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CPD Ref: C-111661

CPD Points:

CPD Type: Non-interactive 

Closing Date: 31 December 2025

Domains: Professionalism, Leadership & Accountability

This episode explores the systemic and neurological effects of chronic stress, highlighting its long-term impact on health. Experts discuss the body’s response to stress, its influence on brain function and behaviour, and strategies to protect mental well-being in healthcare professionals.

Topics: Stress, Anxiety, Wellbeing, Mental health, Brain health, Cortisol, Hormones, Depression, Inflammation, Dementia.

CPD Ref: C-111770

CPD Points:

CPD Type: Non-interactive

Closing Date: 31 December 2025

Domains: Clinical Practice, Professionalism

In 2022, the Royal College of Ophthalmologists updated guidelines on angle closure disease. In this recorded webinar, Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon Ms Nishani Amerasinghe provides an overview of PAC, PACS, and PACS+, covering risk assessment, symptom recognition, examination techniques, and appropriate patient management.

Topics: Anterior chamber angle, Van Herick, OCT, Gonioscopy, Referral, Glaucoma, Management, Treatment.

CPD Ref: C-112006

CPD Points:

CPD Type: Non-interactive 

Closing Date: 31 December 2025

Domains: Clinical Practice, Communication

This episode is a follow-up to the Docet webinar PAC, PACS, and PACS+ in Focus. Michelle is joined by consultant ophthalmic surgeon Nishani Amerasinghe, and together they recap the essential takeaways for optometrists, including key insights into primary angle closure disease and potential treatment options, as well as long-term patient management within community practice.

Topics: Primary Angle Closure (PAC), Anterior angle assessment, Glaucoma, Risk factors for PAC, Referrals, Communication, Management in primary care.

CPD Ref: C-112369

CPD Points:

CPD Type: Non-interactive 

Closing Date: 31 December 2025

Domains: Professionalism

Since COVID-19, enhanced optometric services have expanded across the UK, with Integrated Care Boards now commissioning a wider range of care, including paediatric and glaucoma services. In this episode, Michelle speaks with Dharmesh Patel and Hayley Moore about the evolution of community optometry and shares tips for optometrists looking to upskill and get involved.

Topics: Enhanced Optometric Services, Referral refinement, Glaucoma, Paediatric eyecare, CUES, MECS.

No CPD Points

In this case, delegates are asked to watch a short video about a domiciliary visit with a 71-year-old female patient who has dementia.

Topics: Dementia, Refraction, Legal, Safeguarding, Vulnerable, Communication, Equipment, Visual assessment, Consent, Confidentiality, Lighting, Dispensing.

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This course gives practical advice and guidance on how to take a relevant history and symptoms to enable a full understanding of a patient's needs for work and leisure.   

Topics: Dispensing, Lenses, Tints, Multifocals, Driving, Sport, Occupational, Children, Ageing eye, Safety spectacles, Lighting.

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Free video training and other useful tips, advice and guidance for those who wish to facilitate peer review sessions.

Topics: Facilitator, Peer discussion, Peer review.

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In this case, participants are asked to listen to a telephone conversation between a patient, who has just collected his new glasses, and an optical advisor. 

Topics: Peer review, Vision loss, Legal, Record keeping, Emergency, Referrals, Delegation, Non-tolerance, Supervision.

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This peer review features four patient cases with specific symptoms that require interpretation, presented through short film clips and patient record cards.

Topics: Peer discussion, Peer review, Flashes and floaters, Record keeping, Emergency, Referrals, Dilation, Retinal detachment.

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This programme looks in broad terms at the four main ethnic groups in the UK and the predominant eye conditions found within each group.    

Topics: Cultural, Glaucoma, Diabetes, AMD, Diversity, Communication, Interpreters, Language, Equality.

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This docu-drama explores the condition of dementia and highlights the key aspects involved in managing patients living with the disease.

Topics: Legal, Vulnerable adults, Communication, Safeguarding, Alzheimer's, Hallucinations, Visual assessment, Cognitive impairment, Domiciliary, Consent, Ageing. 

No CPD Points

This programme looks at the effects of ageing on a normal, healthy eye, including aspects of anatomy and visual performance. It also considers the identification, investigation and management of common ocular abnormalities that may be encountered in everyday practice in older patients.

Topics: Visual assessment, Anterior eye, Posterior eye, Visual fields, Contrast sensitivity, Referral, Fundus, Dry eye, Glaucoma, Cataract, AMD, Visual acuity, Colour vision.

No CPD Points

Professor Dave Elliott of the University of Bradford explains the link between vision and falls and the important role optometrists can play in helping to prevent falls in older patients.

Topics: Falls, Spectacles, Lenses, Dispensing, Mobility, Lighting, Multifocals, Low vision, Ageing Eye, Vision loss, Cataract.

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This case discusses an acute, painless, unilateral visual disturbance in an amblyopic patient. The aim is to make a diagnosis and decide on the appropriate course of action.

