their IP Qualification to Manage Patients

This article explores how independent prescribing optometrists manage ocular conditions in community settings. Using real patient cases, it highlights their role in diagnosis, treatment, and referral, reducing pressure on GPs and hospitals while enhancing patient care.

1 CPD point
Laser Eye Surgery and Refractive Lens Exchange
A practical guide for primary care practitioners in 2025

This article serves as a guide to examine the suitability, success rates, and safety considerations of refractive surgery procedures.

1 CPD point
Applying Technological Advances in Daily Optometric Practice

This article explores early advancements in digital eyecare, shedding light on the technologies transforming optometry today, practical tips for integrating them, and what practitioners can expect moving forward.

1 CPD point
Examining the Diabetic Patient
Part 2

This article provides a comprehensive overview of referable diabetic eye disease, focusing on the ocular complications associated with diabetes, and their management.

1 CPD point
Binocular Vision Disorders in Children
Development, Diagnosis, and Management

This article covers the development, diagnosis, and management of binocular vision disorders in children. This article covers the development, diagnosis, and management of binocular vision disorders in children, focusing on conditions like amblyopia, strabismus, and convergence insufficiency. You will learn about visual development stages, critical periods of plasticity, and diagnostic techniques to identify and treat these disorders. It equips optometrists and eye care professionals with the knowledge and skills needed to manage paediatric patients with these conditions, emphasising early intervention for better outcomes. This CPD is worth 1 point and you can organise an optional discussion with a peer to earn an interactive point.

1 CPD point
Pigment Dispersion Syndrome

This article reviews the diagnosis of pigment dispersion syndrome in the UK, covering its epidemiology, risk factors, detection in primary care, and referral to HES.

1 CPD point
Free!
Pathology in Practice: Case Studies

This course includes a series of four case studies presenting with common pathology. For each case, a discussion on the diagnosis will help you to understand the signs and symptoms of these conditions, and guidance for onward referral and management.

1 CPD point
Examining the Diabetic Patient
Part 1

This article covers the ocular effects of diabetes, focusing on diabetic neuropathy and early non-referrable eye diseases.

1 CPD point
Eye Injuries in Sport

This course will identify the sports with the highest participation rates in the UK and will examine the frequency and types of eye injuries associated with these.

1 CPD point
Light and the Eye Care Practitioner: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

The purpose of this article is to consider some of the pragmatic advice about light that eye care practitioners can give to patients to address common concerns about the impact of light on vision.

1 CPD point
What’s the Point of Bifocals?

This article looks at the various forms of bifocals available, and how we still need them in modern-day practice despite the introduction of ever-advancing technology to create progressive powered lenses.

1 CPD point
Geographic Atrophy and Age Related Macular Degeneration: Disease Management in a Primary Care Setting
Recorded Webinar

This recorded lecture covers the latest findings around peripheral retinal changes and the aetiology and progression of geographic atrophy and AMD.

1 CPD point
Chronic Open Angle Glaucoma

Focusing on open angle glaucoma in the UK, this article delves into its diagnosis and management, addressing epidemiology, risk factors, primary care detection, and referral pathways across devolved nations.

1 CPD point
Binocular Vision Disorders in Children
Record lecture

This session will cover some of the common binocular vision disorders presenting in a paediatric population. There will be a focus on investigation, diagnosis and management of these conditions in relation to a primary care setting, and how to effectively manage these patients upon referral.

1 CPD point
Minor Eye Conditions Service: Inflammatory Conditions

The article explores the Minor Eye Conditions Service, focusing on red-eye presentations.

1 CPD point
Soft Contact Lens Problems
Part 2

This is the second part of a two-part series reviewing soft contact lens complications and management. This article will focus on the less common contact lens complications seen in practice.

1 CPD point
Flashes and Floaters

This article provides a review and revision of the assessment of patients presenting in community optometric practice with flashes and floaters, including applications of modern ophthalmic imaging technology.

