Rigid gas-permeable lenses

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A recurring message from this column, which I hope is hitting home, is the need for pre-registration students to be active and search out and present quality evidence to an assessor. With the vast majority of contact lens wearers today wearing soft lenses then the two most challenging competencies to evidence must be those relating to rigid gas-permeable contact lenses (RGPs), especially - '7.5 The ability to manage the aftercare of patients wearing rigid gas-permeable contact lenses' and '7.6 The ability to fit rigid gas-permeable contact lenses'.