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Archive for October, 2008
At last, an article in the press that makes me happy.
All too often when I read the papers I feel sorry for health care professionals. Not just Optometrists and Dispensing Opticians, but for Doctors, Dentists, Nurses, Physiotherapists and the other professionals allied to health.
How the road looks with glaucoma – City University Video
Browsing the BBC website at lunch and I saw this in one of the sections and thought it might be of interest to our avid readers: “London’s City University has created a video simulation of what a driver with advanced glaucoma would see. Ophthalmologist Anath Viswanathan, from London’s Moorfields Eye Hospital, told BBC’s Breakfast that [...]
PM�s sight gives 'concerns' and the Press forget about the Disability Discrimination Act.
Gordon Brown has the British economy to be concerned about, but it seems that his aides have concerns about his eye sight (Telegraph article here).� Mr Brown�s problems started when he lost the sight in one eye playing rugby aged 16. Recently he has had a cataract operation to try and improve the sight but [...]
Pre-Registration FAQs. 1: Ocular Disease and Investigative Techniques
At this time of the year, pre-registration trainees are once again completing their Assessments. Following the popular �Ask the Examiner� threads over the past two years, we have compiled all of the questions and answers as FAQs and regrouped them all according to subject. Our contributors have included Bill Harvey, Peter Chapman, Joy Myint, Dr [...]
World Sight Day – 9th October
� � � � � We recently had an email from a company in the USA about helping them to spread the word about ‘World Sight Day’ which is on 9th October this year. Now I didn’t know much about this but having looked into it, it seems to be a worthwhile event which needs [...]
Recent CET and Pre-Reg Articles
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The Outside Clinic Account Holders: Glaucoma detection for the domiciliary optometrist. Paper 2: Management C 17915 (O)
November 29th, 2011 ~ 0 Comments
The Outside Clinic Account Holders: C17314 (VRICS) Problems at the Pole
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Recent Optometry Blog Posts
The Outside Clinic Account Holders C18188 (VRICS) Problems in the Periphery
January 4th, 2012 ~ 0 Comments
The Outside Clinic Account Holders: Glaucoma detection for the domiciliary optometrist. Paper 2: Management C 17915 (O)
November 29th, 2011 ~ 0 Comments
The Outside Clinic Account Holders: C17314 (VRICS) Problems at the Pole
September 28th, 2011 ~ 0 Comments
