News
Mother and daughter spread the message about sight tests after brain tumour surgery
1 November 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
Consultation begins on optometry degree apprenticeship
28 October 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
Nominate a colleague for ‘Pick of the PAC’
25 October 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
National OCT rollout achieves half century milestone
18 October 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
PAC marks 25 years of clinical education
17 October 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
PAC: The changing face of optical education
18 October 2019Specsavers’ Professional Advancement Conference (PAC) celebrates its 25th anniversary this year. Optometrist Paul Carroll, Specsavers’ director of professional services, was one of the small group of store partners who established the flagship conference in 1995. He discusses how optical education has changed over the last quarter of a century, and how PAC has led the way. | more
EOS in Worthing: ‘Private MECS patients say £20 isn’t very much for their eye health’
8 October 2019If your store partners and staff embrace enhanced optical services, then so will your patients. Specsavers Worthing reveal how they built up private EOS at the West Sussex store. | more
CET/CPD
CET: An overview of OCT follow-up and progression analysis
14 October 2019Diligent monitoring of patients allows for the identification of alterations in clinical features that could indicate disease presence or progression. This article summarises how follow-up OCT scans could be best used to detect changes and monitor risk of disease progression in our patients. | 1 interactive or non-interactive point for optometrists | more
CET: Screening for visual field defects
23 September 2019Anna Kwartz looks at the concept of screening and discusses issues relating to screening for visual field defects | 1 interactive or non-interactive point for optometrists and dispensing opticians | Competencies: ocular examination, standards of practice. | more
PEER DISCUSSION: Improving outcomes – Patient choice
29 August 2019In-store peer discussion exploring three structured cases with a focus on how patients should ethically be presented with their choices. Access via iLearn | 3 peer discussion points for optometrists | more
Blogs
JUDY LEA: The app I wish I’d had years ago
28 August 2019Judy Lea on why she's loving the Specsavers Professional Network on Yammer to help her with her OCT interpretation - and why it's such a great tool for newly qualified optometrists. | more
Case studies
OPTOMETRY: Nodular episcleritis
24 September 2019Diagnosis and management after GP recommends patient undergo an eye examination | more
DISPENSING: Prescription analysis – Case #3
24 September 2019Considerations for first-time progressive power lenses (PPL) wear for a myope | more
Hearcare
Fond farewell to Roger at PAC
21 October 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
PAC: Win £2,000 audiology equipment
24 September 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