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Archive for Ask the Examiner

Optometrists: NonEEA and in the UK!

Published January 28th, 2010 by Jane Macnaughton.

If you are currently working towards the College of Optometrists’ Examination for Non-EEA Optometrists, you may be interested in our Facebook Study Group: Optometrists: Non-EEA and in the UK!. The objectives of the group are promote discussion between past and present candidates, share exam tips, experiences and ideas. In addition, the Optometry Blog will continue [...]

Ask the Non-EEA Examiner-The Examinations for Non-EEA/EU Qualified Optometrists

Published January 24th, 2010 by Jane Macnaughton.

Are you preparing to sit the College of Optometrist’s Examination for Non EEA/EU Qualified Optometrists in January 2009? If you need a question answered on any aspect of the exam or understand anything specific about working as an optometrist in the UK, including employment options, then post your questions to us here. Last years Q&A [...]

Pre-Registration FAQs. 1: Ocular Disease and Investigative Techniques

Published October 6th, 2008 by Jane Macnaughton.

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 [...]

Ask the Examiner – The Final Assessment 2008

Published March 14th, 2008 by Jane Macnaughton.

At this time of the year, pre-registration trainees are once again completing their Quarterly Assessments and starting their preparation for the Final Assessment in June and September of this year. Following the popular �Ask the Examiner� thread last summer, the Optometry Blog has re-launched a new thread for the 2008 exams.�

Ask the Assessor – the Core Competencies

Published July 21st, 2007 by Jane Macnaughton.

As one set of trainees completes their pre-registration year, another is just starting out.  To complement our popular ‘Ask the Examiner’ thread, we are now including a new ‘Ask the Assessor’ thread.

The job market – Ask the recruiter

Published May 24th, 2007 by David.

As usual at this time of year, we get alot of soon to be newly qualified Optometry students calling us wanting to know what is around and what they can expect in terms of job roles, salaries and future prospects so this year I thought (in the theme of Janes “ask the examiner” see below) [...]