Dr Fergal Ennis continues our series on the assessment of binocular status with a detailed look at comitant heterotropia, a tropia that is not dependent on position of gaze (C73636, suitable for one distance learning CET point for optometrists and dispensing opticians)
Continuing our series looking at the latest techniques available to specialist optometrists, Andrew Matheson discusses intravitreal injection techniques and goes on to argue the case that this treatment falls well within the scope of treatment by specialist optometrists. (C73653, one distance learning CET point suitable for optometrists and therapeutic optometrists)
In the first of two papers on driving and vision, Professor Joanne Wood discusses the impact of common ocular disorders on driving ability and safety and how eye care practitioners might offer the best advice regarding this to their patients (C73461, one distance learning CET point suitable for optometrists and dispensing opticians)
Having previously covered the desirable properties required of frame materials and introduced historic materials and modern
cellulose-based plastics, in this second article Peter Black and Tina Arbon Black consider the remaining plastic and metal materials used in the manufacture (C73462, one distance learning CET point suitable for optometrists and dispensing opticians)
Dr Keyur Patel and Bill Harvey describe the use of matrix therapy agents in wound healing and their increasing potential to assist corneal recovery after disease or injury (C73448, one distance learning CET point, suitable for optometrists and therapeutic optometrists)
Dr Rohit Narayan takes a look at the nature of statins and explains how they exert an influence on much more than cholesterol metabolism, and may have a future role on the management of a range of ocular diseases. (C73301, one distance learning CET point suitable for optometrists and therapeutic optometrists)
Bill Harvey introduces this month’s interactive CET which, having previously looked at smoking and eye health, focuses upon the role of the eye care professional in influencing a different lifestyle-influenced factor with serious implications for health (C73344, one interactive CET point suitable for optometrists and dispensing opticians)
Dr Fergal Ennis continues our series on the assessment of binocular status with a detailed look at stereopsis and its measurement (C73203, suitable for one distance learning CET point for optometrists and dispensing opticians)
In the latest in our series looking at the latest techniques available to specialist optometrists, Andrew Matheson discusses the latest laser treatments for glaucoma, such as selective laser trabeculoplasty. (C73204, one distance learning CET point suitable for optometrists and therapeutic optometrists)
Dr Michael Johnson builds on the first article in this series in which he argued why clinical decision making is important, and a skill that healthcare professionals need to develop mindfully so they make better use of their knowledge to improve patient care. In part 2, he outlines some fundamental principles and offers practical strategies (C-72870, suitable as one distance learning CET point for therapeutic optometrists and optometrists)
