In this episode of WebinarXtra, Denise talks to Dr Gordon Hay, Clinical Director for Emergency Care at Moorfields Eye Hospital, following his webinar on best practice for optometrists' written and telephone referrals. The webinar provided guidance on how to make clear and effective referrals to eye casualty.

Gordon answers all those questions there wasn't time to cover during the live webinar.

As members of the College, you can access the recorded webinar course here - best practice for optometrists' written and telephone referrals which is worth 1 non-interactive CPD point. Enjoy engaging and effective learning with options to pause, rewind and replay the sectionalised video within this course.

Take a look at our full list of online courses.

College clinical adviser Daniel Hardiman-McCartney MBE FCOptom speaks to optometrist Bhavin Shah MCOptom MBABO FBCLA about how he provides help and support to patients with dyslexia in his practice, the difference between dyslexia and visual stress, as well as his views on colour and tinted lenses.

November 2022: Case on acceptable advertising claims in clinical practice - College of Optometrists (college-optometrists.org)

Examining patients with specific learning difficulties - College of Optometrists (college-optometrists.org)

TER328 - Colourimetry interventions to support people with visual stress (healthtechnology.wales) (PDF)

Guidance for eye care professionals on publicity on dyslexia (essex.ac.uk) (Word document)

For further reading on dyslexia please visit our podcast page.

In the first part of this podcast, College clinical adviser Dr Paramdeep Bilkhu MCOptom talks to Dr Rudrani Banik M.D. about visual snow syndrome. They discuss the potential causes of visual snow, how it affects patients, and the current state of treatments and research.

Dr Rudrani Banik is the Co-Director of Neuro-Ophthalmology at New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai and Associate Professor of Ophthalmology at Icahn School of Medicine, also at Mount Sinai.

In the second part, College clinical adviser Daniel Hardiman-McCartney FCOptom MBE speaks to Caroline Gill, who has recently been diagnosed with visual snow syndrome, about her condition and how it affects her.

Vision simulations

Visual snow syndrome diagnostic criteria by Dr Rudrani Banik M.D.

Visual snow syndrome masterclass by Dr Rudrani Banik M.D.

College clinical adviser Daniel Hardiman-McCartney FCOptom MBE talks to principal optometrist at Moorfields Eye Hospital Jay Varia BSc(Hons) MCOptom DipTp(IP) Prof Cert Glauc about the advanced clinical practice course.

They discuss what the course entails, who it is aimed at, the skills that you learn, as well as what the course could lead to after completion.

Advanced clinical practice course at Aston University

Advanced clinical practice course at Moorfields Eye Hospital

Advanced clinical practice course at University of Plymouth

In this episode of WebinarXtra, Daniel talks to optometrist Dr Rebekka Heitmar MCOptom Prof Cert Med Ret following her webinar on OCT in optometric practice for beginners, where she reviewed different OCT scans as well as evidence from research and emerging guidance on clinical practice.

As members of the College you can access the recorded webinar course here - OCT in optometric practice for beginners which is worth 1 non-interactive CPD point. Enjoy engaging and effective learning with options to pause, rewind and replay the sectionalised video within this course.

Take a look at our full list of online courses.

In this special podcast for Black History Month, clinical adviser Denise Voon MCOptom first speaks to Dr Roxanne Crosby-Nwaobi postdoctoral ophthalmic nurse researcher, lead nurse for research at Moorfields Eye Hospital and honorary Associate Professor at UCL and secondly, Sylvia Chengo, visually impaired digital creator and disability advocate.

You can find out more about Sylvia on Instagram, TikTok and YouTube.

In this episode of WebinarXtra, Daniel talks to ophthalmologist Kam Balaggan about the macula.

As members of the College you can access the recorded webinar course here - The patient as a teacher: Complex cataract and vitreoretinal surgery. Enjoy engaging and effective learning with options to pause, rewind and replay the sectionalised video within this course.

In this episode of WebinarXtra, Daniel talks to ophthalmologist Kam Balaggan about floaters and the vitreous.

As members of the College you can access the recorded webinar course here - The patient as a teacher: Complex cataract and vitreoretinal surgery. Enjoy engaging and effective learning with options to pause, rewind and replay the sectionalised video within this course.

In this episode of WebinarXtra, Daniel talks to ophthalmologist Kam Balaggan about pseudoexfoliation and lens implants.

As members of the College you can access the recorded webinar course here - The patient as a teacher: Complex cataract and vitreoretinal surgery. Enjoy engaging and effective learning with options to pause, rewind and replay the sectionalised video within this course.

In the second part of our myopia guidance review podcast, College clinical adviser Daniel Hardiman-McCartney MBE FCOptom speaks to optometrist Dr Bhavin Shah MCOptom MBABO FBCLA about offering myopia management in his practice since 2016, the impact of the pandemic on children’s vision and how he communicates complex topics to parents and children.

Read more about myopia guidance.

Listen to part 1 of the myopia podcast.