PAC has big plans for flexible day

Specsavers' Professional Advancement Committee (PAC) 2010 one-day conference on October 17 looks to provide practitioners with a flexible programme of professional development and CET.

Clinical, dispensing and contact lens programmes will be offered alongside hands-on workshops, paper-based and online CET quizzes as well as a post-conference webcast.

A line-up of international and UK speakers will include representatives from CIBA Vision, CooperVision, Bausch+ Lomb, Sauflon, Anglia Ruskin University, the Association of British Dispensing Opticians and the British Contact Lens Association.

Dr Philip Morgan from the University of Manchester will discuss staining Dr William L Jones from Jones Eyecare, New Mexico, will present on peripheral retinal degenerations, while Chris Steele from the Sunderland Eye Infirmary will talk about glaucoma management and clinical decision-making in primary care. Practitioners can gain up to eight CET credits for the day plus a further six credits through quizzes and webcasts.