Getting started in therapeutics

Part 2 - How should I plan my strategy? In the second part of our new series, Nick Rumney examines the rationale for moving towards a prescribing role and looks at some of the practicalities of preparing for therapeutic practice

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Since the inception of the NHS, the UK optometrist has traditionally been trained to carry out refraction and identify abnormalities in the eye and adnexa. The registration of the profession took place nearly 50 years ago, and over time there has been a considerable expansion of the services that optometrists provide which, in essence, has constituted an ever more detailed examination of the eye. For example, it is now clear that optometrists are functioning as diagnosticians.