Meet Charlotte McGimpsey – Partner for Specsavers Home Visits What was your background before joining Specsavers? I started my optical career with Asda in 2000, joined Healthcall’s domiciliary service in 2009 and then came to | more
Optometry case study – A classic presentation of benign intracranial hypertension
19-year-old female, presented for routine biennial check-up, overweight, reporting increasing migraines – no medication. Examination showed unusually slow pupil constriction to light and significant bilateral swelling of the optic discs | more
Top 5 things that are most important to an optometry student
I’ve always wanted to have a career as an optometrist as I find the profession both stimulating and challenging. It enables me to contribute to society by improving people’s vision on a daily basis. And | more
I get to work with real leaders in optometry advancement
Satvinder Soomal and Specsavers go way back. Specsavers’ head of enhanced optical services for the Midlands joined the Walsall store as a 15-year-old on work experience. An optical assistant at 16, he went on to be a contact lens | more
From assistant to Contact Lens Optician
Gina Tye, 34, from Nottingham, was part of the first group to take the ‘fast-track’ career development from Level 4 BTEC in ophthalmic dispensing (Cert 4) to becoming a dispensing optician (DO), before then qualifying as | more
Optometry case study – Flashes and floaters: posterior MECS
Three flashes and floaters case studies based on feedback from eye hospitals’ department referrals. Compiled by Mike Horler, Head of EOS and specialist optometrist in AMD at Sussex Eye Hospital. | more
Dispensing case study – Dispensing for an AMD patient
A 73-year-old retired female is active and enjoys walking, music and reading. She is slight and regularly wears teen frames, with distance ocular centres of 31mm and 30mm. One year prior to presentation, the patient’s VA decreased to R 6/12 and L 6/60 N10, and she was diagnosed with wet AMD. | more
Optometry case study – Normal-tension glaucoma
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PAC 2018: Challenging cases in cataract and glaucoma eye care
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Optometry case study – Normal-tension glaucoma (NTG)
Diagnosis and management of normal tension glaucoma in a female with family history of glaucoma. | more