Auckland university’s School of Optometry and Vision Science (SOVS) held its annual Low Vision Day on 7 March 2019. The day is designed for final year (part five) optometry students to gain valuable hands on experience working with low vision patients to increase our knowledge and awareness of the d
The Australian and New Zealand Strabismus Society (ANZSS), better known as the Squint Club, held their 2019 meeting at the Melbourne Children’s Hospital.
Hello and welcome from the 2019 New Zealand Optometry Student Society (NZOSS) executive.
In 2015, Macular Degeneration New Zealand (MDNZ) launched its Professional Friends network; a chance to give something back to a charity at the frontline of macular degeneration education and to benefit by association. Here, three-year member, optometrist John Adam, explains the benefits of being a
The role of OCT in differentiating optic disc drusen from oedema; Multimodal imaging of buried optic nerve head drusen; A population-based evaluation of the association between hormonal contraceptives and idiopathic intracranial hypertension
The vitreous gel fills the posterior segment of the eye and has a volume of about 4ml. It is composed of 98% water and 2% structural proteins and extracellular matrix components. Collagen is the major
With recent media spotlight on doctor suicides and burnout, the release of Every Doctor couldn’t have been better timed. Every Doctor, written by two accomplished physicians, Professor Leanne Rowe and
An international glaucoma study showed use of the Glaukos iStent trabecular micro-bypass stent during cataract surgery delivered a 38% reduction in mean intraocular pressure (IOP) to 14.7 mmHg after
Being brought up with movies like Terminator, I always imagined artificial intelligence, or AI as it’s increasingly called, would be this terrifying army of thinking metal beings who saw humans as obsolete. It’s refreshing then to know that not only are we using AI in our lives each day (for example
Now in its eleventh year, the Global Speciality Lens Symposium (GSLS), held annually in Las Vegas, is a unique conference focused on enabling eye care practitioners to make the best use of modern speciality contact lenses to help a wide range of patients.
Silmo Paris 2018 feels like a lifetime ago now, but it only took place from 28 September to 1 October last year. Move forward three months to its German rival, Opti Munich.
They arrived with a sense of adventure and high purpose, wanting to explore new territory and make a difference with their expertise. Twenty years later they returned, with a sense of awe for what had been achieved.
