Online learning for optometrists

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Whether you want to refresh your knowledge on contact lenses or require specialist domains for your independent prescribing qualification, we've got you covered.

Recorded webinars

Watch recordings of the College's webinars and earn CPD points.

Foundation and refresher courses

Online CPD courses especially beneficial to those who have qualified in the last few years or had a career break.

Supervision courses

Essential online learning for qualified optometrists who would like to supervise pre-registration trainees.

CPD for locums

We have a growing range of online CPD courses and webinars for optometrists, some of which may be of particular interest and use to locums.

Research courses

Online CPD courses for eye health professionals in collaboration with Ulster University and the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR).

Online learning courses without CPD points

Online courses, recorded webinars a range of learning materials on important clinical and professional topics.

Independent prescribing – management in clinical practice

In this updated online CPD course for optometrists you will be given the background to four patients and will complete a series of activities related to each case.

CLiP for Supervisors

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.

Mastering one-to-one meetings

This course guides supervisors to prepare for and conduct effective one-to-one meetings with their learners.

Online CPD resources