Case study
A 42-year-old -3.00DS myope attends a community eye care practice at 16.30 having noticed a sudden appearance of a 'cobweb-like' disturbance in the right eye and awareness of a 'sparkling' disturbance down to their right which he says he notices 'from time to time' and can still see now. He has driven to your practice, having left work early, as is worried.
You have one more appointment slot (filled) and are due to finish at 17.00 but the practice remains open until 18.00. There are some appointment slots tomorrow.
To gain your CET point you are required to discuss the following with another GOC registered practitioner and consider the following;
- Your non-GOC-registered support staff member consults you and asks what you wish to do. What might be your response and how would you record whatever action you might recommend? What should be their action had the patient arrived when no GOC-registered staff member was on the premises? Respond according to your professional category (optometrist or dispensing optician)
- Are there any reasons why a patient complaining of flashes and floaters should not be dilated in community practice?
Remember, there may be a divergence of views – we simply need to know what you and your colleague think and why.
Remember, your interaction should last for at least 10 minutes (and completion of the submission will be taken as your statement that this is true) and you will be required to submit the outcome of your discussion along with the name and GOC number of the person with whom you have interacted.
Once you submit your responses, our review team will either:
- Confirm completion and an interactive CET point
- Ask by email for further clarification
- Suggest that too little information was submitted this time for a point to be awarded