I have been working over the past few months on developing a 32 page guide on effective triage. This covers how to gain a clear history, an overview of the main urgent and emergency conditions, tips on triaging and effective communication in these situations. This booklet will be useful to anyone working in a healthcare […]
In optometry practice we are quite regularly involved in dealing with eye conditions that have wider underlying systemic associations. We are very good at recognising these conditions and signposting patients either to ophthalmology or their GP, depending on the situation, for blood tests and cardio-vascular risk factors to be investigated, so I thought it might […]
Hi Folks As a follow up to my Red Eye Video last week on how to triage patients during this period, I have now added a Vision Loss Video which gives a brief overview of the type of questions to ask patients when they call to decipher if there is something serious happening to their […]
Hi Everyone. I hope you are all keeping well. At the start of the week I recorded and shared a short 5 minute video on the key questions to ask if patients phone your triage line complaining of acute red eye. Please follow the link below on the Optometry-Evolution Facebook page to watch this […]
There is little doubt that the emphasis of our profession has changed greatly in the past decade with optometry becoming the first port of call for ocular conditions. With MECS, PEARS and the GOS contract in Scotland community optometry practice is very much the frontline when acute eye conditions occur. The very first person of […]
It’s hard to believe that we are well into 2019 and once again hitting hayfever season. At last winter is behind us, we have longer days, warmer weather, the natural world around us waking up and growing once again, however for our seasonal allergic conjunctivitis sufferers, this is not all welcome news. I very recently […]
I am delighted to present this article on the really important topic of ‘Sudden Vision Loss’ on the Optometry-Evolution website. This has been brought to you with the very kind support of ‘Optelec.’ This is the first ever guest-written article on the site and has been authored by colleague of mine Dr David Roberts, who […]
The last 10-15years have seen really big steps forward for the optometry profession in terms of our role in detecting and treating ocular pathology. I think it is safe to say that the days of arbitrarily detecting an abnormality and being obliged to refer it for diagnosis are well behind us. The level of diagnostic […]
Over the past few years I have enjoyed writing educational articles for our optometric magazines, and more recently been involved in publishing articles and material on this website – so I have some sense of the time and effort involved in writing. However to spend three years writing and producing a comprehensive textbook on the […]
The art of writing a good referral letter can be a bit of a mine-field. As clinicians we all take pride in our work and when we are referring to another professional, usually an ophthalmologist we want to convey a sense of good clinical acumen and professionalism, and ultimately feel part of a respectful working […]
