Crab claw! - Is it inferior keratoconus or pellucid marginal corneal degeneration?
Dr Obinwanne Chukwuemeka Junior explores the prognosis, presentation and outcomes that differentiate inferior keratoconus from pellucid marginal corneal degeneration...
OCT masterclass 3: Basic interpretation of the B-scan
Jason Higginbotham continues his series of articles to help ECPs make the most of their OCT machines. In this installment, Jason walks us through interpreting the B-Scan...
Supporting language development in children with vision impairment
Cirta Tooth explains the significant role of vision in language development and how eye care professionals can support children with language and literacy development when they have a vision impairmen...
Safeguarding 1: Children
In his first CPD article for Optician, optometrist and safeguarding lead Usman Rasul introduces the topic of child safeguarding and outlines optical practitioners’ responsibilities...
The convenient truth: How moving beyond patient need improves patient choice and care
In his second article relating to communication in ophthalmic dispensing, Daniel Read explains how informed choice is essential in order to obtain valid consent...
BCLA CLEAR Presbyopia 5: Management with scleral techniques, lens softening, pharmaceutical and nutritional therapies
Professor Craig Woods and Professor Shehzad Naroo examine roles and treatments of specific parts of the eye ...
Insights into eyelid lumps and bumps: Case studies
Beth Ralph provides an overview of the structure and function of eyelids, as well as case studies of pathologies contact lens opticians may commonly encounter in contact lens or anterior minor eye con...
Optometric practice: The natural home of dry eye – 5a: Beyond eye drops
This fifth article on dry eye disease by Andrew Price, starts to look beyond the use of dry eye drops alone, to lid hygiene products that patients can utilise themselves, under the title ‘home treatme...
Improving practice communication 9: Communication in supervision
Peter Greedy considers the people skills of communication and how this applies in the supervisor/supervisee relationship...
Transferring care – the art of the handover
Daniel Read discusses the effective transfer of care from the optometrist to the dispensing optician using an open handover and funnel questioning to pass over expertise and ensure informed consent ...
BCLA CLEAR Presbyopia 4: Management with contact lenses
Dr Melissa Barnett and Dr Debarun Dutta provide an overview of the contact lens management options for presbyopia. The fourth article in a series that encapsulates those conclusions from the BCLA CLEA...
Improving practice communication 8: Communicating with empathy and compassion
Gill Brabner of Resound Learning & Development makes a compelling case for a compassionate approach to communication with clear benefits to individuals, organisations and the patients they serve ...