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.
Should you examine young patients without a parent or carer present?
Becky McCall analyses the evidence that working distance increases the risk of myopia in children, and the escalation of time spent on screens is related to the surging incidence of myopia around the world.
Clinical files: Is a child who is not a resident of the UK eligible for an NHS-funded sight test?
Articles cover: Modifiable risk factors for AMD; Medical management of common corneal conditions; testing visual acuity of young children; lasers; the purpose of an eye test among people aged 60 and over.
Children with refractive problems should be offered an alternative one-stop and easy-access community service, tailored to local needs and with set standards of care and expected outcomes.
How young is too young for contact lenses?
Articles in this edition of OiP cover angle closure glaucoma in optometric practice, colour vision testing, children and contact lenses, and hereditary ocular diseases in childhood.
A look at some hereditary childhood ocular diseases that may be encountered in optometric practice, including anterior-segment disorders.
Articles covering: Genetics in ophthalmology and its relevance to optometry, dealing with challenging situations in practice, gonioscopy and hereditary ocular diseases in childhood.
Highlighting some of the hereditary diseases encountered in children with visual loss.
This review outlines current estimates of myopia prevalence for children, the characteristics of myopia progression and attempts to retard its progression with a variety of treatment therapies.
This OiP article looks at fitting contact lenses to treat children with a variety of conditions.
This article aims to prepare the optometrist for the ocular and refractive problems associated with premature birth.
Incomitance in cases of binocular vision defects can be a sign of disease or injury. Sophie Goodchild reminds us of the essentials.
Kieran Loft on his last stint at Acuity, and other changes in optometry.