Day At
Events
The Museum Calendar
Independents Day in
association with National
Eyecare Group
6th & 7th November 2016
Hilton Birmingham Metropole, Birmingham
www.idependentsday.co.uk
National Optical
Conference 2016
When members of the North Yorkshire LOC met at the Railway
Museum earlier this month there was no ancient Egyptian curse
bringing the museum to life but we could feel the spirit of famous
locomotives such as the flying Scotsman as they watched over
the annual CET day arranged by Eyecare. David Crystal and his
demodex were up first. We were treated to a series of videos on the
identification, collection and treatment of demodex. The images from
David’s 500x microscope had us all rubbing our eyelids in horror.
10th & 11th November 2016
Hilton Birmingham Metropole, Birmingham
www.locsu.co.uk
East Yorkshire & North
Lincolnshire LOC Meeting
5th January 2017
Village Hotel, Hull
www.eastyorksloc.org
Eyecare Exhibition
& Conference
22nd & 23rd January 2017
Hilton Hotel Glasgow, Glasgow
www.eyecareglasgow.com
Peter Charlesworth’s presentation
of recent fitness to practice
cases heard at the GOC did
little to calm our nerves before
Jason Rickaby presented cases
from his own practice to show
us what we are all missing if
we don’t routinely use an OCT.
The lunchtime break brought a
welcome opportunity to calm
the nerves and peruse the stands
from sponsors Hoya, Silhouette,
Heidelberg and Altacor. The
afternoon session was somewhat
calmer with presentations on the
management of corneal scars and
distortion by Andrew Elder Smith,
a lecture on the hazards of blue
light from Andrew Sanders before
a final session on the assessment
of optic discs.
Using an educational programme
developed by Allergan, local
ophthalmologist Joanna Liput
led us through the assessment
of glaucomatous and non
glaucomatous discs in three
dimensions using iPads and
3D glasses.
The optic disc lecture and
3D workshop will be repeated
at Eyecare 2017 on Sunday 22
January in Glasgow.
David Crystal’s demodex
CET article is available at
www.cetpoints.com
100% Optical
4th – 6th February 2017
ExCel London
www.100percentoptical.com
Optometry Tomorrow 2017
19th & 20th March 2017
www.optometrytomorrow.org
Optrafair
1st - 3rd April 2017
Birmingham NEC
www.optrafair.co.uk
BCLA Clinical
Conference & Exhibition
9th – 11th June 2017
www.bcla.org.uk
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