You can enjoy these great member benefits
Invest in your future with membership of your professional body. We offer a range of membership packages and benefits for optometrists at every stage of their careers.
Supporting you in practice
- Affixes - The MCOptom & FCOptom affixes are a public sign of your professional commitment to the highest clinical & ethical standards.
- Member app - The College app gives members easy access to core clinical guidance – even when working offline.
- CMGs - essential information for the diagnosis and management of a range of conditions that present in practice.
- Patient material - members can order patient leaflets explaining a range of common conditions, tear-off pads on the instillation of eye drops and a tear off Amsler chart, children’s stickers and activity books – completely free of charge.
Advancing your career
- CPD resources - including: free regional CPD events across the UK; our quarterly peer reviewed, practice-based journal Optometry in Practice; our online learning area where you can track your learning and link to the GOC to upload your points.
- Higher qualifications - Our higher qualifications are ideal for those looking to progress in their careers and we offer exclusive member support and resources, such as the innovative online IP logbook
- Supervisor support - tools and resources, including online and face-to-face training, to support experienced supervisors, as well as those just starting out.
Excellence in eye care
- Guidance for Professional Practice - The go-to reference tool for all practising optometrists. Members enjoy easy access with our exclusive app version.
- Acuity member journal - The College’s professional development journal which discusses the latest advancements in optometric clinical practice and offers articles with CPD points.
- College newsletters - Our regular emails keep you up-to-date on all that’s going in the College and across the profession, including clinical queries, and supervisor, CPD and research news.
These are just some of the benefits we offer. Take a look at the full range of member benefits.