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Cirta Tooth discusses how the medical model meets the social model in a low vision clinic and the implications upon patient management by the eye care professional (C 77395, one distance learning CET point suitable for optometrists and dispensing opticians)
In the 11th article in our major series about modern contact lens practice edited by Dr Rachel Hiscox, Louise Munns considers best practice for the contact lens teach (C77275, one distance learning CET point suitable for optometrists, contact lens opticians and dispensing opticians)
Krupa Patel, Mark Draper, Zoe Bull and Karen Walsh share new insights into the deeper emotional benefits experienced by contact lens wearers, and how eye care professionals can use their understanding of this to increase proactive recommendation, creating many more satisfied dual wearers of both spectacles and contact lenses. New data on contact lens wearer habits in combination with face masks are also shared. (C77283, one distance learning CET point suitable for optometrists, contact lens opticians and dispensing opticians)
Dr Nizar Hirji offers a new case scenario for you to discuss with colleagues and earn an interactive CET point. (C77324: one interactive distance learning point, suitable for optometrists, contact lens opticians and dispensing opticians)
Dr Rohit Narayan continues his series looking at lifestyle and its influence upon eye health with a closer look at nutrition and what we know about the impact upon macular health (C77248, one distance learning CET point suitable for optometrists and dispensing opticians)
Neil Retallic and Sheena Shah ask the question ‘Should we as ECPs be doing more to understand the well-being of our patients?’
Sarah Arnold looks at the best approach to the assessment and management of a patient with infantile nystagmus (C 77181, one distance learning CET point suitable for optometrists and dispensing opticians)
Karen Hughes discusses the various manufacturing techniques used in the production of modern contact lenses (C77066, one distance learning CET point suitable for optometrists, contact lens opticians and dispensing opticians)
Following on from his recent CET series which established the link between the microbiome, diet and the immune system and how this influences eye health, Dr Rohit Narayan begins a new series that looks in more detail into the association between lifestyle and eye health. In this first part, he expands on the influence of diet on systemic and eye health and asks the question; is offering advice about lifestyle now within the role of the eye care practitioner? (C76956, one distance learning CET point suitable for optometrists and dispensing opticians)
The preceding two articles in this series have looked at the basics of prismatic effects, binocular vision and eye movements. Here Peter Black and Tina Arbon Black apply that knowledge to common dispensing problems as well as introducing aspects of binocular vision in near vision (C76988, one distance learning CET point suitable for optometrists and dispensing opticians)