Topics: Vision loss, Acute, Referral, Systemic disease, Communication, Record keeping.

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In this case, delegates are asked to watch a short video and discuss the actions of an optometrist who examines an elderly patient with early dementia.

Topics: Dementia, Refraction, Legal, Safeguarding, Vulnerable adults, Communication, Confidentiality, Visual assessment, Consent, Ageing, Referral.

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This case discusses anisocoria with sluggish pupil responses in a patient who reports reduced near vision over the past few months. The aim is to review the case and decide on possible causes of the pupil abnormality, and discuss whether the optometrist took an appropriate course of action.

Topics: Anisocoria, Holmes-Aidie, Pupil reactions, Neurological, Mydriasis, Accommodation, Referral, Visual assessment, Pupil assessment, Record keeping.

No CPD Points

This course takes optometrists into the world of their older patients, helping them to understand some of the challenges of living with changing vision, covering topics such as lighting, driving, mobility and nutrition. 

Topics: Ageing eye, Lighting, Falls, Mobility, Nutrition, Diet, Low vision, Driving, AREDS, Psychology, Vision loss, Supplements, Visual impairment.

No CPD Points

This programme provides guidance on the challenges in communication that optometrists may face and strategies that can be used to improve their services to older patients.

Topics: Vulnerable adults, Dementia, Disability, Verbal, Questions, Language, Advice, Recommendations, Ageing, Psychological, Anxiety, Cognitive.

No CPD Points

This series takes a close look at the effects of our modern lifestyle on the eye, focusing on smoking, UV light exposure, nutrition and driving. This course discusses the major impact of smoking upon eye health and interviews three experts in the field of cessation to show how optometrists can play an important role in helping people access cessation services in the UK.

Topics: GP, Cessation, Primary care, Allied health professionals, Pharmacist, Dry eye, Newly qualified.

No CPD Points

This programme looks at the symptoms of flashes and floaters and provides guidance for optometrists on assessment and appropriate management of patients, including referral decisions.

Topics: Retinal detachment, Posterior vitreous detachment, Migraine, Schafer's sign, Tobacco dust, Dilation, Volk, Headset BIO, Referrals, Slit lamp, Vitreous, Newly qualified.

Area of interest: MECS

No CPD Points

Communication skills are a vital part of your clinical practice. This course is a filmed workshop using skilled actors with an audience of real optometrists. It introduces different aspects of clinical communication and demonstrates how developing your knowledge and skills in communicating effectively with your patients will help you run a successful and safe optometric practice.

Topics: Advice, Verbal, Referral, Anxiety, Complaints, Questions, Language,  Recommendations, Psychology.

No CPD Points

It is essential that optometrists keep good clinical records, not only as part of good practice, but also because the GOC considers that failure to keep acceptable and adequate records constitutes impaired fitness to practice. This training resource aims to provide clear guidance for optometric practitioners in the art of good record keeping, and looks at what the serious implications can be when adequate records are not kept.

Topics: Record keeping, Referral, Legal, Retinal detachment, Flashes, Floaters, Fitness to practice, GOC, Communication.

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This case discusses an 89-year-old diabetic patient whose vision is below the driving standard. As his optometrist, you have witnessed him driving on several occasions and are unsure about what course of action you should take.

Topics: Diabetic, Standards, Legal, Confidentiality, DVLA, Referral, Anxiety, Record keeping, Ageing.

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This case discusses the examination of David Jones, a 62-year-old retired patient with recent onset of floaters, with focus on the quality of the record card.

Topics: Flashes, Retinal detachment, Visual fields, Legal, Loss of vision, Tonometry, Fundus, Vitreous, Posterior vitreous detachment PVD.

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This case discusses the examination of an 85-year-old patient with early dementia and cataracts, who possibly needs referring.

Topics: Ageing, Cataracts, Referral, Legal, Confidentiality, Consent, Communication, Vulnerable adults, Safeguarding, Record keeping, Visual assessment.

No CPD Points

Rahul Navamani is a 41-year-old dentist who requires advice for his work and sport. This case discusses various lifestyle requirements and dispensing considerations.

Topics: Dispensing, Occupational, Lifestyle, Sports, Lenses, Eye protection, Injuries, Record keeping, Frames, Vocational, UV.

No CPD Points

In this case, delegates are asked to watch a short video and discuss the case of a 74-year-old woman with painless, unilateral loss of vision, partially resolving after a couple of minutes.

Topics: Neurological, TIA, Ischaemic, Anterior ischaemic optic neuropathy (AION), Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA), Record keeping, Acute, Ageing, Vascular, Referral.

No CPD Points

This series takes a close look at the effects of our modern lifestyle on the eye, focusing on smoking, UV light exposure, nutrition and driving. This course discusses the major impact of short wavelength and visible light upon the eye and surrounding tissues and considers the best approach to communicate this and to assess any impact.

