Essential resource for members containing prescribing information on drugs currently available to treat eye conditions.
Information on the diagnosis and treatment of 60 various eye conditions that present in practice.
Additional guidance and useful links for members with an independent prescribing qualification.
The Royal College of Ophthalmologists works with the UK Ophthalmic Pharmacy Group to provide a list of drug shortages on their website.
Members with an independent prescribing qualification can create private prescriptions in their My College area.
Advice in our Guidance for Professional Practice.
We often run dedicated therapeutics online peer reviews, which are open to IP qualified members. Check our events listings for the latest peer reviews.
If you are a College member studying for your IP qualification, access your online logbook in your My College area.
This updated course covers a range of IP cases and therapeutics competencies: Options, Professional and Share decision making.
Clinical files: Can I sell topical chloramphenicol eye drops as prophylaxis?
Ensuring suitable governance will protect children’s long-term vision, writes Dr Paramdeep Bilkhu MCOptom.
Where optometry professionals come together for practical learning, CPD and fresh insight.
Which elements are key to the process of shared decision-making between clinician and patient? Georgina Wintersgill reports.
Léa Surugue looks at the dynamic expansion of next-generation artificial tears, and asks what other tailored products are emerging.
Georgina Wintersgill asks what optometrists should consider when seeing pregnant women.
Anna Scott asks why so many optometrists are opting for a portfolio career.
AI is pushing the boundaries of diagnosis, but are we on the verge of an antimicrobial dark age?
The eye is second only to the liver as the most common site to be affected by drug toxicity.
Kathy Oxtoby asks what optometrists need to know about antimicrobial resistance.
Independent prescribing optometrists can establish a diagnosis and determine clinical management, providing better care to patients, writes Georgina Wintersgill