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CLEARVIEW Training was established on 2005 to provide education and training for the optical industry. With CLEARVIEW, you will find a wide variety of informative, well-organised and thought provoking training solutions.
With over fifteen years experience of organising and delivering educational programmes for Optometrists, Dispensing Opticians, and Pre-registration Trainees, we understand how valuable your time is and how essential it is to not only receive the right training, but to also have access to the latest thinking. That’s why at CLEARVIEW we listen carefully to our clients to ensure that we continue to deliver training that’s right for you. Our clients range form small to large, from the independent to the corporate, from the individual to the LOC.
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June 7th 2012: A Trip to the OSCE’s
June 7th 2012 Tick Tock! it’s against the clock! Location: Fight for Sight Clinic, City University, London Detail: Our preparation for the Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCE) course consists of 2 x 10 sets of mock OSCE examinations set in real time, marked by current College Examiners, followed by station feedback sessions and tutotials. Cost: £399 [...]
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AOP Awards 2012 – new categories announced
With the huge success of the inaugural 2011 AOP Awards, the Association has decided to increase the number of categories this year to 16. The new categories include Specialist Practice of the Year, Contact Lens Practitioner of the Year, Optical Assistant of the Year and Optical Bravery Award Last year saw the original nine categories [...]
Communication Skills Competency 1.1
Competency 1.1 – Overarching competency: The ability to take an accurate history from patients with a range of optometric conditions This competency does what it says on the tin. To pass this the Assessor needs to witness via a variety of methods that an accurate, relevant history can be taken and recorded from a number of [...]
The OSCES, Selective Attention and the Invisible Gorilla
First Published in Optometry Today, May 2011 History: why did the College implement the move? The College introduced the OSCE’s, or Objective Structured Clinical Examinations a few years back as a forward move to a system of pre-registration examinations that were seen to be less biased, impartial and non-discriminatory. Like many significant changes in any [...]
BBC Health: The NHS could save £84m a year by using a cheaper drug to treat a leading cause of blindness, research suggests.
NHS-funded research says both Lucentis and Avastin have a similar effect in preventing loss of sight when used for wet age-related macular degeneration. Lucentis costs about £700 an injection, and Avastin £60 – but Avastin is not officially approved for eye conditions. Novartis, which markets Lucentis in the UK, is taking legal action against four [...]
Sink or Swim! Online CET articles launching soon!
Oh dear, that’s a bad pun. But we do like our goldfish! However, here at CLEARVIEW Training we have had many request for online CET. So, whether you need a CET points top up or would like to find an article more in line with your patient base or personal development plan then keep a [...]
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