BCLA reaches out to India

British Contact Lens Association members living in India will be able to sit their fellowship examinations in their home country next year, the organisation announced this week.

It was thanks to a new initiative to expand contact lens skills, knowledge and esteem in the region, called Masterclass Optometry, a BCLA statement said.

Masterclass Optometry was working to upgrade the optometry profession in India, and as well as hosting the fellowship examinations on February 3 will hold a BCLA faculty lecture presented by Professor James Wolffsohn, together with contact lens fitting workshops.

Professor Wolffsohn said: ‘We are delighted at the interest shown by eye care practitioners to develop their contact lens and anterior eye practice, and to demonstrate their esteem in the field by applying for a Fellowship of the BCLA.’