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Getting into your comfort zone

Dr John Buch, Greg Hofmann and David Ruston discuss the many and varied influences on ocular comfort in contact lens wearers and suggest how understanding these may help ensure successful and continued contact lens wear (C70446, one distance learning CET point suitable for optometrists, dispensing opticians and contact lens opticians)

Pupil assessment – a refresher

Bill Harvey offers an overview of the assessment of the pupils and the implications of any findings as part of a routine eye examination (C70426, one distance learning point for optometrists and dispensing opticians)

Post-operative refraction in patients with advanced technology intraocular lenses – clinical pearls

Christa Gore and Dr Clare O’Donnell consider the challenges when refracting patients implanted with intraocular lenses and consider how best to meet their various visual needs (C70301, one distance learning CET point suitable for optometrists and dispensing opticians)

Contact Lens Opticians

Advanced examination techniques for the anterior eye – part 2

Dr Daniela Oehring concludes her discussion of corneal structure and its influence upon intraocular pressure measurement (C70210, one distance learning CET point suitable for optometrists, therapeutic optometrists and contact lens opticians)

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Optometrists

Paediatric eye care – part 7

In the concluding article in this series developed and co-ordinated by the head of optometry at Great Ormond Street Hospital, Lynne Speedwell offers an overview of the best approach to eye examination of younger patients (C70026, one distance learning CET point suitable for optometrists and dispensing opticians)

Optometrists Dispensing Opticians

Advanced examination techniques for the anterior eye – part 1

In the first of a series looking at some breakthrough technologies in the assessment of the anterior eye, Dr Daniela Oehring discusses developments in the measurement of intraocular pressure (one distance learning CET points suitable for optometrists and therapeutic optometrists

Red eye management – VRICS exercise

In the last three articles in this series, Colin Davidson explained what to do with a range of non-painful and painful red eye conditions and offered tips for managing red eyes in practice. Here we present twelve cases for you to interpret and then answer a related question. (C-62242 one distance learning CET point suitable for OOs, DOs, CLOs and therapeutic OOs)

Optometrists

Contemporary management options for symptomatic vitreous floaters

Andrew J Luff and Clare O’Donnell offer an overview of the sometimes overlooked vitreous which may serve as a practical guide for the eye care practitioner faced with a symptomatic patient

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Optometrists

Domiciliary eye care Part 2

In this second article, Catherine Viner takes a look at patient communication, record-keeping and the ramifications of legal requirements that eye care practitioners need to consider when undertaking domiciliary eye assessment (C-61921, one distance learning CET point suitable for optometrists and dispensing opticians)

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Optometrists

Litigation and the practitioner Interactive Part 4

This is the fourth in a series of interactive CET exercises based upon the recent series of articles by Dr Nizar Hirji concerning the legal requirements of eye care practitioners (C-61613, one interactive CET point suitable for optometrists, dispensing opticians, contact lens opticians and therapeutic optometrists)

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