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The College of Optometrists wishes to make it clear that the suggestion that optometrists have been routinely under correcting short-sightedness, or myopia, when prescribing glasses or contact lenses in the United Kingdom is incorrect.
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The College of Optometrists is to re-structure to ensure greater regional representation and stronger links to its membership. Following an extensive review process, the Council of the College, at its meeting on 6 November 2002, approved the report from management consultants, Headlam Associates, which details the future strategic direction for the College.
The College of Optometrists announces an exciting addition to an already impressive line up of workshops and lectures for Conference 2002 in Liverpool on the 17 and 18 November 2002.
Forms are being sent out in early October to practitioners asking for details of the CET they have completed during 2002.
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Places are still available on training days to be held during May for people who intend to become a supervisor or who are thinking of doing so or for those who have supervised in the past and would like a refresher course.
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The College is pleased to announce that Professor Stephen Parrish has been re-appointed as the College's Examinations Adviser. The role of the Examinations Adviser is to advise Council and, in particular, the College's Academic Committee and Secretariat on all aspects of the conduct of pre-registration training and the full range of the College's examinations including the PQE Parts 1 & 2, Higher Qualifications and Delegated Functions.
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Members of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Eye Health and Visual Impairment visited Moorfields Eye Hospital and the Institute of Ophthalmology on Tuesday 29 October 2002.
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The College is pleased to announce that it has been able to negotiate, on behalf of its members, economical, comprehensive medical health insurance cover on preferential terms with Western Provident Association (WPA).
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In May this year, following extensive development, the College held a trial of the proposed new Professional Qualifying Examination, PQE, part II. The new examination incorporates Multiple Choice Questions/Visual Recognition, Interpretation of Clinical Signs, practical station examinations and case scenarios. These changes are designed to achieve greater objectivity to the examination.
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This year, for the first time, DOCET tendered for a distance-learning course with the content to complement that offered in the tendered courses of Cataract and Learning Disabilities. Following a tendering process, the joint bid from Optician magazine and Net lectures was successful.
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