If you were in any doubt about the biggest talking point in optometry right now, a glance at September’s events diary should make it clear.
The subject of myopia management features prominently three major events aimed at optometry professionals this month.
Many of the profession’s most respected opinion leaders are passionate about myopia management (or myopia control depending on your preference) and several of them are coming to the UK this month.
Aston University is hosting a Myopia Management Day on Wednesday, September 13. Experts including Kate Gifford, Jan Roelof Polling, Gillian Bruce and Katie Harrop will lead discussion groups before a round table discussion featuring representatives from the AOP, the College of Optometrists, the General Optical Council and industry.
The BCLA’s Keith Tempany will devote his eagerly anticipated presidential address to the subject of myopia management at the Royal Society of Medicine in London on September 21.
He will look back at the past 40 years and the changing world of contact lenses while looking ahead and at the need to inform the public about myopia.
Finally, the BCLA is spreading its wings and travelling the country with its #AtYourPlace roadshows, where myopia management experts Kate and Paul Gifford will deliver presentations at evening meetings in Birmingham, Manchester and London called ‘The facts and future of myopia control’. The sessions, on September 26-28, will give eye care practitioners the opportunity to gain first-hand knowledge of how to run a successful children’s contact lens clinic.
So, with three chances to hear from those at the cutting edge of myopia management there is no better time than now to get yourself up to speed on the biggest issue in optometry.