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Ask the Assessor - the Core Competencies. As one set of trainees completes their pre-registration year, another is just starting out.  To complement our popular ?Ask the Examiner? thread, we are now including a new ?Ask the Assessor? thread. Note: Trainees are encouraged to approach their College appointed assessors if they are running into any specific difficulties; [...]

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If you are currently working towards the College of Optometrists’ Examination for Non-EEA Optometrists, you may be interested in our Facebook Study Group: Optometrists: Non-EEA and in the UK!. The objectives of the group are promote discussion between past and present candidates, share exam tips, experiences and ideas. In addition, the Optometry Blog will continue to host [...]

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Are you preparing to sit the College of Optometrist?s Examination for Non EEA/EU Qualified Optometrists in January 2009? If you need a question answered on any aspect of the exam or understand anything specific about working as an optometrist in the UK, including employment options, then post your questions to us here. Last years Q&A post [...]

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Flame Health are currently working with a practice based in the Lancashire area that is looking to sell. The practice has been established for over 10 years and is profitable, occupies a A1 location within the town and enjoys limited competition. Average order value is good with conversions around the 70% region and an excellent opportunity for this [...]

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In time for the new cohort of trainees, the Optometry Blog is proud to host a new concept in pre-registration training: podcast lectures. Free to download ? The Routine Exam ? this podcast lecture with accompanying notes is sponsored by CLEARVIEW Training Pre-Registration Courses and Flame Health Ltd.  The Routine Exam, is a 60 minute audio presentation by [...]

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The second subject of our online pre-registration programme covers the Core Competencies for Low Vision. There are three presentations totalling 90 minutes and are written and presented by Jane Macnaughton MCOptom. Fully supported with highly illustrated slides, these audio lectures are aimed at trainees preparing for the quarterly and final assessments of the College of Optometrist?s Scheme [...]

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Optometrist Required - Perth, Australia - $100 - 120k    We are currently working with an independent in Perth who is looking for a FT or PT Optometrist to join their testing only practice. Applicants must be qualified to work in Australia. For more information, please email me directly on careers@flamehealth.com   Thank you David.

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Are you a newly qualified Optometrist? Just passed your exams? Looking for advice on the current job marketplace, salaries or available opportunities? The Optometry market in 2010 is currently very competitive and having access to pertinent market informaiton can give you the advantage over your fellow colleaugues may help you to land the ideal position. The Optometry Blog [...]

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The Optometry Blog has joined the social networking revolution, with the creation of a Facebook page. Aimed at all practitioners including pre-registration students, the page is an ideal way to find out about all the latest articles and podcasts available, as well as the most up to date details on course dates and availability. Samples of our podcasts [...]

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For those of you currently preparing for the summer NonEEA exams, Peter has kindly been busy taking pictures to assist you in Dispensing. Please feel free to download and let us now if you find them useful. Peter Chapman’s Guide to Facial Measurements.pdf

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Over the last few weeks we have been covering a few teaching sessions for the Routine Exam for the Final Assessment.  A number of students were happily recording

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Would you like to write an article for the Optometry Blog? The Optometry Blog is fast becoming a destination for Optical professionals to get upto date Optical information and sector news and we would like to invite our members to write a blog on any subject (within Optometry!) which interests them. The posts can be about [...]

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Having started back in the Hospital Eye Service recently after several years of absence I have been absolutely amazed at the variation in quality of referral letters that come in from optometrists and GPs working within our Local Health Authority.  Some letters are absolutely dreadful and say very little, whilst many others (sadly far fewer, I [...]

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In preparation for the Final Assessment and NonEEA Exams, Dr Christine Astin, PhD, FCOptom, DCLP, FAAO, FIACLE, FBCLA divides RGP fitting into three main topics that will assist candidates with their studies: Three main areas should be considered: 1. Initial data gathering 2. Lens Fit Analysis 3. Ordering of the rigid gas permeable (RGP) lens 1. Initial data gathering: ? Recent [...]

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Over recent years I appear to be fitting less and less rigid gas permeable lenses.  At a recent gathering, some friends were even debating whether or not GP lens fitting should now become a ?specialist service? only to be provided by practitioners who manage to demonstrate the experience.  After all, with dwindling numbers, even the pre-registration [...]

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Captain Cook died at the age of 51 ? so we will never know the answer to that question. However, as he sailed across the South Pacific in the mid 18th Century, it is doubtful whether he had a large supply of curly kale and spinach to keep up his reserves of Lutein and Zeaxanthin. [...]

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Current CET Article (Closing date 30th June 2010)                           C 13393 Angle Closure & Angle Closure Glaucoma, Dr Karen French 2 General CET points (Optometrists). PACG is a leading cause of blindness in Asia and may be more common in European populations than previously recognised. In recent years there has been a consensus on the definitions and classifications of [...]

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C?14042 Visual Recognition & Interpretation of Visual Signs: The Anterior Segment & Glaucoma, by Jane Macnaughton           2 General CET points (Optometrists) This VRICS poster quiz consists of a series of high resolution images of the anterior segment. This presentation encourages the practitioner to discuss with peers or use other means of investigation available to interpret the pictures and come [...]

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I was recently doing some training in a sales based environment and I was talking to the audience about verbal communication and this time it was specifically to do with talking on the telephone The focus of the training module was to focus on the point that “how you say something is as important as what you [...]

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