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Archive for August, 2007
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Over the last few weeks we have been covering a few teaching sessions for the Routine Exam for the Final Assessment. A number of students were happily recording
Study exposes ‘flawed’ eye tests
“People with poor eyesight may be coming away from eye tests with inaccurate prescriptions, a survey suggests”
Apparently Which? sent out 5 student Optometrists to a wide variety of practices, including multiples and independents, and the following findings were present:
The reasons for wrong prescriptions included missed tests such as a retinoscopy, which “measures the strength of the glasses […]
Independent Prescribing - are we ready!
The General Optical Council (GOC) welcomed today’s announcement from the Department of Health that optometrists will be able to train to prescribe medicines independently.
Health Minister Dawn Primarolo today announced,
“Independent prescribing will mean that specially trained optometrists will be able to write a prescription if they diagnose a problem needing treatment, saving the patient from having […]
Student fees
In principal I don’t agree with the burden that parent’s face in funding third level education. At 18, student’s can vote, drink and get married. Yet parents are still expected to fund their children at university well into their twenties. And despite this, most are leaving university faced with massive debt.
As the profession gets ready […]
What a different a month makes
Today I met up with some graduate optometrists who have recently made the transition from university undergraduate to pre-registration trainee.
Was it only a few weeks ago they were all fretting over their finals? Was it just last month that they were worrying about their first week in a new practice? Well, what a different those […]
All seeing sunglasses, whatever next?
Whilst browsing the internet looking for sunglasses, I found this on the BBC website about a pair of sunglasses which have been developed by Hewlett Packard researchers.
The sunglasses sport a camera which constantly takes images of what the wearer sees, the images are then stored complete with information on where and when the photo was […]
College of Optometrist’s Optometric Advisor to appear on Channel 5 Tomorrow
Beth Elgood, Director of Member Services and Communication, College of Optometrists:
As part of the College of Optometrist’s ongoing public awareness campaign, Optometric Adviser to the College, Dr Susan Blakeney will appear on TV tomorrow, Thursday 16 August on Doctor Doctor , Channel Five’s live daily show that tackles a series of topical medical issues in […]
Clinical Conundrums: Case History 5- Branch Vein Occlusion
This 50 year old lady had recently returned from competing in a triathlon. Clearly very fit, she was blissfully unaware of a surprisingly high blood cholesterol level. Needless to say, the loss of vision in the right eye was very swift which prompted her to visit the local eye department.
Three months on she visited us. […]
Spontaneous absorption of a traumatic cataract
I saw a 9 year old boy in practice who was unilaterally aphakic. He was a refugee with little history to go on. However, what he could tell me was that the poor vision in his left eye had been caused by a ‘needle in the eye’ when he was very small.
On examination there […]
Has the fitting of rigid gas permeable lenses become the new ‘rocket science’?
Over recent years I appear to be fitting less and less rigid gas permeable lenses. At a recent gathering, some friends were even debating whether or not GP lens fitting should now become a ‘specialist service’ only to be provided by practitioners who manage to demonstrate the experience.
After all, with dwindling numbers, even the pre-registration […]
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