Support the next generation of optometrists, develop the profession and boost your own career.
Find out everything you need to know about qualifying to becoming a supervisor and mentoring a pre-registration trainee.
Updates on guidance and roles for supervising College pre-registration optometrists.
The College has a number of resources available to help support you through your supervision journey.
An affix recognising the dedication, expertise, and commitment of supervisors.
Find out how to ensure the College is up-to-date with your supervisory activities.
This course outlines what you need to know as a supervisor to support students under the new CLiP scheme, and how this scheme differs from College’s Scheme for Registration.
This course guides supervisors to prepare for and conduct effective one-to-one meetings with their learners.
Thinking about becoming a supervisor? Three optometrists tell us about the skills and experience needed to become an effective supervisor.
The GOC is pleased to announce a three-year extension of the Knowledge Hub to support the implementation of the new Education and Training Requirements (ETR). The Hub will continue to be operated by the Sector Partnership for Optical Knowledge and Education (SPOKE) until July 2028.
Simulated clinical learning allows learners to practice clinical techniques in low-stakes environments, make mistakes without patient harm.
This online peer review is invite only allowing you to meet the GOC CPD requirements to be amongst the first to achieve the award of Optometric Practice Educator.
Tom Margrain and Amy Sheppard give their insights into how AI is being incorporated into optometry teaching.
Guest contributor, Dr Maggie Woodhouse, OBE gives her advice on how optometry and ophthalmic dispensing learners can interact with patients with learning disabilities.
The College of Optometrists has awarded the first OptPE affix, its first-ever educational affix, to the inaugural group of optometrists who have completed the College’s enhanced training for supervisors.