Archive for July, 2008

Free to download - online Pre-registration Lecture: The Routine Exam

Published July 16th, 2008 by Jane Macnaughton.

In time for the new cohort of trainees, the Optometry Blog is proud to host a new concept in pre-registration training: podcast lectures.
Free to download – The Routine Exam – this podcast lecture with accompanying notes is sponsored by CLEARVIEW Training Pre-Registration Courses and Flame Health Ltd. 
The Routine Exam, is a 60 minute audio presentation by […]

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July 08 CET C9366 Imaging the Posterior pole

Published July 10th, 2008 by Jane Macnaughton.

CET  C9366. In this audio podcast and text-based distance learning article,  Priya Dabasia discusses the history of retinal imaging and focuses on techniques both used on the high street and in hospital clinics. Instruments discussed include fundus cameras, Optical Coherance Tomography, Heidel Retinal Tomograph, GDx scanning laser polarimetry and widefield photography. With 8 out of 10 […]

Made it! Council Team completes the London 10K in aid of Fight for Sight

Published July 9th, 2008 by Jane Macnaughton.

Injury hit the team. Damaged leg muscles prevented David Cartwright in joining the team at the last minute and so we were down to six. But that did not stop us.
Fighting for Sight and fighting fittish the final six in ‘Frannie’s Team’ gathered in central London early on Sunday morning to run in the Asics British […]

Scleral lens practice seminars Autumn 2008

Published July 8th, 2008 by David.

Our friends over at sclerals.com are running some Scleral Lens Practice Seminars in Autumn 2008 and are now taking bookings for the events. Ken Pullum comments “Sclerals lenses have retained a unique application in clinical practice, but appear to be largely passed over in the current training programme for optometrists and ophthalmologists.
The introduction of RGP […]

Senior Internet tackle the “Little Beaver Triathlon”

Published July 2nd, 2008 by David.

Members of our internet Development partner, Senior Internet, are doing the Little Beaver Triathlon on the 12th of July at Belvoir Castle in Lincolnshire in aid of Parkinson’s Disease Society.
According to Joe at Senior Internet “There is nothing little about it with the course of events scheduled to be 1500m Swim, 40k Bike, 10k run!”
Any […]

Free CET from Essilor UK Ltd

Published July 1st, 2008 by Jane Macnaughton.

CET C9375: The Significance Of The Minkwitz Condition Upon The Field Of View Of Progressive Power Lenses
This month from Essilor we are hosting a free CET article open to all UK registered Optometrists and Dispensing Opticians.
This article is written by Professor Mo Jalie SMSA, FBDO (Hons), Hon FCGI, Hon FCOptom, MIMgt. Professor Jalie is visiting […]