1 CPD point
OCT and Myopia – From Cradle to Grave
Recorded Webinar

This recorded lecture covers how OCT can improve the detection and monitoring of axial myopia and the problems related to it.

1 CPD point
New Technology, New Pathology
Multi-modal imaging as an enhancement to standard retinal examinations

This session, presented by Nicola Wood, is designed to demonstrate the benefits of multi modal imaging and the enhanced diagnostic capabilities use of this technology brings, instilling an enhanced level of confidence in the practitioner as a result.

1 CPD point
Specialist Contact Lenses - Part 2

This article offers a review of the use of specialist contact lenses to fit complex cases within a hospital contact lens clinic.

1 CPD point
Cataract
Formation, Presentation and Regulation

This article will discuss how cataracts form, associated risk factors and their prevalence. It will also cover how to manage cataracts in practice and when referral is required.

1 CPD point
Keratoconus - Management, Guidance and Advice

The aim of this article is to assist you to manage keratoconus, and to guide and inform the patient to the best possible outcome.

1 CPD point
Inside the Lab: Spectacle lens manufacturing

Learn how your order for spectacle lenses is turned into a complete pair of glazed spectacles in 24 hours.

1 CPD point
Dry Eye: A Personal Perspective
Recorded webinar

Peter Charlesworth is an optometrist who suffers from dry eyes. In this recorded webinar, he'll take you through his journey from someone who manages patients' dry eyes to someone who manages their own dry eye.

1 CPD point
Cosmetics Conundrum: Ocular surface friend or foe?
Recorded webinar

This lecture will review the products that are frequently used around the eye and its adnexa, focussing on the ingredients that can be found lurking within them.

1 CPD point
Examining re-examination frequency

This article will discuss the guidance given to practitioners on recall frequency and discuss cases where early recall may be required.

1 CPD point
Swollen Optic Nerves- What do I do now?
Recorded webinar

Swollen optic nerves in the consulting room is not a normal appearance and can cause concern for the examining practitioner. It can be associated with numerous ocular conditions which may be sight and/or life threatening. This lecture will discuss the three most common pathologies and their differential diagnosis to aid the practitioner with their tentative diagnosis.

1 CPD point
Soft Contact Lens Problems
Part 1

This article will focus on the common contact lens complications seen in practice, including contact lens discomfort and contact lens induced dry eye.

1 CPD point
Myopia control: now is the time!

The article reviews the evidence for myopia control and provides practical tips that will facilitate ECPs in practising myopia control. Organise an optional discussion with a peer to earn an interactive point.

1 CPD point
Specialist Contact Lenses
Case studies

This article will review the use of specialist contact lenses to fit complex cases in a hospital contact lens clinic setting.

1 CPD point
How to Write Informative Ophthalmology Referrals

This article provides an overview of when we should make a referral to ophthalmology and offers some helpful tips on creating complete, good quality ophthalmology referrals for each of the various sub-specialities.

1 CPD point
Talking Unicorns: Paediatric Optometry Made Easy
Recorded Webinar

The aim of this webinar is to provide some of the tools to make it easier to manage preschoolers, or amblyopes, or young myopes.

1 CPD point
Minor Eye Conditions Service: Conjunctivitis

This article introduces the minor eye condition services available in community optometric practice, and focuses on presentations of conjunctivitis.

1 CPD point
Ischaemic Optic Neuropathies
Recorded Webinar

This recorded lecture will explore AION and NAION, signs and symptoms, treatment options, risk factors and the differential diagnosis between the two.

1 CPD point
Understanding Contact Lens Performance

This lecture discusses how soft materials have evolved over the last 20 years with a focus on material properties that affect the overall performance of the lens when on the ocular surface.

1 CPD point
Scleral Lenses for the Regular Eye

This lecture will examine the reasons to fit Scleral lenses on a non-ectatic eye, delegates will learn which eyes are suitable, how to determine the initial fitting lens, how to assess the fitting and make modifications to the fit based on clinical observations.

