The ninth in a series of articles summarising the key findings of the BCLA CLEAR publication, a major review of the published evidence relating to all aspects of contact lens practice, Dr Alex Hui offers an overview of the BCLA CLEAR section relating to the contact lens technologies of the future. (C106120 suitable for one distance learning CPD point for optometrists, contact lens opticians and dispensing opticians)
Richard Edwards discusses the legal implications surrounding myopia management, whether undertaken or not. (C106069, suitable for logging as one provider-led distance learning CPD point for optometrists and dispensing opticians)
Peter Black and Tina Arbon Black refresh our memories about the spectacle correction of myopia and bring us up to date with the latest developments in myopia management lens designs
(C106065, suitable for logging as one provider-led distance learning CPD point for optometrists and dispensing opticians)
In the first of two articles looking at retinoblastoma, consultant paediatric ophthalmologist Mr Joe Abbott offers an overview of the disease (C106043, suitable for logging as one distance learning CPD point for optometrists and dispensing opticians)
Dr Douglas Clarkson describes the way a cornea maintains oxygen supply during contact lens wear against the back-drop of contact lens evolution over the last decades (C106006, suitable for logging as one distance learning CPD point for optometrists, contact lens opticians and dispensing opticians)
In the first of a four part series looking at an important cause of visual impairment in children, Cirta Tooth explains the nature of cerebral visual impairment (C105999, suitable for logging as one provider-led distance learning CPD point for optometrists and dispensing opticians)
Adam Samuels, Professor Philip Morgan and Anna Sulley summarise a recent literature review on ways to increase success with new contact lens wearers in practice. (C105963, suitable for logging as one distance learning CPD point for optometrists, contact lens opticians and dispensing opticians)
Bill Harvey offers a very topical refresher in identifying the ocular impact of increasingly common sexually transmitted diseases (C105925, suitable for logging as one distance learning CPD point by dispensing opticians, optometrists and therapeutic optometrists)
Danya Lahmami reviews the published evidence comparing the correction of astigmatism with either spherical or toric soft contact lenses. This is an edited version of the 2020 City University/Optician Best Dissertation prize-winner (C105880, suitable for logging as one distance learning CPD point for optometrists, contact lens opticians and dispensing opticians)
Dr Douglas Clarkson takes a look at the increasing evidence for the impact of space travel and microgravity upon ocular and visual health (C105845, suitable for logging as one provider-led distance learning CPD point for optometrists and dispensing opticians)
