Read the Guidance for Professional Practice on examining younger children
Read the Guidance for Professional Practice.
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Should you examine young patients without a parent or carer present?
Becky McCall analyses the evidence that working distance increases the risk of myopia in children, and the escalation of time spent on screens is related to the surging incidence of myopia around the world.
Clinical files: Is a child who is not a resident of the UK eligible for an NHS-funded sight test?
A College-accredited higher qualification will equip you for new challenges and responsibilities, and support your continuing professional development and career progression.
Research, jointly funded by the College of Optometrists and Ulster University, has shown that myopia is more than twice as prevalent among children in the UK now than in the 1960s.
Podcast: The College Clinical Advisers discuss ways to highlight the importance of regular sight tests as part of National Eye Health Week.
The College is urging parents to begin taking their children to see an optometrist before school age, especially if they or their parents require glasses with a strong prescription or there is any family history of eye problems.
Dr Margaret (Maggie) Woodhouse discusses the main issues in examining and managing patients with learning disabilities whose communication styles are different from the norm.
Kaye McIntosh on managing patients with nystagmus in the consulting room – patience is key in examinations.
In each issue, Acuity poses a topical question to a panel of members.
Eye health issues that are making the news.
Many optometrists find examining children difficult, so we provide a helping hand.
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