RNIB launch E-Learning resource for ophthalmologists about certifying visually impaired patients
RNIB has developed an online E-Learning resource for ophthalmologists to highlight the importance of working proactively with eligible patients to certify them as sight impaired (partially sighted) or severely sight impaired (blind) using The Certificate of Vision Impairment (CVI). The resource gives insight into the CVI process, the distinction between certification and registration, and the
British Paralympic Association searches for National Classifiers
The British Paralympic Association is looking for ophthalmologists and optometrists to train and accredit as national classifiers for athletes with a visual impairment across the Paralympic sports. Classifiers act in a voluntary capacity and are critical to the Paralympic Movement. They use their professional skills to measure each athlete’s impairment against the recognised eligibility criteria to assign an appropriate class.
Macular Society’s call for more funding of research into macular degeneration
Statement from the Macular Society Charity’s landmark report exposing lack of investment in age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is supported by more than 60 of the UK’s foremost sight researchers, ophthalmologists and institutions – Situation described as ‘urgent’ It is a disease with devastating and far-reaching consequences for both patients and their families, and the number of
MIRAgel: the immunohistochemical expression of CD3, CD34, and CD68 in the surrounding capsule – (Eye Journal AOP)
MIRAgel: the immunohistochemical expression of CD3, CD34, and CD68 in the surrounding capsule Eye advance online publication, June 24 2016. doi:10.1038/eye.2016.125 Authors: M Roldan-Pallares, M LLanes-Estrada & F LLanes-Menendez
The combined Royal Photographic Society and Royal Medical Colleges Medal for Advances in Medical Photography and Medical Imaging
The Combined Royal Colleges Medal is awarded for an outstanding contribution to the advancement and/or application of medical photography or the wider field of medical imaging. The Royal Photographic Society (RPS), the Royal College of Surgeons of England, the Royal College of Physicians of London and the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists collaborated together