In the second in a four-part series looking at age-related macular degeneration, Dr Rohit Narayan and Bill Harvey discuss the clinical assessment and diagnosis of age-related macular degeneration (C104534, suitable for logging as one provider-led distance learning CPD point for optometrists and dispensing opticians)

Dr Douglas Clarkson describes the science underlying climate change and explains the wide impact it is having on eye health and the prevalence of specific eye diseases around the world (C104439, suitable for logging as one provider-led distance learning CPD point for optometrists and dispensing opticians)

Khin Yadana Tun reviews the published scientific evidence regarding the efficacy of nutritional supplementation with omega-3 fatty acids in treating dry eye disease and suggests what eye care practitioners should advise their patients. This is an edited version of the 2022 City University/Optician Best Dissertation prize-winner. (C104332, suitable for logging as one provider-led distance learning CPD point for optometrists, contact lens opticians and dispensing opticians)

The sixth in a series of articles summarising the key findings of the BCLA CLEAR publication, a major review of the published evidence relating to all aspects of contact lens practice, Dr Neema Ghorbani Mojarrad and Sophie Coverdale offer an overview of the BCLA CLEAR section relating to orthokeratology. (C104271, suitable for one distance learning CPD point for optometrists, contact lens opticians and dispensing opticians)

Neil Retallic and Bill Harvey introduce a new interactive CPD exercise based upon the BCLA CLEAR publication focusing on contact lens optics, as featured in last month’s Optician Contact Lens Monthly (C104243, suitable for logging as one interactive CPD point for optometrists, dispensing opticians and contact lens opticians)

With Disability History Month taking place in the UK between November 16 and December 16, 2022, with the aims of raising awareness and celebrating the achievements of people living with a disability, Tina Arbon Black and Peter Black take the opportunity to consider the range of dispensing challenges patients with special needs can present (C104286, suitable for logging as one provider-led distance learning CPD point for optometrists and dispensing opticians)

In the first in a four-part series looking at age-related macular degeneration, Dr Rohit Narayan and Bill Harvey discuss the epidemiology of the disease and its risk factors (C104190, suitable for logging as one provider-led distance learning CPD point for optometrists and dispensing opticians)

In the first of an occasional series designed to provide a resource to help with the training of support staff, Neil Retallic discusses the many and various ways contact lenses can be discussed with patients in practice (C104122, suitable for logging as one provider-led distance learning CPD point for optometrists and dispensing opticians)

Bill Harvey and Sarah Farrant introduce a new interactive CPD exercise offering an opportunity to discuss your views on the potential for cosmetics to influence the future success of soft contact lens wear (C104056, suitable for logging as one interactive CPD point for optometrists, contact lens opticians and dispensing opticians)

The fifth in a series of articles summarising the key findings of the BCLA CLEAR publication, a major review of the published evidence relating to all aspects of contact lens practice, Dr Nitya Murthy, Steve Newman and Professor Pete Kollbaum offer an overview of the BCLA CLEAR section relating to contact lens optics. (C103800, suitable for one distance learning CPD point for optometrists, contact lens opticians and dispensing opticians)