Archive for Training & Development

4th September 2008 FREE Pre-registration Evening

Published June 12th, 2008 by Jane Macnaughton.

[ September 4, 2008; 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ]

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.

The first presentation is called “The Way Forwardâ€� and is given […]

Now I need to get a job…

Published June 6th, 2008 by David.

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 permanent, […]

How is as important as what…

Published May 28th, 2008 by David.

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 […]

Should we take the ‘continuing’ out of ‘CET?’

Published May 17th, 2008 by Hugh.

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?

Published May 6th, 2008 by David.

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

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. 
Our popular Ask the Examiner and […]

Basic Guidleines of Rigid Gas Permeable Contact Lens Fitting

Published February 19th, 2008 by Jane Macnaughton.

In preparation for the Final Assessment and NonEEA Exams, Dr Christine Astin, PhD, FCOptom, DCLP, FAAO, FIACLE, FBCLA divides RGP fitting into three main topics that will assist candidates with their studies:
Three main areas should be considered:
1. Initial data gathering
2. Lens Fit Analysis
3. Ordering of the rigid gas permeable (RGP) lens
1. Initial data gathering:
• Recent […]

CLEARVIEW Training’s Mock Exam Course for Non EEA Qualified Optometrists

Published December 21st, 2007 by Jane Macnaughton.

[ May 12, 2008 8:30 am to May 15, 2008 5:30 pm. ]  

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 to experience […]

Post card from Barbados: Horner’s or Gardener’s Syndrome?

Published October 14th, 2007 by David Cummins.

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) with […]

Simon Frackiewicz speaks at ABDO CET conference

Published September 21st, 2007 by Jane Macnaughton.

Simon Frackiewicz represented CLEARVIEW Training at ABDO’s annual CET conference in Harrogate last weekend.  Simon’s lecture, entitled “Dispensing 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.
Topics covered in […]