FREE ONLINE CET Katie Trapp from the professional development team said, ‘We had already increased capacity to 60 places per session from 50 last year yet in some sessions we had to pull | more
Specsavers in Morningside won Technology Practice of the Year at the UK Optician Awards, while store director Michael O’Kane won the highly coveted Optometrist of the Year title, beating stiff competition from optical practices across | more
A ‘dream partnership’ of ophthalmologists and optometrists working together in the community can help resolve the capacity crisis in the NHS and improve eyecare for patients, and at the same time secure the future of | more
It was a Specsavers star-studded winners list at the weekend’s Optician Awards in Birmingham, with Specsavers store teams and individuals scooping five out of the available 18 awards – including double awards for two stores. | more
The eye health awareness campaign called ‘More Important Than’ campaign has been named the healthcare winner in this year’s Campaign Media Awards. The highly innovative campaign – designed by Specsavers’ Creative team alongside media agency | more
This year at Optrafair Giles Edmonds, optometrist and clinical services director will provide an updated analysis of the threats to optometry, the barriers to change and the need for a sector-wide collaborative response. Giles will be followed by community ophthalmology provider and Newmedica managing director, Darshak Shah, who will outline how the ‘dream partnership’ is becoming a reality in a way that benefits patient care and all optometrists, regardless of where they practice. | more
Experience a world-class CET programme at Optrafair on stand C10, in Birmingham between 14 to 16 April. Peer discussions, lectures, discussion workshops and quizzes contain up to 16 CET points available every day. | more
This 1 point interactive CET article from Specsavers provides a revision of convergence insufficiency, a common binocular vision problem. Current research on the effectiveness of practice or home-based treatments is examined in this article to enable the practitioner to decide on the most appropriate management for this condition.
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One of the skills that I had to work on in my early career but has come more natural with experience is listening – listening to what my patients are telling me and their description | more
run bursaries for students to cover their university course fees. Bradford store director Mike Dearlove says: ‘We offer optical assistant roles for students as well as bursaries and pre-reg opportunities to help people develop until | more
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