1 CPD point
Growing a Lifestyle Optometry Practice with Contact Lenses

This lecture will present how it is possible to grow your contact lens business, not only to help your patients but also your business.

1 CPD point
The Story of Comfort

This lecture will take insights from the BCLA CLEAR report on Contact Lens Complications and explore the concept of comfort in contact lenses.

1 CPD point
Interpreting Visual Fields

This article will cover the various methods of assessing the visual field. The main focus will be on static threshold testing; thought to be the gold standard of visual field examination.

1 CPD point
Unilateral Swollen Optic Nerves

This article will provide clinical pearls for you to take back to practice an implement straight away in aiding the differential diagnoses of unilateral swollen optic nerves.

1 CPD point
Paediatric dispensing

This article will explore the issues surrounding the developing facial anatomy of a child and why a small adults frame is rarely successful in dispensing the correction. Facial measurements will be considered, giving hints and tips on how to measure or estimate in certain circumstances, and also how these facial measurements and characteristics translate into spectacle frame requirements.

1 CPD point
An overview of AMD

This article will provide a reminder of the pathophysiology and classification of AMD, before reviewing the current treatments and management options available. It will also discuss how to effectively and sensitively communicate AMD to patients, and highlight the information that should be provided.

1 CPD point
Minor Eye Conditions Service - Common Conditions
Recorded webinar

This recorded lecture covers the minor eye condition services available in community optometric practice and discusses common ocular conditions that are managed within these.

1 CPD point
Common Eyelid Lesions

This article will cover the aetiology, presentation and management of common eyelid lesions, including benign lesions, cysts and malignant lesions.

1 CPD point
Triaging Urgent Eye Conditions in Optometry Practice
Recorded Webinar

Emergency and urgent eye condition triage is a process which involves the entire optometry practice team. Good awareness of red flag signs and symptoms amongst front of practice staff is vital, along with good clinical knowledge of the optometrist to aid effective triage. Having the correct processes in practice set up is also vital so that patients are seen without delay when the suffer a serious condition. This lecture will cover the key principles of an effective triage system within optometry practice.

1 CPD point
A Holistic and Functional Approach to Low Vision Rehabilitation

This article explains how to identify the needs of people with sight loss using effective history taking and gives an overview of common low vision aids, as well as an update on technological support available.

1 CPD point
Independent prescribing by Optometrists in a Community Setting

This article reviews how independent prescribing Optometrists already enhance eye health services in community practice and how each clinician can work within the boundaries of their own knowledge and skills.

1 CPD point
A Guide to Concomitant Deviations

As an eye care professional it is important to be aware of the different types of strabismus present, as well as their causes and management. The aim of this article is to provide clear information that will enable professionals to have the confidence to detect, diagnose and manage binocular vision patients effectively.

1 CPD point
Primary Angle Closure Disease
To treat or not to treat

This article describes angle closure related disease and its management in light of proposed new guidance.

1 CPD point
Facial Skin Lesions
Recorded Webinar

This recorded webinar will describe the most common skin lesions you are likely to come across and explain how to manage them.

1 CPD point
Post-operative cataract assessment in the community

This article proposes to highlight best practice when seeing post-operative cataract patients in optometric practice.

1 CPD point
Herpes Simplex Virus Keratitis
Clinical manifestations, diagnosis and management

This webinar outlines the epidemiology of Herpes Simplex Virus Keratitis, discusses its clinical signs, and discusses the diagnosis and management of Herpes Simplex Virus Keratitis.

1 CPD point
Solutions for patients with nystagmus

This recorded webinar discusses nystagmus and associated conditions and the potential benefits sometimes overlooked that contact lenses can offer as well as considering the current evidence base.

1 CPD point
Investigating and managing nystagmus in the orthoptic clinic

This lecture discusses the aetiology, classification, investigation and management strategies for nystagmus.

1 CPD point
1 in 1,000 things you never knew about nystagmus

This recorded webinar by the Nystagmus Network provides a unique view on the effects and impact of nystagmus from a patient's perspective as well as explaining the causes and classifications.

