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Free to download - online Pre-registration Lecture: The Routine Exam
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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Forthcoming CET for August 2008:Contact Lens Solutions Update
CET C7495 This audio podcast and text based article by Ngaire Franklin will cover the following aspects of contact lens solutions currently available, whilst making reference to the sensitivity, toxicity and effectivity of current and past care regimes.
Learning Objectives
1. To review current solutions available in the market place for the contact lens wearer.
2. Consider mode […]
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May08 CET C 7530: The visual development and clinical assessment of children
Sosena Tang reviews the latest research into children’s visual development and looks at the clinical tests and techniques useful in examining children.
Publication date: 1st May 2008
This article, by Sosena Tang will include an overview of the past and current research into the developmental milestones for children’s visual development. A review of the methods and results […]
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April 08 CET C 6915: Back to Basics with Dispensing – Specific Gravity – it’s not rocket science!
Peter Chapman revises basic spectacle lens properties, including refractive index, Abbe values, specific gravity and lens materials and how these properties affect the patient’s overall cosmetic and visual performance.
The deadlne for responses is 31st March 2009
This article has been accredited 1 CET point for GOC registered Optometrists and Dispensing Opticians and 1 CET Point for AOI […]
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March08 CET C 7923: Back to Basics with Low Vision 1. The Purpose and Process of Registration
CET C7923 Jane Macnaughton begins a major new series of CET articles covering the basics of low vision practice, aimed at the general optometrist and dispensing practitioner. The objective of this series is to address the concept of a community based low vision practice and in so doing, equip the practitioner with the basic skills needed […]
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January08 CET C7493: Angle Closure and Angle Closure Glaucoma, an optometry perspective
CET C7493 Dr Karen French reviews the current thinking on primary angle closure (PAC) and primary angle closure glaucoma (PACG).
The deadline for responses is 31st January 2009
(31st Dec for Association of Optometrists Australia)
Learning Objectives:
PACG is a leading cause of blindness in Asia and may be more common in European populations than previously recognised. In recent […]
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