Cirta Tooth takes a look at sight impairment registration and what knowledge and skills can help the eye care professional to decide for which patients a referral is warranted for certification (C102141, suitable for one distance learning CPD point for optometrists and dispensing opticians)

Neil Retallic introduces a new interactive CPD exercise aimed at encouraging discussion about the importance of understanding the nature of the ocular surface as a way of predicting contact lens wear success (C102054, suitable for logging as one interactive CPD point for optometrists, dispensing opticians and contact lens opticians)

The previous three articles relating to presbyopia have dealt with the routine cases and common problems associated with poor quality dispensing of progressive lenses. In this fourth article, Tina Arbon Black and Peter Black consider challenging presbyopic prescriptions and patient scenarios whose very nature makes problems likely even if frame selection, lens measurements and refraction are performed perfectly. (C101834, suitable for logging as one provider-led distance learning CPD point for optometrists and dispensing opticians)

Bill Harvey offers an update on the new case study CPD option available to subscribers to Optician

Bill Harvey introduces a new interactive CPD exercise based on two recent features looking into the disease and its impact on communication and vision (C101678, suitable for one interactive CPD point for optometrists and dispensing opticians)

In the first in a series of articles summarising the key findings of the BCLA CLEAR publication, a major review of the published evidence base relating to all aspects of contact lens practice, Neil Retallic and Dr Debarun Dutta offer an overview of the BCLA CLEAR section relating to the anatomy and physiology of the eye. (C101587, suitable for one distance learning CPD point for optometrists, contact lens opticians and dispensing opticians)

Dr Michael Johnson describes a procedure that will allow optometrists to remove benign lid lesions in practice (C101411, suitable for one CPD point logged by optometrists and specialty optometrists)

In the first of a series of interactive exercises aimed at encouraging discussion about dispensing skills, Peter Black describes a case of intolerance to a recently dispensed pair of progressive power lenses (C101524, suitable as
an interactive CPD point for optometrists and dispensing opticians)

In this the third article in this series concentrating on correction of presbyopia Peter Black and Tina Arbon Black take a look at progressive-power lenses (C101359, may be used as one provider-led distance learning CPD point for optometrists and dispensing opticians)

Cirta Tooth describes the impact of Alzheimer’s disease upon vision and offers two case studies illustrating how both basic and higher function can be affected. (C101275)