Discussing the role of the dispensing optician with a first-time progressive power lens wearer. | more
Dispensing case study – Prescription analysis: Case #2
Case study looking at an amblyopic patient with a gross anisometropic prescription – a prescription with a difference of ≥2 D between the refractive errors of the right and left eyes. | more
An eye on the future
Stuart Ingleby has been involved in shared care schemes for more than a decade and believes EOS is vital for the future sustainability of the optical industry | more
The proudest moment of my career – Domiciliary Partner Charlotte McGimpsey
Meet Charlotte McGimpsey – Partner for Specsavers Home Visits – who is keen to provide a first class eye test service to housebound patients. What was your background before joining Specsavers? I started my optical | 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
Clinical photography – Cerulean cataract
Image provided by Chris Boyle, Specsavers ManagementNo treatment is known to prevent cerulean cataracts, but frequent evaluations and cataract surgery are typically required to prevent amblyopia as the opacities progress. More DRP images
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