Satisfaction with vision performance involves much more than visual acuity alone. Can we harness this concept to ensure the contact lens we prescribe meets our patients’ needs? Philippe Jubin, John Buch and Derek Nankivil explain. (C60894, one distance learning CET point suitable for contact lens opticians and optometrists)

Karen Walsh, Sruthi Srinivasan and Lyndon Jones review the evidence for the effect the eyelids have on contact lens comfort, an understanding of which may equip the practitioner with new options to help resolve any concern presenting in practice. (C-60858, one distance learning CET point suitable for optometrists, contact lens opticians and therapeutic optometrists)

In the next in our CET series on low vision assessment, Dr Keziah Latham discusses the often ignored but important assessment of visual fields in the sight impaired patient population (C60648, one distance learning CET point suitable for optometrists and dispensing opticians)

Concluding our series looking at risk factors and intervention with age-related macular degeneration, Dr Rohit Narayan takes a look at the changes with age common to all of us and, again, asks is it time for a pragmatic approach to nutrition? (C60577, one distance learning CET point, suitable for optometrists and dispensing opticians)

Continuing our series offering an overview of working with visual impairment, rehabilitation worker Sylvie Macle offers an insight into her role and shows how a good interprofessional relationship with eye care practitioners is essential in implementing effective management strategies (C60558, one distance learning CET point, suitable for optometrists and dispensing opticians)

The science and psychology behind contact lens handling is providing new insights to enhance new wearer success and encourage retention. Jane Veys highlights opportunities to put these insights into practice and improve patient experience (C60535 one distance learning CET point suitable for optometrists, dispensing opticians and contact lens opticians)

Continuing our series looking at risk factors and intervention with age-related macular degeneration, Dr Rohit Narayan argues that AREDS-based nutritional intervention is just the tip of the iceberg. Is it time for a pragmatic approach to nutrition? (C60478, one distance learning CET point suitable for optometrists and dispensing opticians)

In the first of two articles developed as an introduction to the new course on ageing at Aston University, Dr Doina Gherghel considers the co-morbidities linked with glaucoma (C60479, one distance learning point suitable for optometrists and dispensing opticians)

Jessica Gowing describes how best to dispense an optical appliance to a child (C60412, one distance learning CET point suitable for optometrists and dispensing opticians)

This week we begin a series looking at the various changes to the eye care profession over the past two decades. The series has been developed in association with the founders of Optometric Educators Limited as part of their forthcoming 20th anniversary celebrations. In this first article, Professor Lyndon Jones, Dr Alison Ng and Associate Professor Benjamin Thomson offer an overview of the impact and management of digital eye strain, a phenomenon that has established itself in eye care only in recent years. (C60359, one distance learning CET point suitable for optometrists and dispensing opticians)