Background
In 2009, King's College London undertook an ESRC funded project 'Assessing Eye Sight and Ocular Health: The Practical work of optometrists' was undertaken to investigate how optometrists conduct eye examinations and how their findings were communicated to patients. The project involved a detailed study of the practices of eye care in the UK and revealed the interactional practices that optometrists rely on to assess clients' state of sight and eye health.
Following on from this, The practical work of the optometrist 2 was a Knowledge Exchange project that used the findings of the original study to create communication skills information for optometry students, optometric practitioners, trainers and organisations.