1 CPD point
OCT: A guide to differentiating lesions
Part 2

This article is the second in a series looking at how to understand lesions on OCT scans and differentiate them between various conditions and ocular pathology. We will explore disc scans and associated pathologies, as well as naevi and OCT-A.

1 CPD point
See well, play well, and be well
The relationship between vision, physical activity and BMI in schoolchildren

This lecture will review the Ireland Eye Study investigating whether refractive error and vision problems in children are associated with increased sedentary behaviour, reduced participation in physical activity and increases in body mass index.

1 CPD point
Adapt Your Examination: Visual Impairment

The aim of this article is to cover how elements of the routine primary care eye examination can be adapted for patients with visual impairment. While it isn’t intended as a guide to specific low vision assessments, we will discuss some straightforward elements of low vision practice that can be covered even within the confines of a General Ophthalmic Services sight test.

1 CPD point
New Technology - New Pathology - Updates
Recorded Webinar

As optometrists continue to invest in new diagnostic technology such as OCT and ultra-widefield retinal imaging, many of them embark on a natural steep learning curve as they get to grips with new imaging techniques. his webinar will help you understand and interpret multi-modal imaging combining OCT and ultra-widefield imaging.

1 CPD point
Business Aspects of Myopia Management
Recorded Webinar

This lecture discusses clinical optometric practice post-pandemic lockdowns, and shows how contact lenses in general have been a life saver for business during the last two years.

1 CPD point
Myopia: Commercialise and Communicate
Article

This article will initially consider the economic and clinical implications of myopia, before looking at how optometry might respond to these implications and what the duty of care is.

1 CPD point
A Guide to Incomitant Deviations

Many optometrists are uncomfortable with differentiating and managing incomitant deviations and this article aims improve knowledge and confidence in clinical decision making when presented with these patient cases. The main types of incommitant strabismus are summarised, including what to do when a patient presents with symptoms of various incommitant deviations.

1 CPD point
Evidence-based Myopia Management – Clinical Implications of the New Standard of Care
Recorded Webinar

This lecture will explore the reasons why the World Council of Optometry, European Society of Ophthalmology and International Myopia Institute are calling for an evolution in the standard of care for myopia management.

1 CPD point
Myopia: Commercialise and Communicate

This recorded webinar looks more closely, however, at ways in which practitioners can communicate the need for myopia management to their patients and how they can set up a viable myopia management service.

1 CPD point
Brain Tumours in an Eye Exam
Part 2

Nearly 12,000 people in the UK will be diagnosed with a brain tumour each year - that’s 31 per day. Approximately 30% of people with brain tumours report visual disturbances. This article is part 2 of a two part series by The Brain Tumour Charity discussing the top 10 signs and symptoms of a brain tumour that could be detected in an eye examination.

1 CPD point
The Lowdown on Demodex

Demodex is one of the most common, but often overlooked, causes of blepharitis and ocular surface inflammation, being associated with between 29% and 74% of all cases of blepharitis. This article will review demodex, its prevalence, its diagnosis and its treatment.

1 CPD point
Enhanced Services in Community Practice
Providing a Minor Eye Conditions Service

The investigation and treatment of a range of common eye conditions has become a significant part of community optometry practice. This article will explain some of the legal framework, practical issues around providing the service, and discuss the treatment of some common conditions.

1 CPD point
Dry Eye Disease: Diagnosing, managing and improving patient outcomes
Recorded Webinar

Dry Eye Disease (DED) is a multifactorial disease that for decades has been treated with OTC artificial tears from your local drugstore and baby shampoo.

1 CPD point
Initial Management of Common Ocular Diseases
Peer Review Pack

Registrant-led peer review pack for optometrists, dispensing opticians and contact lens opticians.

3 CPD points
Independent Prescribing
Peer Review Pack

Registrant-led peer review pack for therapeutic prescribers.

