Hakim hosts second SPA event

 Optometrists and dispensing opticians from Hakim Group attended the company’s second Share, Progress, Achieve (SPA) educational conference on September 29 in Coventry.

The CPD event featured workshops, insights for daily clinical practice and discussions about dry eye, multimodal imaging and glaucoma, with a lineup of speakers from the group’s practices.

Speakers included Dutch biologist Dr Patrick Van Veen, who co-presented with Dr Byki Huntjens; senior lecturer of optometry at Aston University, Dr Samantha Strong; University of Central Lancashire academic lead for vision sciences, Rupal Lovell-Patel, and ABDO director of education, research and professional development, Dr Alicia Thompson.

Claire Slade, head of professional advancement and governance at Hakim Group, said: ‘Our goal was to create an event that fostered learning and sharing among peers in an interactive and engaging format.