Leading Optical Professionals, Leading the Optical Profession
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 [...]
The spectacles are designed to prevent dieters from overeating because they make food look less appealing. The theory behind the glasses is that the blue hue acts an appetite suppressant, because few foods are naturally that colour. The eyewear, developed in Japan, has recently gone on sale there priced around £10 and is expected to become the [...]
Bright light. It’s horrible. Who does like looking at bright light? I don’t. So when a patient presents with a chief complaint of photophobia, what are we meant to do? I have had two cases in the last two weeks. The first was a student who felt that his photophobia had got progressively worse over [...]
You would think that I would know by now but a long term debate over spelling stlll leaves me in a quandary when I write articles. Focussing or Focussed, Focusing or Focused. Is this a difference between UK and US or simply that we have all agreed to disagree? You would think I’d be able [...]
YES there is still time, it is still that time of year when new beginnings and New Year Resolutions are still fresh and unbroken so an opportunity to try something new in terms of re-charging your “batteries” in 2012. Look no further listed below here are some of my ideas: Consider attending a training [...]
I gave a talk at a local school recently. One boy put his hands up, ‘My mum tells me that eating lots of carrots helps you to see better in the dark.’ Whilst I would in no way wish to cross another parent’s comment on the importance of eating vegetables, especially with the great uphill [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
There I was, Friday afternoon, reflecting on a week comprising of mainly routine refractions but with the few interesting cases that kept my brain active. However, one area of clinical practice that I had observed during the week worried me: Contact lens wearers seem to know best!
I am a keen swimmer. Over the past few years swimming has gradually become my main form of exercise. I wear goggles, I wear contact lenses, and when I occasionally forget either one or both, I usually muddle on and get some quality exercise all the same.
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