Following the cancellation of last year’s annual ophthalmic nurses meeting, held in conjunction with the RANZCO NZ Branch conference each year, we waited with bated breath to hear if RANZCO 2021 would go ahead. Fortunately, the Christchurch organising committee’s hard work and effort did not go to w
The RANZCO 2021 New Zealand Branch meeting was a much-anticipated affair amid the changing climate of Covid restrictions and unpredictable alert levels. Many of us experienced a renewed sense of freedom, catching a flight after being grounded for many moons, to finally mingle with colleagues at the
Long-term effect of YAG laser iridotomy on corneal endothelium in primary angle closure suspects
At last, an event free of a single mention of Covid-19! The Summer Scholar Symposium is the culmination of the efforts of University of Auckland students who spent the break between academic years working on research projects.
In 2021, the International Women’s Day theme was #ChooseToChallenge, so Optometry Australia (OA) chose to challenge the movement of feminism in optometry.
In 2014 I was in my final year overseas preceptorship, shadowing a middle-aged male optometrist. The patient was a lady in her forties. He was on the slit lamp. “Hmm… do you see that?” he asked me. “Madarosis. Could be an autoimmune cause. We need to send her for a blood workup. What tests would you
Recently MyHealth1st ran the first of its free masterclass webinars, designed to help healthcare practitioners grow and thrive in the post-Covid world. Hosted by Jodie Green, head of customer success at MyHealth1st, this inaugural webinar featured talks by MyHealth1st’s marketing manager Will Willia
Autonomous sensory meridian response (ASMR) is thought to be experienced by around 58% of the population. It’s a physical response to visual and auditory stimuli, often described by those who experience it as ‘tingles’, usually in the back of the scalp and spine. For those who are unfamiliar with th
By 2050, the number of people over 65 will have tripled worldwide and around one in three living at home will have at least one fall per year, according to the UK’s National Health Service. At the Vision Institute in Paris, Emmanuel Gutmann has developed a unique platform, called StreetLab, to repro
February 2020 saw the first cases of Covid-19 appear in New Zealand. Over the following weeks borders were gradually closed and, as we know, New Zealand went into lockdown in the last week of March. CCLSNZ’s one-day conference and the pre-conference myopia management workshop scheduled for the last
In the early Sixties, driven by the efforts of pioneering dentist-turned-contact lens manufacturer Eugene Hirst (original co-founder of Mortimer Hirst in Auckland), New Zealand was the first country
Roughly one year ago, the nation and the world were catapulted into our brand-new world of Covid-19 lockdown and home confinement. Fears began to surface regarding potential health issues such as an increased risk of domestic violence, alcohol abuse and mental health challenges. From an eyecare pers
