The British Contact Lens Association has established a new CET-accredited programme that focuses on clinical skills for ocular surface health (OSH) and dry eye.
More than 200 eye care practitioners have signed up to the programme, which will allow BCLA members to gain CET points while obtaining a dry eye certificate or a higher level to lead a BCLA fellowship.
Free for all members, the course is a response to what the BCLA see as the “changing face of the profession” following the Foresight report and other research emphasising the need to increase the scope of optometry and contact lens practice.
Keith Tempany, BCLA president, said: ‘We are always keen to help our members improve their clinical expertise which in turn enhances the patient experience; this programme in managing the dry eye and managing ocular surface health does just that.’
Six credits are available from five online modules and one relevant dry eye or OSH workshop, peer review or lecture. A BCLA certificate will be issued upon successful completion of the course.