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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 [...]
Annual Evidence Update on Age-Related Macular Degeneration16� 22 June 2008
The NLH Eyes & Vision Specialist Library presents a collection of evidence that has emerged over the past 12 months since the AMD National Knowledge Week in June 2007. Share This
4th September 2008 FREE Pre-registration Evening
Flame Health, in association with CLEARVIEW Training, invites you to attend an informal training event at their central Nottingham offices on Thursday the 4th of September. This event is aimed at Pre-Registration Optometrists and will consist of two presentations throughout the course of the evening. Share This
Now I need to get a job…
So, with the final assesments looming ever larger on the horizon, now is the time to be thinking about what your next step is going to be within the world of Optometry. I would imagine that most of you have a good idea of what direction you would like to go in whether it is [...]
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 [...]
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.� Share This
CLEARVIEW Training�s Mock Exam Course for Non EEA Qualified Optometrists
� If you are planning to sit the College of Optometrist�s Examination for Non EEA/EU Qualified Optometrists then our refresher programme is just for you.� Held over four consecutive days at the City University�s Fight for Sight Optometry Clinic in London, our intensive course focuses directly on the exam syllabus; delegates will have an opportunity [...]
Post card from Barbados: Horner’s or Gardener’s Syndrome?
A fifty year old Caucasian lady called me in the middle of a busy clinic, in a panic. For the last 5 days, one of her pupils appeared much smaller than the other, the eye had been a little red and her vision in the eye seemed different. Image reproduced from Clinical Ophthalmology (J Kanski) [...]
Simon Frackiewicz speaks at ABDO CET conference
Simon Frackiewicz represented CLEARVIEW Training at ABDOâs annual CET conference in Harrogate last weekend. Simon’s lecture, entitled âDispensing and Binocular Visionâ? explored both the positive and negative effects of optical devices on the binocular vision system. The lecture was a resounding success and delegates gave an average feedback score of 93% for presentation and content. Share This
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