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. Share This
Q:� If a child has exophoria at distance and near, is amblyopic in one eye with no strabismus, and on refraction you find a hypermetropic Rx. Would a cycloplegic refraction be required or is it OK to prescribe from a non-cycloplegic refraction since there is no squint? A:� You are correct to question the prescribing [...]
The Association of Optometrists is holding its very first Optometry Student Conference at Butlins, Skegness on November 1st & 2nd 2008. This event offers students important career advice and guidance on their pre-registration year, as well as providing the opportunity to network with fellow undergraduates from across the country.� An exhibition will give you access [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
� � � � � 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 [...]
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