Live from Specsavers headquarters in Port Douglas, Melbourne, SCC 2022 focused on the frontiers between optometry and ophthalmology and how a collaborative approach can improve eye health outcomes and help relieve a system under pressure.
UK independent optometrist Simon Berry is on a sustainability crusade. After years of research, he decided to share practical ways for DOs and optoms to do their bit for the planet.
The new head of the School of Optometry and Vision Science (SOVS) at Auckland University, Dr Andrew Collins officially assumed the role on Good Friday this year. Was that a good omen? Lesley Springall sat down with him to find out.
September’s Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists (RANZCO) event highlighted the ophthalmological advances anticipated in the next five years, including improved sustainability, genetic and virtual screening and artificial intelligence (AI) – all intended to improve disease pr
A 24-year-old male presented with bilateral patchy scotoma in both eyes and mild distortion on the left.
The 2022 Silmo d’Or awards were once again held at the exhibition centre, with a large and jubilant crowd, a gold-bedecked stage and stilt-walkers adding that touch of glitz and excitement the awards are so well known for.
Panos Nicolaou, owner of independent London optometry practice Cult Vision, explains why Silmo is more than just an optical fair.
Hi, it’s me again! Knocking on varsity doors. This time I’m playing reporter as well as live case study. As an elderly Blindy, most of my travel these days is somewhat limited, so I don’t do much ‘out there’ stuff. There are tons of DIY manuals on the matter for the ‘use it or lose it’ theorists, bu
Prevent Blindness, a US nonprofit, declared September 2022 ‘Sports Eye Safety Month’, having recorded 26,000 sports-related eye injuries in the US in 2021. In Australia, a recent Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital study ranked soccer, Australian Football League (AFL) and basketball the most danger
There have been no recent comprehensive myopia studies conducted in New Zealand. However, the findings of Rudnicka et al (2016) show a clear difference in the prevalence of myopia among six- and seven-year-old children of Chinese ethnicity living in Sydney or Singapore, with those living in Singapor
The title of the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency’s (AHPRA’s) latest Taking Care podcast*, ‘Openness and candour – a road to a true culture of safety’, was intriguing. Its introduction mentioned the need for much greater openness and honesty between health practitioners, their patien
Fittingly for the Back to the Future theme, delegates and exhibitors took what appeared to be a jump back in time at August’s Cornea and Contact Lens Society (CCLS) conference in Auckland – back to when it was the norm for more than 100 like-minded individuals to congregate, be intellectually stimul