Topics: Pingueculum, Pterygium, Phototoxicity, Macula, Filters, Sunglasses, Newly qualified.

No CPD Points

This series takes a close look at the effects of our modern lifestyle on the eye, focusing on smoking, UV light exposure, nutrition and driving. The aim of this course is to emphasise the link between poor nutrition and certain eye disorders and to establish how best to communicate accurate and relevant information.

Topics: Supplementation, Lutein, Zeaxanthin, Record keeping, Newly qualified.

No CPD Points

This series takes a close look at the effects of our modern lifestyle on the eye, focusing on smoking, UV light exposure, nutrition and driving. This course discusses the current legal requirement for driving, important new research highlighting both the visual and cognitive influences upon driving ability, and then reviews the legal responsibility of the optometrist when standards are not achieved.

Topics: Vision standards, Patient confidentiality, Data protection, Contrast sensitivity, Cognitive, Reaction times, DVLA, Class 1, Class 2, Visual fields, Acuity, Newly qualified.

No CPD Points

This course provides optometrists with instructions on managing patients presenting with acute onset symptoms in two key areas:

• Sudden loss of vision
• The painful red eye

It covers the presentation of each condition, what to look for during examination, differential diagnosis, referral steps, further clinical management and any red flag symptoms requiring immediate referral.

Topics: Ischaemic, Optic neuropathy, Retinal artery occlusion, Retinal vein occlusion, Haemorrhage, Ameurosis fugax, Posterior eye, Referral, Treatment, Acute, Anterior uveitis, Glaucoma, Keratitis, CLARE, Contact lenses, Scleritis, Trauma, Cellulitis, Referral, Anterior eye, Ocular disease.

Area of interest: MECS, Anterior eye conditions and acute presentations, Newly qualified, Acute presentation series.

No CPD Points

This course provides optometrists with instructions on managing patients presenting with acute onset symptoms in two key areas:

• Neurological problems
• Other problems eg papilloedema, giant cell arteritis, retinal detachments and blunt trauma

Acute Presentation guides optometrists through the presentation of each condition, what to look for during examination, differential diagnosis, referral steps, further clinical management and any red flag symptoms requiring immediate referral.

Topics: Papilloedema, Optic neuritis, Pupils, Visual fields, Palsy, Nerve, Diplopia, Acute, Treatment, Referral, Retinal detachment, Giant cell arteritis, Trauma, Ischaemic, TIA.

Area of interest: MECS, Anterior eye conditions and acute presentations, Newly qualified, Acute presentation series.

No CPD Points

Using expert advice and insights, this course guides optometrists through all aspects of carrying out domiciliary eye examinations, including useful facts and tips on planning and arranging visits, effective communication, legal requirements, necessary equipment and adapting clinical techniques to meet the needs of patients being examined in their own homes or care homes.

Topics: Legal, Care home, Dementia, Communication, Safeguarding, Lighting, Disability, Record keeping, Visual assessment, Equipment, GOS.

No CPD Points

This programme looks at the various refractive correction options available for presbyopes. Through a mix of filmed patient scenarios and expert advice four areas are considered: spectacle frames and lenses, contact lenses, correction with intra-ocular lenses, and managing presbyopic patients following refractive laser surgery.

Topics: Ageing eye, Contact lenses, Spectacles, Dispensing, Refractive surgery, Intraocular lenses, Multifocal, Lenses, Tints, Presbyope, Frames, IOLs, Driving, Cataract.

No CPD Points

A comprehensive overview of Charles Bonnet syndrome, based on the latest research. Includes advice on identifying the condition, addressing the topic with patients, appropriate management steps and what can be done to help sufferers. 

Topics: AMD, Ageing eye, Low vision, Dementia, Hallucinations, Psychology, Vision loss, Dominic ffytche, Visual impairment.

No CPD Points

This programme looks at the application of three advanced clinical investigative techniques and shows how to undertake and interpret van Herick technique, the use of slit lamp and indirect lenses for assessment of the fundus and gonioscopy.

Topics: Tonometry, Slit lamp, Gonioscopy, Volk, BIO, van Herick, IOP, Anaesthetic, Dilation, Goldmann, Glaucoma.

Area of interest: MECS

No CPD Points

In this programme, experts look at how to adapt the routine eye check when examining elderly patients including communication, ocular examination and refraction. It provides guidance on techniques to use and how best to modify an examination to ensure that elderly patients get the highest level of care and their individual needs are addressed.

Topics: Communication, Ocular examination, Refraction, Binocular vision, Charts, Pupils, Visual fields, Legal, Visual assessment, Retinoscopy, Ophthalmoscopy, LogMAR, Contrast sensitivity, Lighting.

No CPD Points

This case includes two videos and discusses corneal astigmatism, slit lamp examination results and fitting of soft toric contact lenses.

Topics: Astigmatism, Soft toric lenses, RGP, RCL, Slit lamp, Toric, Aftercare, Bitoric, Gas permeable, Keratometry, Contact lenses.