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Communicating with the dementia patient

Tallulah Harvey discusses the nature of dementia and its impact on the patient, and how understanding this may help the eye care professional best manage and help the patient (C60024, one distance learning CET point suitable for optometrists and dispensing opticians)

Dyes and stains Part 1 – Lissamine green

Neil Retallic and Sarah Farrant begin our series with a discussion of a staining agent likely to become familiar in eye care practice since its inclusion in the TFOS DEWS2 report (C59962, one distance learning CET point for optometrists and contact lens opticians)

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Litigation and the practitioner interactive - part 3

Bill Harvey introduces the third in a series of interactive CET exercises based on the recent series of articles by Dr Nizar Hirji concerning the legal requirements of eye care practitioners (C59847, one interactive CET point suitable for optometrists, dispensing opticians and contact lens opticians)

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Fatty acid nutrition and dry eye disease

Professor Jonathan Moore and Dr Eric Pazo discuss the evidence for the role of nutrient and nutritional supplementation in the management of dry eye disease (C59765, one distance learning CET point, suitable for optometrists, contact lens opticians and dispensing opticians)

Introduction to Topography

Emma Deighan offers an overview of how modern corneal topographers work and how they display the various data they can capture (C59846, one distance learning CET point, suitable for optometrists, contact lens opticians and dispensing opticians)

Smoking and age-related macular degeneration

Optometrist Dr Rohit Narayan reviews the impact of smoking on AMD, why it has such impact, and also whether e-cigarettes are safer for eye health (C59820, one distance learning CET point suitable for optometrists and dispensing opticians)

The evolution of silicone hydrogel daily disposables

Professor Lyndon Jones and Karen Walsh explain the evolution of contact lens materials over the last two decades (C59762, one distance learning CET point suitable for optometrists and contact lens opticians)

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NICE Guidelines and Glaucoma

In the first of a series of three interactive exercises based upon the recent NICE guidelines regarding the assessment and management of common eye diseases, Bill Harvey introduces an exercise focused on the patient presenting with a risk of developing glaucoma (C59085)

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Paediatric eye care – part 4 – Glaucoma

In the fourth of our series developed and co-ordinated by Lynne Speedwell, Stephanie Figg discusses the assessment, differential diagnosis and management of the various forms of paediatric glaucoma (C59584, one distance learning CET point suitable for optometrists and therapeutic optometrists)

Low vision refresher – Part 2 – Electronic visual enhancement systems

In the next in our series looking at low vision practice, Dr Joy Myint offers an overview of electronic low vision aids (C59512, one distance learning CET point suitable for optometrists and dispensing opticians)