Online learning for optometrists

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Whether you want to refresh your knowledge on contact lenses or require specialist domains for your independent prescribing qualification, we've got you covered.

Recorded webinars

Watch recordings of the College's webinars and earn CPD points.

Foundation and refresher courses

Online CPD courses especially beneficial to those who have qualified in the last few years or had a career break.

Supervision courses

Essential online learning for qualified optometrists who would like to supervise pre-registration trainees.

CPD for locums

We have a growing range of online CPD courses and webinars for optometrists, some of which may be of particular interest and use to locums.

Research courses

Online CPD courses for eye health professionals in collaboration with Ulster University and the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR).

Online learning courses without CPD points

Online courses, recorded webinars a range of learning materials on important clinical and professional topics.

Starting out with OCT

This is part one of the Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) series and a basic-level course in interpreting OCT results and using findings in clinical decision-making.

Quality improvement and excellence in optometry

Our clinical advisers explore the College’s updated clinical governance guidance and its four critical domains: Safety culture; insight; involvement; and improvement.

Diabetic retinopathy - decision making and management

This online CPD course is for optometrists who would like to know more about diabetic retinopathy but are not already involved in diabetic screening.

Online CPD resources