Dispensing Optics

44 Pages·2017·4.7 MB·English

by  Ros Argent

DECEMBER 2017
DISPENSING
OPTICS
NEWS, INFORMATION and
EDUCATION for OPTICIANS

Dispensing Optics DECEMBER 2017
Contents
10.
14. 19.
36. 16.
Features 32. Sight loss
Stereotypes, sight loss and stories
by Antonia Chitty
19. Product Spotlight
34. ABDO @ 100%
‘Tis the season
Education at ExCel
22. Continuing Education & Training
35. Opti 2018
Avoiding a wrong turn: Part 1
Shopping for the future
by Andrew Keirl
36. NCD report
26. Multiple Choice Answers
“A great time to be in optics”
Cultural awareness in optical practice
by Paula Stevens
Regulars
28. Lenses
Part 3: Plus lenses
by Professor Mo Jalie 5. DO Dispatches
30. Topical eye therapy
6. The Anderson Files
Understanding dry eye part 2
by Andrew Price 8. News
37. FAQs
40. Through the pinhole
with Sue Edwards
FRONT COVER
42. Jobs & Notices
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DISPENSING OPTICS
The Professional Journal of the Association
of British Dispensing Opticians
VOLUME 32 NO 12
DO Dispatches
EDITORIAL STAFF
Editor Sir Anthony Garrett CBE HonFBDO
Assistant Editor Jane Burnand
Managing Editor Nicky Collinson BA (Hons)
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Design and Production Rosslyn Argent BA (Hons) ENDING ON A HIGH NOTE
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Admin. Manager Deanne Gray HonFBDO This year is ending on a real high note as
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we are able to launch the new minor eye
EDITORIAL/ADVERTISING conditions service (MECS) accreditation
Telephone [phone] scheme for contact lens opticians (see
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Website www.abdo.org.uk News page 8). This is the most exciting and far-reaching
development for the profession for many years, and is the
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culmination of a great deal of work by members of the
UK £150
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Association of British Dispensing Opticians
Godmersham Park, Godmersham, Kent CT4 7DT standing of all our members in the months and years ahead.
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This month I am also delighted to share the news that the
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Website www.abdo.org.uk board has approved the appointment of Barry Duncan as the
new deputy chief executive of the Association (see News page
ABDO CET
10). Barry’s drive and enthusiasm have been clear for all to
Head of CET Paula Stevens MA ODE BSc(Hons)
MCOptom FBDO CL (Hons)AD SMC(Tech) see since he joined the ABDO staff in 2012. I really look forward
to his greater input to the Association’s work and I know all
ABDO CET, 5 Kingsford Business Centre, Layer Road,
members will wish Barry well in his new appointment.
Kingsford, Colchester CO2 0HT
Telephone [phone] will see yet further significant changes within ABDO, and
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how we deliver high quality support and services to members.
CONTINUING EDUCATION REVIEW PANEL This will include having a qualified dispensing optician on the
Joanne Abbott BSc(Hons) FBDO SMC(Tech) Membership Services Department team (see Jobs & Notices
Keith Cavaye FBDO(Hons)CL FBCLA
Andrew Cripps FBDO(Hons) PG Cert HE FHEA page 42).
Kim Devlin FBDO(Hons)CL
Stephen Freeman BSc(Hons) MCOptom FBDO(Hons) FHEA Cert Ed May I take this opportunity, on behalf of the ABDO board and
Abilene Macdonald Grute BSc(Hons) MCOptom BSc(Hons) FBDO(Hons) all of the staff, to wish you a very happy and enjoyable festive
SLD(Hons)LVA Dip Dist Ed Cert Ed
Richard Harsant FBDO(Hons)CL(Hons)LVA season and a particularly happy new year.
