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 prescribe medicines for intravitreal injection for the management of wet AMD patients?
Optometrists have evolved from prescribers of spectacles to crucial primary care providers, writes Becky McCall.
Where optometry professionals come together for practical learning, CPD and fresh insight.
Clinical files: Can I prescribe and supply cyclopentolate to patients affected by uveitis?
This recorded webinar lecture examines the epidemiology, presentation, diagnosis, management and long term outlook for eye allergic disease of all severities.
You will be given four different patient cases covering a range of pathologies, including cataract post-surgery and contact lens wearers. This online CPD course aims to improve your skills and knowledge in patient management.
Clinical files: Can I supply prescription only medicines to my patients from my practice?
We are looking for an IP qualified hospital optometrist and ophthalmic pharmacist to join our Clinical Management Guidelines (CMGs) review group to ensure that they are up-to-date, evidence based and accessible.
Clinical files: As an IP optometrist, am I able to prescribe medicines for family members who attend the practice with an acute eye condition?
There are plenty of evidence-based resources to draw on, writes Dr Paramdeep Bilkhu MCOptom, Clinical Adviser for the College.
Independent prescribers can now get the support to expand their prescribing scope of practice.