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Do as I say, not as I do
Most of us have bad habits, most of us do things we shouldn’t do, eat too much chocolate, or have one too many glasses of wine at the weekend. Most practicing Optometrists spend our days giving out advice and best practice to patients hoping that it will be followed.
“Always wash your hands before touching your […]
How is as important as what…
I was recently doing some training in a sales based environment and I was talking to the audience about verbal communication and this time it was specifically to do with talking on the telephone
The focus of the training module was to focus on the point that “how you say something is as important as what you […]
In the Hot Seat - Richard Edwards
Richard Edwards, Head of Professional Resource at Boots Opticians discusses his 12 years at Boots, exciting new opportunities for practitioners, comes clean over his passion for football and how he developed his optometry skills in the Sacks at Aston.
What is your current role and title?
Head of Professional Resource & Development, Boots Opticians
What are your responsibilities?
Responsible for the […]
Should we take the ‘continuing’ out of ‘CET?’
The current CET cycle began at the start of last year. As we all know it runs for three years, during which I need to acquire a minimum of 36 CET points. For me a good spread of CET has come quite easily. After recently attending the College’s annual Conference, ‘Optometry Tomorrow’, I have now […]
Credit Crunch?
The turmoil of the markets still seems to be in the papers with some Banks saying they are back on track for ‘08, The bank of England saying the Credit fears were overstated, The Halifax saying there was definitely a house price drop of 0.9% in April and Oil at a record of $120/barrell, I was left wondering whether […]
‘Hope is contagious,’ Len Seymour discusses today’s results of the Moorfields gene therapy trial.
Len Seymour, professor of gene therapies at Oxford University and president of the British Society for Gene Therapy, discusses the impact of a gene therapy trial conducted on a young man with Leber’s congenital amaurosis (LCA), published as the leading article in the Independent today,
“Leber’s Congenital Amaurosis leads to progressive loss of sight. It is […]
The Bionic Eye
On Monday, the BBC reported a trial of a ‘Bionic eye’ at Moorfields Eye Hospital and how it may hold the key to returning sight to people left blind by a hereditary disease.
The full transcript of the article can be read here:
Article
What are our thoughts about this exciting new development within the wide world […]
Pregnant in an interview - Full disclosure or hide the truth?
Natasha Kaplinski’s announcement that she is three months pregnant just weeks into her £1million contract with Channel Five raises a question about maternity and the rights of both employers and potential parents. Her announcement comes at a time of debate about maternity leave for high-profile women. Sir Alan Sugar, the entrepreneur, has insisted employers should […]
Ask the Examiner - The Final Assessment 2008
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.
Our popular Ask the Examiner and […]
IOL’s For VIP’s
No, I’m not talking about specific intraocular lenses for royalty, but about a new technique of IOL surgery for visually impaired people.
IOL Vip (IntraOcular Lens for Visually impaired people) is a form of lens surgery that aims to improve a patient’s vision by creating a Galilean telescope using two intraocular lenses. The lenses take the […]
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