News
Working to tackle preventable sight loss
18 June 2019As a Specsavers employee, you can view anything in ProFile and access online CET by logging in with your iLearn username and password. Log in now or find out more for advice on logging-in, email | more
Two thousandth optometrist completes OCT training
17 June 2019As a Specsavers employee, you can view anything in ProFile and access online CET by logging in with your iLearn username and password. Log in now or find out more for advice on logging-in, email | more
Glaucoma Awareness Week training materials
12 June 2019As a Specsavers employee, you can view anything in ProFile and access online CET by logging in with your iLearn username and password. Log in now or find out more for advice on logging-in, email | more
Glaucoma campaign goes live
11 June 2019As a Specsavers employee, you can view anything in ProFile and access online CET by logging in with your iLearn username and password. Log in now or find out more for advice on logging-in, email | more
Features
Clinical Outcomes Report “a brilliant tool”
13 June 2019Find out how the Biggleswade clinical team are using the new Clinical Outcomes Report to spark great conversations on recall, referrals and clinic management. Includes video. | more
CAREERS: From school to Cert 4 prodigy – and onwards to optometry
4 June 2019At 18, Ella Creighton was one of the youngest candidates to complete Cert 4. Now she's got her sights set on qualifying as a dispensing optician and optometrist - all with the backing of her store, Specsavers Chichester. | more
EOS in Newcastle-under-Lyme: ‘Optometrists want variation’
28 May 2019Offering a variety of enhanced optical services is not only popular with patients, it's been crucial to recruiting and retaining optometrists, says partner Peter Harvey. | more
CET/CPD
CET: Contact lens series Part 5 – Complications of contact lens wear: microbial and sterile infiltrative keratitis
13 June 2019Optometrists - particularly those who are IP qualified - can now treat a wide range of red eye conditions, many of which are associated with CL-related ocular complications. This article discusses the diagnosis and management of CL-related microbial keratitis, referral guidelines, and the importance of consent in CL practice. | 1 interactive or non-interactive point for contact lens opticians, optometrists, therapeutic optometrists and dispensing opticians | more
PEER DISCUSSION: Cases in contact lens wear for presbyopes and problem solving
24 May 2019A new in-store peer discussion looking at the different needs of an ageing contact lens population, and problem solving associated with adverse reactions to contact lens wear. | 3 peer discussion points for optometrists and contact lens opticians | more
Blogs
JUDY LEA: From teddy bears to retinal tears – inspiring the next generation of optometrists
17 June 2019Not enough families and schools know what a great career optometry can be for science students, says Judy Lea, who's passionate about inspiring the next generation of eyecare practitioners...including her own children. | more
Case studies
OPTOMETRY: Normal-tension glaucoma
13 June 201982-year-old receives glaucoma treatment six years after initial diagnosis following pseudophakia | more
OPTOMETRY: A swirly case of bilateral X-linked retinoschisis
17 May 2019Case highlights the importance of funduscopic examination and applicable OCT utilisation for the diagnosis and management of XLRS. | more
Hearcare
Entries open for Audiology Learner of the Year
11 June 2019As a Specsavers employee, you can view anything in ProFile and access online CET by logging in with your iLearn username and password. Log in now or find out more for advice on logging-in, email | more
What counts as CPD? A guide for hearing aid dispensers and hearing care assistants
21 May 2019As a Specsavers employee, you can view anything in ProFile and access online CET by logging in with your iLearn username and password. Log in now or find out more for advice on logging-in, email | more