College clinical adviser Daniel Hardiman-McCartney MBE FCOptom speaks to optometrist Bhavin Shah MCOptom MBABO FBCLA about how he provides help and support to patients with dyslexia in his practice, the difference between dyslexia and visual stress, as well as his views on colour and tinted lenses. November 2022: Case on acceptable advertising claims in clinical practice - College of Optometrists (college-optometrists.org) Examining patients with specific learning difficulties - College of Optometrists (college-optometrists.org) TER328 - Colourimetry interventions to support people with visual ..read more

College clinical adviser Daniel Hardiman-McCartney FCOptom MBE talks to principal optometrist at Moorfields Eye Hospital Jay Varia BSc(Hons) MCOptom DipTp(IP) Prof Cert Glauc about the advanced clinical practice course. They discuss what the course entails, who it is aimed at, the skills that you learn, as well as what the course could lead to after completion. Advanced clinical practice course at Moorfields Eye Hospital Advanced clinical practice course at University of Plymouth --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/collegeofoptometrists/message ..read more

In this episode of WebinarXtra, Daniel talks to optometrist Dr Rebekka Heitmar MCOptom Prof Cert Med Ret following her webinar on OCT in optometric practice for beginners, where she reviewed different OCT scans as well as evidence from research and emerging guidance on clinical practice. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/collegeofoptometrists/message ..read more

In this special podcast for Black History Month, clinical adviser Denise Voon MCOptom first speaks to Dr Roxanne Crosby-Nwaobi postdoctoral ophthalmic nurse researcher, lead nurse for research at Moorfields Eye Hospital and honorary Associate Professor at UCL and secondly, Sylvia Chengo, visually impaired digital creator and disability advocate. You can find out more about Sylvia on Instagram, TikTok and YouTube. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/collegeofoptometrists/message ..read more

In this episode of WebinarXtra, Daniel talks to ophthalmologist Kam Balaggan about the macula. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/collegeofoptometrists/message ..read more

In this episode of WebinarXtra, Daniel talks to ophthalmologist Kam Balaggan about floaters and the vitreous. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/collegeofoptometrists/message ..read more

In this episode of WebinarXtra, Daniel talks to ophthalmologist Kam Balaggan about pseudoexfoliation and lens implants. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/collegeofoptometrists/message ..read more

College clinical advisers Dr Paramdeep Bilkhu MCOptom and Daniel Hardiman-McCartney FCOptom MBE discuss the latest updates on myopia management guidance including the recommendations for ensuring best practice. Dr Bilkhu, who co-led the guidance review, also discusses the importance of explaining risks and benefits as well as how the different management options compare. "Whether myopia is within your scope of practice or not, you should make sure that you have the relevant knowledge and can hold a discussion with patients and their parents about myopia, how it is treated, the supporting evide ..read more

In this second episode of the OPO special edition podcast, Daniel speaks to two OPO journal authors; Paddy Gun MCOptom, Principal Optometrist for  Education and Training at the Manchester Royal Eye Hospital, and Emily  Charlesworth MCOptom, Clinical Research Optometrist at Bradford  University. In the first half of the podcast, Daniel talks to Paddy about the results of the second national survey on the scope of practice of optometrists working in the UK Hospitals. In the second part, Emily tells Daniel about her investigations into the advice optometrists give th ..read more

In this two-part special OPO edition of the podcast, Daniel and Martin speak to College scholars, Associate Professor Keziah Latham FCOptom and  Doctor Jane Macnaughton FCOptom from Anglia Ruskin University. They discuss their research paper, asking if patient-identified ‘comfortable’ print size is a useful clinical parameter for low vision reading assessment. Look out for the second episode with three more OPO journal authors, celebrating the work of College PhD scholars. To read the articles and for more OPO papers, visit www.college-optometrists.org/OPO Links mentioned in this episode ..read more