This week we had a session on mini-scleral lenses from @MeniconUK for our final year @PlymOptometry students. It was great to see their enthusiasm and skill to fit and assess the lenses.
Thanks to Josie, James and Hans from @Meniconuk for running these sessions.
Become a BCLA student ambassador. This is a fantastic opportunity for Optometry students and student Contact Lens Opticians to participate in the BCLA Clinical Conference and to promote the benefits of BCLA membership.
https://t.co/JyAc9t35sL
The British and Irish University and College Contact Lens Educators (@BUCCLE1) celebrated its 100th meeting on 8 September at the @UWEBristol.
https://t.co/rRZH5GNyHf
We are all ready for the Big Optometry event, lots of awards, prizes, quizzes and Pizzas.. Great opportunity for all our year 1 to meet the academic team and current students. #OptometryInduction
If you are involved in clinical myopia management, Can you spare 10 minutes to complete a short survey aimed at understanding current myopia diagnosis and management practice patterns. @drSafalKhanal@BykiHuntjens@asmazahidi
How can you make sure your youngest patients feel welcome? In our new practice team guide, supported by @JNJVision, we spoke to optometrist, Lisa Probert, and @cardiffuni senior lecturer, Dr Margaret Woodhouse, for their tips. Read more 👉 https://t.co/anO8yO6kqo @SchoolOfOptom
Yesterday I had a chat with Tammy and Oscar on BBC Hereford and Worcester radio (@bbchw) about how colour vision deficiency affects how we see the world. It was an exciting experience, thanks for having me on the show. 📻📻 📻
https://t.co/dO6zF2HDsb
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A year ago, a non-academic friend listened to a talk I gave. I thought it went great. My friend disagreed.
She said that academics are experts at making interesting stuff boring—and that we should all take a speech class.
So I did. And here are 6 most useful things I learned.
Our Year 2 #Optometry students are on placements where half of the cohort are in practice and the other half are having in house placements. Here are some of them doing the low vision workshop where they experience doing activities with #visualimpairment@PlymOptometry@PlymUni