In this fifth in the series of articles covering the fundamentals of ophthalmic dispensing, Tina Arbon Black and Peter Black explore frame materials old and new, their features, benefits, and adjustment properties and crucially if you have an exam in the subject or are to avoid breaking a frame that is presented for adjustment, how to tell them apart

David Ruston and John Meyler look at the evidence base to discuss the many benefits of etafilcon A hydrogel material that continue to make it an appropriate choice for daily disposable lenses (C72627, one distance learning CET point, suitable for optometrists, contact lens opticians and dispensing opticians)

The second in our series of interactive exercises looking at the management of dry eye disease asks you to interpret the data from a full dry eye work out and come up with a suitable management plan (C72582, one interactive CET point suitable for optometrists, therapeutic optometrists and contact lens opticians)

Bill Harvey introduces an online video VRICS exercise based around four videos. Say what you see. (C72524, one distance learning CET point, suitable for optometrists and dispensing opticians)

In the first of a series looking at the interpretation of patient presentations and using clinical understanding to optimise patient management, Dr Michael Johnson introduces the concept of clinical decision making and its various influences (C72369, suitable as one distance learning CET point, suitable for therapeutic optometrists and optometrists)

In the first in a series looking at visual fields and their clinical relevance, Geoff Roberson describes the visual pathway and explains how an understanding of its anatomy allows the interpretation of field loss to help to identify an underlying lesion (C 72298, one distance learning CET point suitable for optometrists and dispensing opticians)

In the third in our series looking at the commonest cause of severe sight impairment in children in England and Wales, Cirta Tooth uses example cases to show what can be offered to patients who show features of cerebral visual impairment in childhood (C72127, one distance learning CET point suitable for optometrists and dispensing opticians)

Dr Fergal Ennis continues our series on the assessment of binocular status with a detailed look at the cover test (C72208, suitable for one distance learning CET point for optometrists and dispensing opticians)

In the first of two articles, Dr Doina Gherghel offers an overview of common systemic and ocular pathologies associated with ageing, encountered in the optometric practice (C72128, one distance learning CET point suitable for optometrists and dispensing opticians)

In this fourth of a comprehensive series of articles covering the fundamentals of ophthalmic dispensing, Tina Arbon Black and Peter Black explore those measurements essential to dispensing hand-made frames (C72084, one distance learning CET point suitable for optometrists and dispensing opticians)