When Covid-19 first broke out, things had never felt so uncertain and every sector had to react quickly. Now, with a year’s hindsight, we can see how the optical industry navigated its way to where we are now. In the UK, where I’m based, dispensing opticians (DOs) have been allowed to operate during
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.
Christchurch optometrist Jonathan Foate completed his DipOpt in 1976, joined Rose & Connor in early 1977 and became a partner in 1980 before making it his own with optometrist wife Michelle. In 2019 he handed the reins to his practice manager son Edward and optometrist daughter Miriam. NZ Optics
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
Eyewear trends aren’t just about the glasses on your face. Here Jai Breitnauer checks out some of the cool bits and bobs spectacle users can buy from practices to enhance their look and their eyewear-wearing experience.
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