GOC plans to point the way on peer review

Proposals by the General Optical Council for peer review points to become a requirement in the next CET cycle have been met with a mixed response.

A straw poll of 44 Optician readers showed 86 per cent believed peer review should not be a compulsory part of the CET scheme.

However, the GOC said responses had been very positive at events including Optrafair and the National Optometric Conference. Linda Ford, GOC head of education and standards, reported the same from Local Optometric Committee meetings she had attended where peer review trials had taken place.

CET proposals for the cycle starting January 2013 were tabled at the GOC's member meeting this month (News 03.02.11) but were subject to approval by the Council and Department of Health.