Extra date for the OPT Training The Trainers programme
The College is pleased to announce that an extra date has been added to the Spring 2021 OPT Training The Trainers programme and will be available to book shortly: OPT TTT – Friday 23 April 2021 (online, full day) Learning outcomes These courses are suitable for Ophthalmologists, Orthoptists, Optometrists and Ophthalmic Nurses who are experienced
The Eye To Eye Podcast Reaches Two Major Milestones
This week the Eye to Eye Podcast has been listed as one of Eye News’ top five podcasts for trainees to listen to. In addition, the podcast has had it’s 10, 000th listen. Reaching these two major milestones in the same week is testament to the popularity of this broadcast. Top five podcast Eye News
Hydroxychloroquine and Chloroquine Retinopathy: Recommendations on Monitoring
Updated Guidelines December 2020 Following the publication of the RCOphth recommendations for monitoring in hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine users in 2018, new published evidence prompted a review of the guideline. Recent data have highlighted that hydroxychloroquine retinopathy is more common than previously reported. The prevalence in long-term users appears to be around 7.5% and depending on
The British Ophthalmological Surveillance Unit restart
After a six month break, The British Ophthalmological Surveillance Unit has restarted case ascertainment from November 2020, recommencing the yellow card reporting system with the five studies that were already running. BOSU: Current Studies on the Yellow Card Study Lead investigator Hydroxychloroquine Retinopathy Imran Yusuf, Oxford Unexplained visual loss following removal of silicone oil Jonathan
ACCEA – Clinical Excellence Awards – Round 2021
If you are thinking about applying for a new award then please send in your application to jo.longden@rcophth.ac.uk no later than 9.00am Monday 1 February, 2021. The Round opened on Monday 7 December 2020 and will close at 1700 hours on Thursday 18 March 2021. If you are intending to make an application, you are