The College of 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?
• Why are some optometrists going to Africa?
• 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.

The current prize is an iPod nano and the latest winner will be drawn on October 31st 2008.

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!

Congratulations to Ryan Clifford from Oldham, Lancashire, the winner of our October 2007 prize draw! The April 2008 draw has taken place and the winner's name will be announced on this page as soon as their prize has been despatched.

Previous winners: Mahnoor Khanam from Hornsey, London (April 2006), Adelle Kirkpatrick from Bangor, County Down (October 2006), Daniel Sandford from Tiverton, Devon (April 2007).