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The changing face of optical education

Specsavers’ Professional Advancement Conference (PAC) celebrates its 25th year in October. Optometrist Paul Carroll, Specsavers’ director of professional services, was one of the small group of store partners who established the flagship conference in 1995. He discusses how optical education has changed over the last quarter of a century

As well as reflecting the changes in optical education, I think PAC has also influenced those changes. It encouraged other conferences to come into the market, and I suspect it is the standard against which many of those conferences measure themselves. There is a real buzz when you go to PAC, and all the practitioners are really excited, engaged and interested, which makes me very proud.

It all began with the Professional Advancement Committee, a small group of store partners with a shared interest in promoting high professional standards, helping Specsavers achieve a leading role in continuing education, and increasing awareness of this in the wider profession.

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