Read the Guidance for Professional Practice on examining younger children
Read the Guidance for Professional Practice.
Find out more about getting a higher qualification in Paediatric eye care.
Should you examine young patients without a parent or carer present?
Jane Veys MCOptom on acronym ambivalence
Clinical files: Is a child who is not a resident of the UK eligible for an NHS-funded sight test?
In each issue, Acuity poses a topical question to a panel of members.
Online CPD courses for optometrists on the topic of paediatric eye care.
This recorded webinar by Professor Bruce Evans FCOptom will help you diagnose binocular vision anomalies and identify those that can be treated by an optometrist, those that need referral or do not require treatment.
This recorded webinar delivered by Suzanne Fraser MCOptom and Cathy Williams will help you understand how to assess a child with learning difficulties and the process of taking a relevant history.
Accredited Level 2 course, introducing pre-registration trainees to the key issues they need to be aware of when working with children.
This recorded keynote lecture by Dr Rowan Candy MCOptom focused on young children who are at risk for strabismus and amblyopia. Dr Candy reviews the refractive and ocular motor development of infants and pre-schoolers in the context of clinical assessment and care.
Professor Ed Mallen MCOptom discusses the findings from the part College-funded Northern Ireland Childhood Errors of Refraction (NICER) Study and how it can help you talk to children at risk of myopia and their parents.
In this recorded lecture, Professor Bruce Evans FCOptom highlights the role of practitioners in providing eye care for children and aims to improve members' confidence in managing these cases whilst stressing the need for practitioners to be aware of their limitations.
This online course covers the paediatric clinic portion of the pre-reg Hospital Eye Service experience.
This online course for optometrists covers aspects of myopia and risk factors for progression in children.
Eye health issues that are making the news - Spring 2023.
This online CPD course follows an optometrist while they examine four children of differing ages being managed in practice for a variety of binocular vision anomalies.