Read the Guidance for Professional Practice on examining younger children
Read the Guidance for Professional Practice.
Find out more about getting a higher qualification in Paediatric eye care.
Read our ethical scenarios and decide what you would do in these situations.
New programme marks National Eye Health Week 2025 by sharing a special story about eye care with nurseries.
Imogen Hawthorne MCOptom explains how her portfolio career has flourished.
Clinical files: Is a 6-year-old child too young for contact lenses?
The College's position on the use of Chloramphenicol POM in paediatric populations.
Develop your skills with College-accredited higher qualifications in glaucoma, medical retina, low vision, contact lens practice and paediatric eye care
Research, jointly funded by the College of Optometrists and Ulster University, has shown that myopia is more than twice as prevalent among children in the UK now than in the 1960s.
Every consultation is a public health moment; the question is what we choose to do with it, says Daniel Hardiman-McCartney MBE FCOptom.
The conditions and development milestones to look out for in paediatric vision assessments.
A glance at what’s happening in the world of technology.
Part two of the myopia online course focuses on evaluating the effectiveness of myopia control interventions and the management of more complex clinical cases.
This course will advance your understanding of myopia management by evaluating the effectiveness of myopia control interventions and the management of more complex clinical cases.
The clinical figures that count.
Eye health issues that are making the news.
We meet Sosena Tang MCOptom, whose diverse career currently includes roles with the NHS, RNIB, private practice and the College.
From boosting children’s eye health awareness to celebrating our first OptPE affix and refreshing member learning - here’s how we shaped the profession in early 2025.