Management of community-referred ophthalmic cases in a teleophthalmology outpatient clinic
Niraj Patel examines how optometrists are transforming outpatient care in ophthalmology through community-based eye care services and offers evidence of these improvements...
Binocular vision anomalies: what can I do in practice? Part 1 — Building the foundations
In the first part of this series Natalie Gibbings, Wasim Sarwar and Shamina Asif look into the intricacies of assessing and treating issues with binocular vision ...
Clinical decision-making in contact lens-related dry eye: Assessment and diagnosis
Dry eye symptoms are among the most common presentations in contact lens practice. In the second article in her series, Baljit Sagoo applies a clinical decision-making framework to help practitioners ...
Occluding contact lenses
Contact lens optician Graeme Stevenson reviews a case of a military veteran requiring a contact lens occluder...
History and symptoms 1: The importance of non-verbal communication
Dr Amit Jinabhai explores the key components of non-verbal communication and how they play a role when taking a patient’s history and symptoms...
Getting more from the eye examination: What does this test really tell us?
In the first article of a new series Robert Lederman argues that routine clinical tests answer specific questions. The clinical significance of their findings only emerges when those findings are inte...
Ocular complications of aesthetic procedures
Dr Emma Green, in her first article for Optician, reviews the periocular anatomy, age-related anatomical changes and the mechanisms underlying ocular and periocular complications associated with non-s...
Visual fields 2: Arterial supply to the visual pathway and some associated visual field defects
Dr Amit N Jinabhai explores the complex blood supply that supports the visual pathway and the effects a compromised supply can have on eye health...
Safety of eye makeup and cosmetic procedures
Methods to enhance the natural beauty of the eye have been around for millennia, but they are not without risk. Dr Douglas Clarkson explains the issues and why eye-friendly makeup might be a good idea...
Myopia management with contact lenses 2
Continuing his article in last week’s myopia special issue, Andrew Price explores alternative daily and monthly disposable lenses, the role of extended depth of focus, dopamine, orthokeratology and sa...
Myopia management with contact lenses 1
In the first of two articles, the second published next week, Andrew Price reviews contact lens options for the treatment of myopia progressions, starting with the evidence base and the first daily di...
Myopia management spectacle lenses
Luke Douglas, in his first article for Optician, reviews the efficacy, materials and fitting criteria across the growing range of myopia control spectacle lenses now available in the UK ...