Online learning for optometrists

Use our online resources and materials to support your continuing professional development and earn essential CPD points.

Browse courses by topic

Whether you want to refresh your knowledge on contact lenses or require specialist domains for your independent prescribing qualification, we've got you covered.

Recorded webinars

Watch recordings of the College's webinars and earn CPD points.

Foundation and refresher courses

Online CPD courses especially beneficial to those who have qualified in the last few years or had a career break.

Supervision courses

Essential online learning for qualified optometrists who would like to supervise pre-registration trainees.

CPD for locums

We have a growing range of online CPD courses and webinars for optometrists, some of which may be of particular interest and use to locums.

Research courses

Online CPD courses for eye health professionals in collaboration with Ulster University and the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR).

Online learning courses without CPD points

Online courses, recorded webinars a range of learning materials on important clinical and professional topics.

CPD countdown: Optometry in Practice (OiP) and online CPD courses

There is now less than two weeks before the end of the current CPD cycle. Please make sure to complete your CPD requirements before the end of the year.

What's new...

Transforming Eyecare with Artificial Intelligence

Dr Pearse Keane discusses AI applications in eyecare, including: basic concepts; language models; challenges and progress so far; Google DeepMind; and more.

Artificial intelligence (AI)

Communicating with patients with special needs

Dr Margaret (Maggie) Woodhouse discusses the main issues in examining and managing patients with learning disabilities whose communication styles are different from the norm.

Children Public health

Workplace supervisor training: part one

2024 TRAINING: This online course is for those aspiring to become a Principal Supervisor for workplace learners - trainees for the Scheme for Registration and students for CLiP.

Supervision