I see the future of continuing education and training (CET) is once again on the agenda as the General Optical Council has recently published a consultation document to seek views on how the current scheme should evolve to meet the challenges of the future.
It seems implausible now, given changes in professional mind-set, regulation and what has become accepted practise, that only 20-odd years ago our CET was a voluntary scheme, run by the College of Optometrists. At that time some practitioners were vociferous in their opposition to voluntary, let alone compulsory CET. This was a view I could never understand.
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