Acuity Scotland - Scotland’s Optometry Training Organisation

Chairman’s Blog! Happy New Year!

achivers — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 16:34:02 +0000

We hope 2012 has been a successful year so far for all of you. Here at Acuity we have been working on our education programme for the next 12 months. There are some excellent courses planned for autumn and beyond – more details next week!

Over the course of the year we will be aiming to post up a regular feature called “Chairman’s Blog” where Ian Rough, Acuity Chair, will post up information for all who visit the News section. The first post is below, so stay tuned for further updates on courses and for future blog posts!

Message from Ian Rough:

Hello everyone

I recently found a very useful link for optometrists regarding what ophthalmic medications are available through pharmacies on the Minor Ailments Scheme. Also included in the below link is a referral form which I’m sure will be of assistance also

This information has been provided by the Community Pharmacy Scotland where there are other resources covering a number of areas:

http://www.communitypharmacyscotland.org.uk/nhs_care_services/ophthalmic_services.asp

Kind regards

Ian

Upcoming Courses – book a place now!

Peter — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 09:51:32 +0000

Acuity are very please to announce two excellent courses coming up in the next few months.

The first is You Will Never Test Alone – a friendly environment to discuss your optometric queries, featuring workshops on:

Anterior Assessment with slit lamp and other instruments
Vitreous and Central retinal assessment
Peripheral retinal assessment
The top ten red eye conditions and their management
Visual fields

This event will be held on Sunday 28 August 2011 at the LOTT Clinic, Edinburgh and is an excellent course for anyone lacking in confidence, or simply wishes to brush up on their skills. Places cost £90 and are extremely limited so book now to avoid disappointment!

The second course is Britain’s Got Therapeutics – an international standard course featuring Professor Greg Black of the Broward Eye Clinic of Nova Southeastern in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. If you were at our Gonioscopy course in 2010, then you will already know what an excellent lecturer Professor Black is, along with his assistant Ms Julie Tyler. Presentations will include:

3D Slides on Gonioscopy
An Optic Nerve Workshop
Red Eye lecture
UK Prescribing Practices

This event will be held on Sunday 13 November 2011, venue TBC Glasgow. To book your place on either exceptional course, simply call us on 0131 220 4542 or email mailto:info@acuityscotland.org

Latest Glaucoma Advice

Peter — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 14:52:58 +0000

The College of Optometrists and Royal College of Optometrists have recently released new documentation on Glaucoma referrals, entitled ‘Guidance on the Referral of Glaucoma Suspects by Community Optometrists’. This information is up to date and should be of great assistance for all optometrists in 2011. If you would like a copy of this document simply click here.

Changes at Acuity!

Peter — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 15:45:33 +0000

In 2010 SCO carried out a survey of the Optometric profession to find out how we could improve our training courses while serving our members and reaching the newly qualified. After collating and reviewing the results you provided we have decided on a new name, and that is Acuity – Scotland’s Optometry Training Organisation.

However, this is not the only change. We aim to offer current and new members a better service, improved materials and of course discounts on the excellent courses we will be holding over the coming year.

In addition, all at Acuity would like to offer our congratulations to Acuity Office Manager Lorna Cameron, who gave birth to a beautiful baby girl at Christmas 2010 – Mother and baby are doing very well.

We’d like to welcome Alastair Chivers to the Acuity team, who will be covering Lorna’s position while she is on maternity leave.