Description

This issue marks the beginning of Volume 2 and the publication of longer articles. Brought about by changes in the College of Optometrys CE approval requirements, each issue will now carry 7 CE articles giving a potential of 21 CE credits over an academic year (3 issues).

Readers who have submitted their MCQs for marking todate will have noticed on their marked response postcard, an indication on the bottom right hand side of the card, the total CE credits awarded for each issue. This makes issuing of certificates somewhat redundant, and explains why separate certificates have not materialised.

In this issue:

Contracts are part and parcel of everyday practice. Bhogal and Bhogal tackle this vast subject with a view to clarifying the basics. Noncompliance particularly in contact lens practice has always concerned the practitioner. Cominskey takes the reader through the complexities of compliance, and makes recommendations on how to improve compliance and ultimately patient care. Gonioscopy is increasingly used by optometric practitioners for the evaluation of the anterior chamber angle. Eperjesi and Hirji give a guide on how to use the versatile universal gonio contact lens to view the posterior pole, the mid periphery, the far periphery of the fundus as well as the anterior chamber angle. Spectacle frame materials continue to change and evolve. Latham reviews the properties of current frame materials. The Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Study (ETDRS) brought to light new data on managing diabetic retinopathy. ODonnell reviews the pertinent literature and gives an overview of diabetic retinopathy and recommendations to better manage the diseaseq. The use of accessories to extend the range of ocular structures examined in detail by slit-lamp biomicroscopy is quite common today. One of the most frequently utilised supplementary examination techniques, especially amongst diabetic patients, is binocular indirect ophthalmoscopy using supplementary condensing lenses. Weddell gives a detailed update on the advantages of slit-lamp binocular indirect ophthalmoscopy. An area of growing interest is sports vision. Griffiths overview of this occupationally driven discipline, suggests that evaluating visual performance may help to better manage the performance of the healthy patients with respect to sport.