The College provides the latest news, research, advice and guidance on the retina, and all the key optical topics. These are regularly reviewed to ensure you are completely up-to-date with your practice.
Read the guidance for advice on examining patients with diabetes mellitus.
Guidance for optometrists on examining patients who present with flashes and floaters.
Visit our learning hub for the latest online courses available to members on the topic of retina.
The Clinical Management Guidelines (CMGs) set out the evidence to inform your clinical practice and support professional judgement with respect to diagnosis and management.
As advances in optical coherence tomography imaging shed new light on the choroid, Carina Bailey asks how measuring choroidal thickness could help determine ocular health.
Clinical files: Do I need to follow-up on patients with posterior vitreous detachment?
Jo Waters asks what are the current grading charts optometrists can use, and how to make the most of them.
Clinical files: What should I do if a patient phones the practice noticing flashes and/or floaters?
Podcast: In this episode of WebinarXtra, Daniel talks to Kate Powell MCOptom, who answers questions from her recent webinar on diabetic retinopathy.
Half of those with anterior uveitis carry the HLA-B27 antigen on their white blood cells. Kim Thomas explores the role this genetic association plays in eye disorders.
The clinical figures that count.
Ocular cancers are uncommon but serious. Thankfully, there are world-class specialist centres here in the UK. Carina Bailey looks into the service they provide.
A part of the ageing process or an indication of retinal tear or detachment? George Winter talks to experts about how patients presenting with flashes and floaters should be managed.
In each issue, Acuity poses a topical question on a tricky scenario to a panel of members.
AI can give optometrists a head start in eye disease detection.
The clinical figures that count
What's happening in the world of technology?
This literature review aims to demonstrate that optometrists are well placed to use this technology in routine practice, in conjunction with measuring systemic BP.