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Associated Optical are hosting one day courses in Low Vision Practice launching in April 2012. Full details on course content and booking may be found on the Associated Optical Website here. Courses are CET Accredited for both Optometrists and Dispensing Opticians.
New technology to help blind people text using touchscreen mobile devices has been developed. Researchers at Georgia Tech produced the app – to be made available on Apple and Android devices – based on the Braille writing system. It is claimed typing with the app is up to six times faster than existing methods for [...]
Competency 1.10 The ability to communicate bad news to patients in an empathic and understandable way This competency deals with the capability of the trainee to discuss subjects with patients that may be of a difficult and often a distressing nature. Best Form Evidence In an ideal situation the Assessor would probably prefer to witness [...]
Competency 1.9 The ability to communicate with patients who have poor, or non-verbal, communication skills, or those who are confused, reticent or who might mislead This competency examines your capability to deal with patients who may be more difficult or challenging to communicate with. You need to be able to conduct a thorough eye examination [...]
As a locum I occasionally come across previous practitioner’s work which raises an eyebrow. However, I came across this young man recently: Age 10, routine review, asymptomatic. Previous practitioner reports: +0.50 R&L. No Rx given. Today the findings were RVA 6/5 +2.50 = 6/5 LVÂ 6/5 +2.50 = 6/5 I believe [...]
At this time of the year, pre-registration trainees are once again completing their Assessments. Following the popular Ask the Examiner threads in the past, 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 Christine Astin, Prof David Henson, Henri Obstfeld, Catherine Viner, Miss Parul [...]
Over recent years I appear to be fitting less and less rigid gas permeable lenses in the GOS. At a recent gathering, some friends were even debating whether or not GP lens fitting should now become a ‘specialist service’ only to be provided by practitioners who manage to demonstrate the experience. After all, with dwindling [...]
Competency 4.9 The ability to manage non-tolerance cases If a non-tolerance case occurs, practitioners must be able to logically identify the problem quickly and efficiently. This competency assesses the trainee’s ability to listen to the patient and to solve the problem. Non-tolerance cases can occur for many reasons. They could be generally categorised as, Pathological [...]
Competency 4.3 The ability to advise on the use of, and to dispense simple low vision aids including: hand and stand magnifiers, typoscopes and hand held telescopes There is a considerable amount of information covered under this particular competency. To be able to advise upon the use of and to dispense simple low vision aids, [...]
An understanding of the application of complex low vision aids e.g. spectacle-mounted telescopes, CCTV Under this section, the group of ‘complex’ low vision aids consist of telescopes and electronic magnification systems, of which CCTV’s are just one type. As the majority of complex low vision aids are prescribed and dispensed by practitioners based either within [...]
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