Joe Ayling: Making a smooth transition

Leaving university and embarking on your first role in the workplace can be a scary experience.

Perhaps it is no wonder then that such a high proportion of pre-reg trainees are finding placements in multiple optical practices with heavy back office support.

Latest studies documented in the following pages confirm this, although they are matched by healthy endorsements for starting out at independent and hospital settings too.

Wherever your pre-reg scheme is completed, reacting to the working environment can present a challenge in its own right.

But beyond the tea runs and 9am starts there will be patients to see, new people to work with and the arrival of assessors at your doorstep.