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1. Graduates Contact Lens Skills Fast Tracked

   Melanie Kell | 28 April 2012

   Recent optometry graduates fast tracked their experience with fitting contact lenses and contact lens patient care at a series of conferences hosted by Alcon Australia. The graduate conferences, held in Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria in late March,... Read More

   

2. Contact Lens Maintenance: Lens Care Solutions and ...

   Dr. Gary Orsborn and Dr. Srini Venkatesh | 25 March 2012

   Contact lenses are available for a wide variety of prescriptions and the flexibility that they offer both in vision correction and in lifestyle is reflected in their wide use. Lens disinfection is a vital component of successful contact lens wear and patient... Read More

   

3. Genetics of Eye Disease

   Nicole Carnt | 25 March 2012

   Genetic differences are changing how we research and are likely to affect how we practise in both the diagnosis and treatment of eye disease. But how does this relate to the Big B, little b rules of iris colouration? What will be the proportion of patients... Read More

   

4. Convergence Insufficiency & Academic...

   Paul Graham | 28 February 2012

   As the school year moves into full-swing, it’s interesting to review the latest Convergence Insufficiency (CI) study by the Convergence Insufficiency Treatment Trial (CITT) Study Group1 and pilot studies recently presented at the College of Optometrists ... Read More

   

5. Soft Torics See What Could Be

   Dr. Emma Gillies | 28 February 2012

   Not so very long ago, soft toric contact lens fitting was considered to be something of a specialty, undertaken only by a few of the most enthusiastic practitioners. It was time-consuming, often frustrating and costly to the patient who was, more often than... Read More

   

6. The Art of Compliance

   Jenny Saunders | 01 February 2012

   Communicating with your patients can improve compliance when it comes to wearing contact lenses. In doing so, you’ll significantly reduce the risk of infections, save yourself time and increase your practice’s financial performance.  In our... Read More

   

7. Academy of What?

   Nicole Carnt | 01 February 2012

   Advanced clinical skills workshops, disease grand rounds, leadership skills, new friends, new places… all of this, and more, was at the American Academy of Optometry in Boston, Massachusetts during October. When local Optometrist Nicole Carnt asked a... Read More

   

8. Psychology and the Presbyopic Patient

   Jenny Saunders | 01 December 2011

   CPD Course Reference 6350 - While most of your patients won't know what presbyopia is until it is diagnosed, sooner or later it will happen to everyone. Understanding the psychology of patients with 'ageing eyes' who still want to look and feel young and... Read More

   

9. The Science of Compliance

   Prof Nathan Efron, Suzanne Efron & Dr. Phil Morgan | 01 December 2011

   CPD Course Reference 6348 -  A survey conducted in Australia and the Asian region of the way in which contact lens wearers use and maintain their lenses reveals disturbingly low levels of compliance with recommended practice. Key problem areas are... Read More

   

10. Strengthening Keratoconus Management

    Dr. Laura Downie | 27 October 2011

    CPD Course Reference 6349 - Keratoconus is a visually debilitating ocular condition, characterised by progressive degeneration of the corneal stroma. At present, the pathogenesis of the disease is poorly understood and, until recently, there has been no... Read More