Drugs Shortage: Continuing shortage of Visudyne (verteporfin)
The College has been made aware that the manufacturers of Visudyne (verteporfin) are experiencing significant production delays and new stocks of Visudyne will not be available for the UK market until early 2022. Due to the low volume of circulating stock of Visudyne in the UK the Department of Health and Social Care has made the decision
Are you the next Chair of our International Medical Graduates (IMG) Sub-committee?
The Royal College of Ophthalmologists act as a sponsoring body for International Medical Graduates (IMG) who wish to spend time undertaking part of their training in ophthalmology in the United Kingdom. The College established a Dual Sponsorship Scheme in April 1994 to enable International Medical Graduates of exceptional ability to come to the UK for
RCOphth Annual Congress 2022 – Call for sessions
The College is planning a hybrid Congress for 2022, to be held live at the Scottish Event Campus (SEC), Glasgow and simultaneously live streamed from 23 to 26 May. Suggestions for parallel sessions The Scientific Committee are looking for suggestions for parallel sessions. These are 60, 90 or 120 minutes long and will take place
Eye Journal is having a big impact
‘As the Editor-in Chief of Eye, it is my great pleasure to announce a big jump in Eye’s impact factor this year. Special thanks go to the editorial board members, reviewers and authors who generously contribute to Eye’. Professor Sobha Sivaprasad, Editor-in-Chief Eye’s 2020 Impact Factor is now 3.775; a big jump up from 2.455
Recruiting for essential editorial roles for the new RCOphth Learning Management System
Do you want to contribute to the new RCOphth Learning Management System (LMS), providing high quality structured learning pathways and coordinated educational programmes to support life-long clinical learning and professional development in a digital ‘one-stop shop’ environment? Providing training and education materials to the eye care community The RCOphth LMS will make high-quality training and