3 CPD points
Successfully Managing Dry Eye

In this course, we will discuss DED identification and management using the approach outlined in the Tear Film and Ocular Surface Society’s second International Dry Eye Workshop report (TFOS DEWS II).

1 CPD point
OCT: A guide to differentiating lesions
Part 1

This article takes a closer look at characteristics of the most common lesions and accompanying ocular conditions seen on OCT scans as well as how to differentially diagnose certain key pathologies in day-to-day practice. Case records will focus on macula pathology and how to diagnose and manage these conditions in practice.

1 CPD point
Brain Tumours in an Eye Exam - Common Signs & Symptoms

Nearly 12,000 people in the UK will be diagnosed with a brain tumour each year - that’s 31 per day. Approximately 30% of people with brain tumours report visual disturbances. This article is part one of a two part series by the Brain Tumour Charity discussing the top 10 signs and symptoms of a brain tumour that could be detected in an eye examination.

1 CPD point
Papilloedema is it or isn't it?
Recorded Webinar

The session will assist practitioners in safely managing patients who are suspected of having swollen optic nerve heads.

1 CPD point
Expectations, implementation and responsibility for myopia control in 2021

With myopia control now being available in contact lens and spectacle lens correction there has never been a better time for young myopes.

1 CPD point
Understanding the tear film and supplementation

This article will cover the structure and function of the tear film, the changes that occur in dry eye disease, and assessment of the tear film. The properties and formulations of eye drops, and how they act upon the different layers of the tear film will also be discussed.

1 CPD point
Prescribing prisms in optometric practice
A user-friendly guide

Optometrists often report anxiety when they encounter a patient wearing prisms or who asks whether a prismatic correction would help their symptoms. This article attempts to de-mystify this area of optometric practice.

1 CPD point
Acanthamoeba Keratitis
Prevention is better than cure

This article will cover the prevalence of Acanthamoeba Keratitis, its aetiology, diagnosis and treatment. The main focus will be on prevention by patient education, and on early detection and referral.

1 CPD point
Tear Film and Supplementation
Recorded Webinar

The tear film acts as a barrier between the eye and the environment. It is a complex structure with many functions essential to maintaining ocular health.

1 CPD point
OCT: Everyday Cases From Practice

Test your OCT skills and improve your understanding with these OCT cases from practice.

1 CPD point
Optimising Contact Lens Comfort for Wearer Success

In this multimedia article, Professor Philip Morgan reports how eyecare practitioners can reduce the number of people discontinuing contact lens wear by proactively addressing the issue of contact lens discomfort in practice.

1 CPD point
Independent Prescribing by Optometrists in a Hospital Setting

The article reviews how Independent Prescribing Optometrists work in a hospital setting, and discusses the management of various ocular conditions.

1 CPD point
Getting on the right tract with uveitis
Part 2

This course we will consider anterior uveitis in a systematic and logical approach.

1 CPD point
Enhancing the Eye Exam: Ultrawidefield and Autofluorescent Retinal Imaging
Calderdale and Kirklees LOC (Recorded Webinar)

The webinar and slides include images from different instruments to demonstrate the logical process of the image review. At each stage we will consider differential diagnosis. Including additional diagnostic tests that can be carried out to confirm or rule out potential diagnoses.

1 CPD point
Dry Eye Management in Primary Care
Recorded Webinar

This multidisciplinary webinar will help primary care providers including optometrists, GPs and pharmacists provide better management and a more effective patient journey for those presenting with dry eye in a primary care setting.

1 CPD point
Retinal Imaging - Case Studies

This course will present 5 patient case studies in which ultra-widefield retinal imaging has been performed. The diagnosis, management and referral protocols for each case will be discussed.

1 CPD point
Goldmann Applanation Tonometry

The aim of this article is to offer an overview of when we should use Goldmann Applanation Tonometry, how to carry it out, and provide guidance on how to minimise inaccuracies.

1 CPD point
Brush up on your BV
Recorded Webinar - North Yorkshire LOC

This recorded webinar focuses on the management of binocular vision anomalies in optometric practice.

