Verum writes: Plan, learn, implement - the mantra for the future of CET

I see the future of continuing education and training (CET) is once again on the agenda as the General Optical Council has recently published a consultation document to seek views on how the current scheme should evolve to meet the challenges of the future.

It seems implausible now, given changes in professional mind-set, regulation and what has become accepted practise, that only 20-odd years ago our CET was a voluntary scheme, run by the College of Optometrists. At that time some practitioners were vociferous in their opposition to voluntary, let alone compulsory CET. This was a view I could never understand.