The OpticianPub Date : 2021-07-01DOI: 10.12968/opti.2021.7.8634
Bill Harvey
{"title":"Developments in electronic low vision aids: Adaptive technology 5","authors":"Bill Harvey","doi":"10.12968/opti.2021.7.8634","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12968/opti.2021.7.8634","url":null,"abstract":"Bill Harvey concludes his series looking at the use of digital technology in the management of low vision patients with a discussion of adaptive technology.","PeriodicalId":86894,"journal":{"name":"The Optician","volume":"35 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84054298","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 : 2021-07-01DOI: 10.12968/opti.2021.7.8631
Bill Harvey
{"title":"Essential contact lens practice VRICS 1","authors":"Bill Harvey","doi":"10.12968/opti.2021.7.8631","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12968/opti.2021.7.8631","url":null,"abstract":"Bill Harvey introduces the first of several CET exercises that are based around the series on contact lens practice that concluded last month.","PeriodicalId":86894,"journal":{"name":"The Optician","volume":"48 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87690974","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 : 2021-07-01DOI: 10.12968/opti.2021.7.8630
Peter Black, Tina Arbon Black
{"title":"Fundamentals of ophthalmic dispensing 19: Paediatric dispensing","authors":"Peter Black, Tina Arbon Black","doi":"10.12968/opti.2021.7.8630","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12968/opti.2021.7.8630","url":null,"abstract":"Because of the potential to do harm, paediatric dispensing is a key skill and core competency for all dispensing opticians and optometrists – especially those that supervise others and ‘sign off’ children's spectacles dispensing. Here Tina Arbon Black and Peter Black cover the essentials of the art, science and legalities of dispensing to children.","PeriodicalId":86894,"journal":{"name":"The Optician","volume":"4 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87933456","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 : 2021-06-01DOI: 10.12968/opti.2021.6.238122
A. McClean
{"title":"In Focus: Driving development","authors":"A. McClean","doi":"10.12968/opti.2021.6.238122","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12968/opti.2021.6.238122","url":null,"abstract":"A series of studies aims to improve quality of life in low and middle-income countries by creating better access to vision correction. Andrew McClean reports","PeriodicalId":86894,"journal":{"name":"The Optician","volume":"11 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88118616","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 : 2021-06-01DOI: 10.12968/opti.2021.6.237906
Mike Hale
{"title":"In Focus: Time for changes","authors":"Mike Hale","doi":"10.12968/opti.2021.6.237906","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12968/opti.2021.6.237906","url":null,"abstract":"New requirements for the education and training of optometrists and dispensing opticians have been published. Mike Hale reports","PeriodicalId":86894,"journal":{"name":"The Optician","volume":"35 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86310727","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 : 2021-06-01DOI: 10.12968/opti.2021.6.8623
Tina Arbon Black, Peter Black
{"title":"Fundamentals of ophthalmic dispensing 18: Law and regulation – part 1","authors":"Tina Arbon Black, Peter Black","doi":"10.12968/opti.2021.6.8623","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12968/opti.2021.6.8623","url":null,"abstract":"The sale of optical appliances is governed partly by ordinary consumer legislation and specifically through the Opticians Act and the various orders of the General Optical Council. Here Tina Arbon Black and Peter Black take a look at the legislation, regulations and standards that apply to ophthalmic dispensing.","PeriodicalId":86894,"journal":{"name":"The Optician","volume":"4 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91078675","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 : 2021-06-01DOI: 10.12968/opti.2021.6.238274
A. McClean
{"title":"In Focus: Highlighting hereditary risks","authors":"A. McClean","doi":"10.12968/opti.2021.6.238274","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12968/opti.2021.6.238274","url":null,"abstract":"For those people with glaucoma, being with family is especially important","PeriodicalId":86894,"journal":{"name":"The Optician","volume":"38 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91101657","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 : 2021-06-01DOI: 10.12968/opti.2021.6.237748
Luke Stevens-Burt
{"title":"BCLA goes virtual","authors":"Luke Stevens-Burt","doi":"10.12968/opti.2021.6.237748","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12968/opti.2021.6.237748","url":null,"abstract":"Luke Stevens-Burt explains how the upcoming virtual British Contact Lens Association's Conference and Exhibition will work and picks out some highlights from the programme","PeriodicalId":86894,"journal":{"name":"The Optician","volume":"10 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73260961","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 : 2021-06-01DOI: 10.12968/opti.2021.6.237740
Yiannis Kotoulas
{"title":"In Focus: Lockdown's impact on myopia","authors":"Yiannis Kotoulas","doi":"10.12968/opti.2021.6.237740","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12968/opti.2021.6.237740","url":null,"abstract":"Research conducted in China has investigated the links between myopia and the Covid-19 pandemic","PeriodicalId":86894,"journal":{"name":"The Optician","volume":"56 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91282110","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}