1 CPD point
Ophthalmic Referrals
Recorded Webinar - North Yorkshire LOC

The aim of the session is to help optometrists understand what information is required by the hospital when writing a referral, to help improve local referrals.

1 CPD point
What's in a frame?

This article will give an overview of the history of spectacle frames and provide guidance for frame selection, fitting and adjustments, including paediatric dispensing and high-powered lenses.

1 CPD point
Precision for Astigmatism
Recorded Webinar

This webinar focuses on the journey of a new astigmatic contact lens patient and the range of options available to correct their prescription, with a focus on soft toric contact lenses.

1 CPD point
Multi Modal Imaging: How Ophthalmology Uses This Resource
North Yorkshire and Calderdale and Kirklees LOC (Recorded Webinar)

This presentation aims to inform delegates about the nature of different elements of multimodal imaging, how they are used in ophthalmology and to discuss certain pathological retinal cases.

1 CPD point
Peripheral Retina
Case Studies

This article provides a brief review of conditions that increase the risk of retinal detachment and includes 4 case studies.

1 CPD point
Infection control in practice

This article will discuss the danger zones for infection transmission, how to minimise the risk of transmission, and how to identify and protect vulnerable patients in practice.

1 CPD point
Ocular nutrition
Front to back

This presentation provides an overview of published literature on the role of nutritional supplementation in maintaining eye health with specific focus on dry eye disease and AMD.

1 CPD point
Why do we keep failing in patients with blepharitis?

In this recorded webinar Saj Khan offers a recap of the principles in management of blepharitis and identifies common areas of failure in treatment. The foundations of treatment, and recommendations to enhance communication and compliance are also discussed.

1 CPD point
A Clinician’s Guide to Nystagmus
Recorded Webinar

Nystagmus affects 0.24% of the population, yet it is a very poorly understood condition. Optometrists regularly encounter patients with the condition in practice, especially in the low vision setting. Knowing how to modify routines appropriately, as well as how to classify and potentially refer patients for treatment, helps maintain high clinical standards.

1 CPD point
Testing, Dispensing and Supporting Patients with Nystagmus

This webinar gives an overview of adapting routine optometric practice to satisfy the needs of patients with nystagmus.

1 CPD point
A Thoroughly Modern Presbyope
Recorded Webinar

This recorded webinar focuses on communication skills and understanding of today's presbyopes. It discusses different stages of presbyopia, the attitudes towards presbyopia and the overall awareness of the condition from the patient's perspective. It is designed to allow Optometrists, Contact lens Opticians and Dispensing Opticians, the opportunity to re-visit their own attitudes to presbyopia and reflect on their current practice.

1 CPD point
Managing dry eye for the busy practitioner

This article will highlight the management options available for dry eye disease, and also look at how other treatment modalities can be incorporated into our daily practice.

1 CPD point
Ocular Emergencies

This article provides an overview of ocular emergencies and their key clinical features.

1 CPD point
Dry Eye - Patients Do Not Have To Suffer In Silence

This recorded webinar will look at the prevalence and importance of ‘dry eye’, both in the UK and on a worldwide scale. An evidence-based, logical, and systematic approach, supported by recent global studies will enable delegates to encompass an empathetic and imaginative approach to both diagnostic and treatment programmes. A number of ‘real-life’ case studies will be observed, discussed and debated, with a realistic and pragmatic expectation of outcome and success.

1 CPD point
An Introduction to Visual Impairment
Recorded Webinar

An introduction to visual impairment discusses the principal causes of sight loss in children, adults and the elderly and the associated symptoms in the initial and advanced stages. It discusses the problems visually impaired people experience even when visiting eye care practitioners and considers what reasonable adjustments should be made to better serve such patients. A unique perspective is provided by the presenter who is registered blind.

1 CPD point
Ocular Surface Disease Review II

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1 CPD point
Resolving health inequalities for homeless and vulnerable people

This article discusses the barriers faced by homeless people in accessing eye care and the difference an eye examination can make to this vulnerable population.