Andrew Keirl BOptom(Hons) MCOptom FBDO
Angela McNamee BSc(Hons) MCOptom FBDO(Hons)CL FBCLA Cert Ed Sir Anthony Garrett
Linda Rapley BSc(Hons) FCOptom PGDip PGCE ABDO general secretary
Andrew Stokes FBDO SMC(Tech)
JOURNAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Richard Crook FBDO
Kim Devlin FBDO(Hons)CL
Kevin Gutsell FBDO(Hons) SLD
Ros Kirk FBDO
Angela McNamee BSc(Hons) MCOptom FBDO(Hons)CL FBCLA Cert Ed
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THE
A FILES
FIONA ANDERSON BSC(HONS) FBDO R SMC(TECH) FEAOO
Our monthly column from the ABDO president
The Anderson Files
I
am surely not alone in being
absolutely astonished that here we
are already in December and thinking
about Christmas and all that the
festivities bring. I am also aware that
time seems to speed up the older (and
hopefully wiser) you become, but ‘Wow!’ –
where has 2017 gone?
For ABDO, 2017 has been especially
busy with many milestones achieved for
the Association and ABDO College and the
wider world of optics. We have seen an
increase in numbers of fully qualified
dispensing opticians; earlier this year, we
passed the 6,000-member milestone, and
we continue to grow. This is an amazing Fiona listening to members at
success as every year we see more and more October’s National Consultation Day
students qualify, but at the other end of the (see report on page 36)
spectrum we also say goodbye to many
DOs who have served their patients and diverse topics that will, in the fullness of time, The Worshipful Company of Spectacle
ABDO well for many years as they retire. change the way we practise day-to-day. MECS Makers courses also continue to evolve and
This truly is a sign of a vibrant profession for CLOs is only the first part of the way expand – all managed and delivered by
that achieves growth and does not stagnate. eyecare services will be delivered by optical ABDO College. The introduction of a Virtual
If ever proof was required as to what a practitioners – we no will no longer say Online Learning Platform (VLP) was a huge
vibrant profession dispensing optics is, one ‘optometrists’ – any suitably trained and undertaking – but things are going from
only needs to cast an eye around Canterbury accredited professional will be able to deliver strength to strength. This project, which was
Cathedral at the annual ABDO Graduation services in the not-too-distant future. not without a few hiccups, was delivered
and Prizegiving Ceremony. Each year we see It goes without saying that huge thanks and students were able to carry on their
so many jubilant students, proud family is due to all those involved in the roll-out learning with the minimum of disruption.
members and friends who trained together of the new regional structure and the NCC. Optics in general has also seen some
graduate together. It is always a truly magical There are far too many individuals to mention milestones too this year. Consultations were
occasion and, at the time of writing, I was by name, nevertheless, your tireless work many and various and the outcomes of these
very much looking forward to congratulating and dedication to the Association stand us will be seen as we move forward into 2018
each and every graduate in person. in good stead for the years to come. and beyond. The GOC’s Strategic Education
In 2017, we also welcomed our new ABDO College has also had a busy year. Review is one of the largest consultations
regional structure, which has been a Record numbers of students passing through undertaken and its impact will be felt
resounding success. We stepped into the the College bodes well for the profession as throughout the sector as our regulator
unknown and embraced our new roles within we see more and more committed optical seeks to register professionals who are fit to
the newly created regions and changed our professionals enter the workplace. Increases deliver eyecare services – not just today but
direction of travel. Gone are the days when in numbers bring challenges to College in the next decade. We all know we are living
some Area meetings were attended by only principal, Jo Underwood, and her team at with an ageing population and their eyecare
a handful of people. More recently, the ranks Godmersham, but these have all been met needs will become more complex and so we,
have been swelled by the advent of interactive ‘head on’ and overcome. as optical professionals, need to be able and
CET, and now each regional event has a In addition to the existing high number equipped to meet their needs.
