The OpticianPub Date : 2022-02-01DOI: 10.12968/opti.2022.2.244075
Yiannis Kotoulas
{"title":"In Focus: Dispensing with a plan","authors":"Yiannis Kotoulas","doi":"10.12968/opti.2022.2.244075","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12968/opti.2022.2.244075","url":null,"abstract":"ABDO has outlined its long-term goals with the release of a five-year plan Yiannis Kotoulas reports.","PeriodicalId":86894,"journal":{"name":"The Optician","volume":"24 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78214833","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The OpticianPub Date : 2022-02-01DOI: 10.12968/opti.2022.2.8879
Bill Harvey
{"title":"CPD case studies","authors":"Bill Harvey","doi":"10.12968/opti.2022.2.8879","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12968/opti.2022.2.8879","url":null,"abstract":"Bill Harvey introduces a new format for readers to send in their case studies and have the opportunity to earn an interactive CPD point.","PeriodicalId":86894,"journal":{"name":"The Optician","volume":"480 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77772392","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The OpticianPub Date : 2022-02-01DOI: 10.12968/opti.2022.2.244251
Neil Retallic, Debarun Dutta
{"title":"A CLEAR spotlight","authors":"Neil Retallic, Debarun Dutta","doi":"10.12968/opti.2022.2.244251","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12968/opti.2022.2.244251","url":null,"abstract":"Neil Retallic and Dr Debarun Dutta introduce a forthcoming, exciting new Optician CPD series featuring the BCLA CLEAR reports.","PeriodicalId":86894,"journal":{"name":"The Optician","volume":"14 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88734567","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The OpticianPub Date : 2022-02-01DOI: 10.12968/opti.2022.2.8877
Cirta Tooth
{"title":"Alzheimer's disease and vision","authors":"Cirta Tooth","doi":"10.12968/opti.2022.2.8877","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12968/opti.2022.2.8877","url":null,"abstract":"Cirta Tooth describes the impact of Alzheimer's disease upon vision and offers two case studies illustrating how both basic and higher function can be affected..","PeriodicalId":86894,"journal":{"name":"The Optician","volume":"75 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80584802","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The OpticianPub Date : 2022-01-01DOI: 10.12968/opti.2022.1.243359
Bill Harvey
{"title":"Impact of myopia – on CPD","authors":"Bill Harvey","doi":"10.12968/opti.2022.1.243359","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12968/opti.2022.1.243359","url":null,"abstract":"Bill Harvey uses his interest in myopia as the basis for a fictionalised account of the various ways you might approach self-directed CPD.","PeriodicalId":86894,"journal":{"name":"The Optician","volume":"31 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73225119","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The OpticianPub Date : 2022-01-01DOI: 10.12968/opti.2022.1.243361
Michael Johnson
{"title":"A major step forward for the profession","authors":"Michael Johnson","doi":"10.12968/opti.2022.1.243361","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12968/opti.2022.1.243361","url":null,"abstract":"Just before the end of last year, UK optometrists took part in a course where they were trained in a number of new and advanced therapeutic techniques. The event was the first of its kind in the UK, but likely to be remembered as a watershed moment for optometry. In the first of two reviews, we hear the opening address from co-organiser of the event, Dr Michael Johnson.","PeriodicalId":86894,"journal":{"name":"The Optician","volume":"44 8 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85829827","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The OpticianPub Date : 2022-01-01DOI: 10.12968/opti.2022.1.243895
A. Azuara-Blanco
{"title":"Glaucoma treatment in the blink of an eye","authors":"A. Azuara-Blanco","doi":"10.12968/opti.2022.1.243895","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12968/opti.2022.1.243895","url":null,"abstract":"Professor Augusto Azuara-Blanco describes a new laser treatment for glaucoma which, unlike SLT, is a non-contact procedure and is able to treat both open and closed angle glaucoma.","PeriodicalId":86894,"journal":{"name":"The Optician","volume":"13 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83540235","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The OpticianPub Date : 2022-01-01DOI: 10.12968/opti.2022.1.8863
S. Tang
{"title":"Cycloplegic refraction 1","authors":"S. Tang","doi":"10.12968/opti.2022.1.8863","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12968/opti.2022.1.8863","url":null,"abstract":"Sosena Tang reviews the mechanisms behind accommodation and how it affects refraction, the availability of cycloplegic drugs for optometrists, and how and when to use them. Case examples of post-cycloplegic prescribing are also presented.","PeriodicalId":86894,"journal":{"name":"The Optician","volume":"31 8 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78317514","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The OpticianPub Date : 2022-01-01DOI: 10.12968/opti.2022.1.243899
Bill Harvey
{"title":"OCT Casebook: Disc analysis","authors":"Bill Harvey","doi":"10.12968/opti.2022.1.243899","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12968/opti.2022.1.243899","url":null,"abstract":"Bill Harvey resumes the series of OCT casebook features with a look at some different results.","PeriodicalId":86894,"journal":{"name":"The Optician","volume":"18 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75236063","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The OpticianPub Date : 2022-01-01DOI: 10.12968/opti.2022.1.243894
Narendra Kumar
{"title":"India: Simple magnifying aid","authors":"Narendra Kumar","doi":"10.12968/opti.2022.1.243894","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12968/opti.2022.1.243894","url":null,"abstract":"In another of his occasional reports from India, Dr Narendra Kumar describes a case where one of the simplest and least powered magnification devices he has available was able to help a patient.","PeriodicalId":86894,"journal":{"name":"The Optician","volume":"123 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83235731","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}