1 CPD point
Working safely as a locum

This article will highlight some of the practical and clinical issues locums may face and suggest solutions to mitigate them so you can practice safely and confidently.

1 CPD point
Ensuring contact lens compliance

This article will discuss the most common non-compliance factors for contact lens wearers and the associated consequences.

1 CPD point
Ch-Ch-changes in refraction

This article will consider how changes in refraction can indicate underlying pathology. The investigations that should be conducted to aid diagnosis will be discussed as well as management and referral procedures.

1 CPD point
Free-form progressive powered lenses
Improving outcomes, reducing mistakes

This article describes the considerations that need to be made when dispensing free-form progressive powered lenses and how to reduce non-tolerance in practice.

1 CPD point
Anterior segment tumours

This article will review the prevalence, aetiology, clinical features and treatment of the most common forms of anterior segment ocular tumours.

1 CPD point
A guide to low vision in practice

This article discusses the prevalence of low vision in the UK and provides guidance on assessing low vision patients. In addition, the various visual aids that can be dispensed, including traditional magnifiers and modern options are discussed.

1 CPD point
Looking at diabetes and the eye

This article covers the physiological effects of diabetes to explain diabetic eye disease and how to identify it.

1 CPD point
Contact Lens Verification and Identification

This article covers the methods and instrumentation required to identify and verify contact lenses.

1 CPD point
Featured

Managing Practitioner Stress and Burnout

Preventing burnout is key to maintaining well-being and job satisfaction. By recognising early signs and taking proactive steps, such as open communication, setting boundaries, practising self-care, and mindfulness, we can create a healthier, more supportive work environment.

1 CPD point
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Strengthening Colleague Communication in Optical Care

This article considers communication with colleagues within the optical practice environment. Exploring the multi-disciplinary team concept found in other healthcare sectors, this article will look at how adopting a multi-disciplinary team approach may help improve communication between colleagues and support patient-centred care.

1 CPD point
Be Safe Not Sorry
Recorded lecture

Increase your ability to manage complaints effectively and develop a greater understanding of the new regulatory landscape.

1 CPD point
Talking Unicorns: Paediatric Optometry Made Easy
Recorded Webinar

The aim of this webinar is to provide some of the tools to make it easier to manage preschoolers, or amblyopes, or young myopes.

1 CPD point
Vision and Driving

The aim of this article is to review the visual standards for driving in the UK and to consider the role of the optometrist in applying these standards.

1 CPD point
Are you Fit to Practise?
Recorded Webinar

Complaints against optometrists can come from a variety of sources not just from patients, and only half of all fitness to practise cases are about about clinical issues such as missed pathology. This lecture will review the GOC’s fitness to practice procedure and will review the findings of recent FTP hearings to help you understand the common causes for complaint and how to avoid behaviour that could lead to fitness to practise proceedings in future.

1 CPD point
Adapt Your Examination: Visual Impairment

The aim of this article is to cover how elements of the routine primary care eye examination can be adapted for patients with visual impairment. While it isn’t intended as a guide to specific low vision assessments, we will discuss some straightforward elements of low vision practice that can be covered even within the confines of a General Ophthalmic Services sight test.

1 CPD point
The Trouble With Kids
Learning from complaints in paediatric care

In this article Richard Edwards of the OCCS uses three redacted case files to illustrate some key points for registrants to consider in handling customer concerns relating to paediatric eye examinations.

1 CPD point
Papilloedema is it or isn't it?
Recorded Webinar

The session will assist practitioners in safely managing patients who are suspected of having swollen optic nerve heads.

1 CPD point
Infection control in practice

This article will discuss the danger zones for infection transmission, how to minimise the risk of transmission, and how to identify and protect vulnerable patients in practice.

1 CPD point
Working safely as a locum

This article will highlight some of the practical and clinical issues locums may face and suggest solutions to mitigate them so you can practice safely and confidently.

1 CPD point