more political slant as interested DOs can of students on dispensing programmes, ABDO So, all in all, 2017 has been a hugely
become more involved locally by joining College has also seen a rise in CLO students. busy, challenging and rewarding year. I wish
LOCs. CET still plays a big part in local This will only continue as more CLOs move you all some well-earned rest over the
events, but it is now not the sole focus. into MECS and companies see the benefit holiday season; enjoy your time with your
Our newly installed National Clinical of CLOs being engaged in these expanding family and friends and get ready to greet
Committee (NCC), chaired by ABDO’s vice roles. I have no doubt that we will see an 2018. It is already shaping up to be even
president Clive Marchant, has set to work on increase in CLO students in the coming years. busier than 2017…
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write to Dispensing Optics, PO Box MECS FOR CLOS GOES LIVE
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Following previous reports in Dispensing Optics
regarding contact lens opticians (CLOs) and extended services in
Letters
England, ABDO has announced that the programme is now available to
enrol onto via the Wales Postgraduate Optometry Education Centre’s
(WOPEC) online learning platform.
ABDO said it had worked extensively with colleagues at both WOPEC
MIXED SIGNALS AT CROSSINGS and the Local Optical Committee Support Unit (LOCSU) over a lengthy
period to make this possible. It is envisaged that ABDO Extended Services
Days will take place in the spring of 2018 with Objective Structured
Dear editor
Clinical Examinations (OSCEs) following shortly after.
For the last nine years until I retired in July, I was the Commenting on the launch, ABDO head of policy and development,
resource officer at Eastbourne Blind Society and part of my Barry Duncan, said: “Clearly this represents an excellent opportunity for
job was to do some of the training that Peter Black contact lens opticians to extend their scope of practice and utilise
underwent (‘How inclusive is your practice’, Dispensing existing and new skills. For those who are keen to progress, the
Optics November 2017). opportunity to be diverse and take on a more pronounced healthcare role
will be rewarding in many ways.”
There was one point, however, I feel should be brought to
Barry continued: “Over the past two years, many colleagues within
your readers’ attention – and that is the lack of audible
ABDO have committed to the project and I would like to go on record and
signals at complex junctions. Traffic regulations prevent the
thank them for their invaluable support. I hope members recognise the
use of audible signals where there are more than one set of
point we have now reached and embrace the opportunities presenting.”
signals less than 20 metres apart. To assist visually-impaired
Full details of the minor eye conditions services (MECS) programme
people, all new installations have a small cone on the
can be found on the ABDO website.
underside of the push button panel, which rotates when the
lights turn green.
Here in Eastbourne, just outside the railway station, there is KERATOCONUS EXPLAINED
a set of traffic lights. There is a refuge island on the corner
nearest the station and when you are on that island, you
Coming up this month on Eyecare FAQ, you will find the annual
would be within two metres of three different pedestrian
focus on eye-related charities. We are also looking back on stories
crossings, which are not coordinated.
from 2017 of opticians making a
I am glad to say that by careful canvassing by both difference and saving sight. The focus
Eastbourne Blind Society and the local disability group, all on lenses is lens coatings, with images
the pedestrian-controlled crossings now have the cones. that explain the different types of
Where applicable, audible signalling is also available. spectacle lens available and a jargon
buster demystifying macular
I would like to thank you for a very interesting and thought-
degeneration.
provoking magazine. My wife, a retired optometrist, also
finds it very interesting and much better than the one If you missed last month’s content,
she receives. check back on the EyecareFAQ Facebook
page and you will find an infographic and
David Dick
FAQ on keratoconus, information about
Retired ABDO member
protective eyewear and a revisit of
Eastbourne
congenital eye diseases with images to
share on your own social media.
Why not use this information as the
basis for a blog post, or share on your
practice website and social media channels?
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NEWS
saddened by the loss of Ian, a loving father,
husband, and devout Christian, who
dedicated much of his life in the service of
others. It’s clear that Ian had touched many
hearts with his kindness and grace. The
extent of his impact is only made more
apparent by the overwhelming response from
the community in the wake of his death.
