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A Look at Optometrists

A Look At Optometrists

'A Look at Optometrists' is an interactive multimedia presentation aimed at young people, explaining what optometrists do and how to set about training.

Work your way through 4 puzzles to reveal a phrase which might win a prize

- Do optometrists design X-ray spectacles to see through walls?
- Or can they run their own businesses?
- Since when have drivers needed to pass a sight-test?
- Can optometrists dispense drugs? ...Do you know?

Discover the answers in 'A Look at Optometrists' and gradually bring a winning phrase into focus. Learn about optometry past and present and encounter some of the unusual objects and pictures in our museum.
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You will need Macromedia Flash Player installed.

Prize Draw Rules (We suggest you read these before you begin)


The current prize is an inscribed iPod nano 8GB (or near equivalent) and the latest winner will be drawn on 31st October 2010.

The competition is open to all young people aged under 19 and in full-time education at the time of entry into the draw. Entrants must name their current place of education to be eligible. Entrants aged under 16 should first obtain permission to enter the draw and submit their contact details. The College of Optometrists will not keep personal data and contact details will only be used for the purposes of administering the competition and awarding the prize. N.B. If you don't give your full postal address we can't send you the prize! The winner agrees to their name and town being published on this page.

Congratulations to Molly Vingoe from Brentwood, Essex, the winner of our April 2010 prize draw!  

Previous winners: Mahnoor Khanam from Hornsey, London (April 2006), Adelle Kirkpatrick from Bangor, County Down (October 2006), Daniel Sandford from Tiverton, Devon (April 2007), Ryan Clifford from Oldham, Lancashire (October 2007), Roseana Ball from Cheriton, Kent (April 2008), Carolyn Chan from Gorton, Manchester (October 2008), Eveline Simon from Upper Edmonton, London (April 2009), Jessica Hawe from Dorchester, Dorset (October 2009). We wish them well in their chosen careers.