Article in association with Keeler UK and AOS – Advanced Ophthalmic Systems The past 10 or 12 years have seen huge advancements in ocular imaging. Colour fundus cameras, OCT for both posterior and anterior segments, wide field retinal imaging and other techniques such as auto-fluorescence are just some of the systems gracing optometric […]
Welcome to this latest feature article from Optometry-Evolution, in association with Bondeye Optical UK. Macular degeneration represents a vast proportion of the ocular pathology detected in optometry practice. We have a constantly growing elderly population, so this is always a very relevant area of clinical practice for us to review our skills and knowledge, and […]
Welcome to this review article of modern handheld and stand illuminated magnifiers, in association with Optelec UK. Following on from the ‘Supporting Visually Impaired Patients Optometry Practice’ article, I thought it would be really useful to explore the hand held and stand magnifiers available in a little bit more detail, to aid the best selection […]
The BMJ has just published a study from EPIC – the Norfolk Eye Study, which is well worth reading for all optometrists and those involved in glaucoma care. The full article is: Glaucoma and interocular pressure EPIC – Norfolk Eye Study: cross sectional study, by Chan et al. This can be read in full by […]
The majority of glaucoma detected nowadays is of the ‘Primary Open Angle’ group or ‘Normal Tension’ group of patients. Most of these are detected through routine eye examinations at community optometry, and then referred to a glaucoma clinic for diagnosis and treatment. There are a few key situations and conditions there is a little bit […]
Optometrists are getting more and more involved in the care of post-operative cataract patients, both in hospital and in community practice. I have recently authored an article looking at this area in order to give some clinical tips on how to carry out these assessments. This is now published in the August edition of Optometry […]
Ocular injury is an interesting area of eye-care, and perhaps one that we don’t encounter quite as often in modern optometry due to improved safety standards and awareness, but in this post I wanted to highlight a few aspects of this whole subject of ocular injury that we as optometrists should be mindful of. Risk […]
Following the recent article – Supporting Visually Impaired Patients in Optometry Practice, I have developed a free downloadable Low Vision checklist based on the information of this article. This download could be kept in the test room as a quick ready-reckoner for when you are testing patients with visual impairment, as to the ways you […]
Welcome to this first feature article from Optometry-Evolution on how we can best help our visually impaired patients in Optometry practice. This is brought to you with the support of VisionAid Technologies. In my last hospital optometry role I did regular low vision clinics for about 12years. The vast majority of the patients seen […]
In this latest blog post I thought it might be useful to give a short overview of how to examine the optic nerve head. I currently do a lot of hospital glaucoma clinics, as this is my main area of clinical interest. The skill of trying to decipher a normal optic nerve, from one which […]