“He was a man constantly pushing
the boundaries of generosity with his
charity work, the scope of which knew no
borders, taking him all the way to
developing countries that needed it the
most. Whilst the pain of this loss will be
felt for many years to come, we are
heartened by the incredible show of support
The late Ian Squire
and love from those that his life touched.
Sue receives her award
The family at this time appreciates your
from Felicity Harding
TRIBUTES PAID TO support and privacy as we deal with this
IAN SQUIRE unimaginable loss.” SPECIAL DAY
Ian joined ABDO in April 1985 and
IN LONDON
ABDO president, Fiona Anderson, has qualified as a dispensing optician in 1988.
paid tribute to long-standing member, He had been a full member since then,
ABDO CET administrator, Sue Bennett,
Ian Squire, who died after being kidnapped with his own practice in Shepperton, Surrey.
visited Apothecaries Hall in London in
from the eye clinic he had set up in a Fiona Anderson said: “Ian was known
October to receive her Level 2 Certificate
village in Nigeria. for his compassion and desire to help
in Optical Support from the Worshipful
Ian died after being held hostage, along others, and at the time of his death, he had
Company of Spectacle Makers (WCSM)
with fellow missionaries Alanna Carson, been working with other healthcare
Master, Felicity Harding.
David Donovan and Shirley Donovan, for professionals providing much needed care
Delighted to receive her award, Sue
three weeks. The group was in Nigeria as to those in need.
said: “Obtaining this has given me a better
part of an annual trip organised through “We are all greatly saddened by Ian’s
understanding of the optical profession
the Mission for Vision charity, which Ian premature death. Our thoughts are with
and an insight into the terminology used
had founded in 2003, to provide eyecare his family at this very sad time. Ian clearly
on a daily basis. I also became a Freeman
programmes in the developing world. The believed in helping others and we at ABDO
of the WCSM via their new Journeyman
other three hostages were released. will honour his memory by continuing to
scheme. It was a very special day.”
In a statement released by the Foreign encourage and support members who take
Office, Ian’s family said: “We are all deeply part in such worthy ventures.”
100% SUPPORT
ABDO DEPUTY CHIEF EXECUTIVE APPOINTED FOR BLIND WALK
Barry Duncan, ABDO head of policy and development, 100% Optical has pledged its support for
will become deputy chief executive of the Association the Big Blind Walk 2018, in collaboration
on 1 January 2018. with VisionBridge, the social enterprise
launched in 2016 by former Fight for
Barry qualified as a dispensing optician in 1999, served
Sight director Julian Jackson.
on the ABDO board and was subsequently president from
Julian said: “Sadly, eye research is one
2008 to 2010. Since joining the ABDO executive team in
of the best kept secrets in the UK, despite
2012, Barry has overseen the reform of the Association’s
all the impressive breakthroughs and
organisation, the appointment of the new National
developments over the last 50 years, but
Clinical Committee and spearheaded the drive for MECS
with the help of 100% Optical, we hope to
accreditation for contact lens opticians.
change this.”
ABDO general secretary and chief executive, Tony
Supported by 100% Optical and Second
Garrett, said: “I am delighted that Barry has agreed to take
Sight, which developed and manufactures
on this enhanced role at what is an incredibly busy time
the Argus II Retinal Prosthesis System, the
for the Association and when we face considerable change
1,000-mile walk from Land’s End to John
Barry Duncan
in the months and years ahead.” O’Groats commences on 29 April for seven
Barry will retain his overall responsibility for policy and development, but will weeks and aims to raise awareness and
take on a wider responsibility across the organisation to deliver the objectives of the understanding of sight loss, promote eye
ABDO board. research and create a new fund for
Barry commented: “I am delighted to have this opportunity to take on extra translational research.
responsibility within ABDO. This is an exciting time for the profession and our members, Visit www.bigblindwalk.comto join
and I look forward to contributing towards our continued success.” the walkor make a donation.
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