Online learning for optometrists

Use our online resources and materials to support your continuing professional development and earn essential CPD points.

Browse courses by topic

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 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.

What's new...

Additional Supervisor Training Pilot

This course is for professionals preparing to take up the role of an Additional supervisor to trainees on the Scheme for Registration.

NIHR: Getting involved in research

MODULE 9: This online course identifies ways in which you can get involved in research and how to determine the different levels of practice-based research involvement.

Research

NIHR: Implementing evidence based eyecare

MODULE 8: This online CPD course demonstrates how to find relevant clinical research using the correct search methods and explains when these methods could be applied in your own clinical practice.

Research