This report provides a review of the evidence available for myopia management interventions. It identifies gaps and provides the basis for related guidance recommendations.
Find out how the myopia evidence review and the new College guidance will affect you in practice.
The College has provided the following FAQs on myopia management as a summary of the guidance and evidence review for optometrists and their patients.
The College’s Guidance for Professional Practice section on assessing and managing children with myopia.
Clinical files: A patient has lost their only pair of glasses. Can I make up a new pair of glasses if the prescription is expired?
The College Clinical Advisers discuss the recent news from the MHRA approving the first atropine treatment for myopia in the UK.
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.
A message from the President of the College of Optometrists.
The clinical figures that count.
The College of Optometrists welcomed over 800 attendees to Birmingham last weekend (24-25 February) for its annual conference and AGM.
The College supports the growing number of optometrists offering myopia management (sometimes known as myopia control) interventions to reduce myopia progression. Read our guidance.
People of different ethnicities are at increased risk of different eye conditions.
What's happening in the world of technology.
Read, download and print Acuity's infographic focusing on myopia prevalence and treatment.
Objective autorefractors are already a reliable and time-saving complement to optometric care, but Acuity asks if fully automated subjective machines threaten the profession itself.
Georgina Wintersgill asks how patient research on symptoms online impacts on practice, and how you can assess the evidence that supports the right treatment recommendations.
Create a welcoming environment to ensure excellent customer service for young and old, says Emma White.
Despite these potential benefits, orthokeratology is often perceived to be an advanced clinical technique only to be attempted by specialists.
There is growing interest in myopia and myopia control within the optometry community. This article looks at the evidence for intervention.