Upcoming tutorials – Stage 1, Stage 2 and OSCEs
Due to demand from our students, we will now be running more online sessions to help pre-registration students prepare for their Stage 1, Stage 2 assessments as well as OSCEs
ALL of our tutorials are open to any (university or pre-reg) student or optometrist, no matter what stage of your studies you are at
If you are thinking of joining our courses for the first time, we promise you won’t regret it😊
Handouts and NEW crib sheets will be provided after each tutorial
If you are unable to make our tutorial dates, we can arrange one to one tuition or you are welcome to purchase our handouts
These are based on the updated 2020 College competency framework
Upcoming tutorials:
- RGP contact lenses tutorial: Sunday 24th October at 715pm
This will cover the features and benefits of spherical RGP lenses and materials, RGP selection, lens assessment (in detail, with pictures) and final lens modification. New contented added on RGP toric CLs as well as complications from RGP CLs wear
Duration: 75-90mins
£30
Units of competence: contact lenses
Booking link: https://events.eventzilla.net/e/rgp-contact-lenses-tutorial-2138832047
- Visit 2a tutorial: Sunday 31st October at 715pm
A useful guide on how to tackle the competency sections 1-4, including notes, tips and questions you may be asked by assessors
Units of competence for Visit 2: communication, professional conduct, methods of ocular examination, optical appliances
Duration: 60-75mins
£25
Booking link: https://events.eventzilla.net/e/visit-2a-tutorial-2138830760
- Visual fields tutorial: Monday 1st November at 730pm
An interactive journey through the visual pathway as well as a detailed discussion on how to interpret visual field plots, with specific attention to Humphrey plots. To test your learning, there will be a field defect quiz at the end.
Duration: 75 mins
£25
Units of competence: methods of ocular examination
This covers in detail the remaining visual field competencies for Visit 2 and Stage 2 and the OSCEs
Booking link: https://events.eventzilla.net/e/visual-fields-tutorial-2138830756
- Visit 2b tutorial: Sunday 7th November at 715pm
A useful guide on how to tackle the competency sections 5-8, including notes, tips and questions you may be asked by assessors
Duration: 60-75mins
£25
Units of competence for Visit 2: contact lenses, ocular disease, assessment of visual function, assessment and management of binocular vision
Booking link: https://events.eventzilla.net/e/visit-2b-tutorial-2138830757
- Binocular vision tutorial: Sunday 14th November at 715pm
This will be a lecture on extraocular muscles and cranial nerve palsies, along with information on how to manage phoria and tropias. Newly added: maddox rod, maddox wing and fixation disparity to help with OSCE prep
Duration: 75-90mins
£30
Units of competence: binocular vision
Booking link: https://events.eventzilla.net/e/binocular-vision-tutorial-2138830759
- Dispensing tutorial: Sunday 21st November at 715pm
This will cover common topics such as calculations on BVD, MSU and differential prismatic effect as well paediatric and high prescription dispensing along with tips on dispensing different prescriptions and lens types to help with OSCE prep
Duration: 75mins
£30
Units of competence: optical appliances
Booking link: https://events.eventzilla.net/e/dispensing-tutorial-2138830758
Available handouts
- Stage 2 case scenarios Part 1: handout available to purchase
This tutorial covers 8 different cases in detail and will give you a guide on how to approach the cases as well as answers and detail to common questions that may be asked
Cases: 4, 35, 36, 37, 64, 86, 99, 103
Only £32 (8 cases)
There will be no tutorial for this as all information is included in the handout, if you have any questions you are welcome to ask us
Please contact us for more information
- Stage 2 case scenarios Part 2: handout available for purchase
This tutorial covers 9 different cases in detail and will give you a guide on how to approach the cases as well as answers and detail to common questions that may be asked
Cases: 5, 9, 13, 16, 17, 18, 28, 40, 72
Only £36 (9 cases)
There will be no tutorial for this as all information is included in the handout, if you have any questions you are welcome to ask us
Please contact us for more information
- Stage 2 case scenarios Part 3: handout available to purchase
This tutorial covers 8 different cases in detail and will give you a guide on how to approach the cases as well as answers and detail to common questions that may be asked
Cases: 6, 10, 12, 19, 24, 69, 91, 100
Only £32 (8 cases)
There will be no tutorial for this as all information is included in the handout, if you have any questions you are welcome to ask us
Please contact us for more information
If parts 1-3 are purchased as a bundle, we can provide a discounted rate of £95
- Visit one tutorial: completed – handout available to purchase
This tutorial consists of an introduction to the pre-reg year along with an interactive journey through the first 12 competencies, including the Opticians act, focimetry, systemic disease and risk factors for common ocular conditions (New content added)
Get ahead of others with top tips about how to prepare for assessments and the common errors pre-reg’s make during their first visit and beyond.
Units of competence for Visit 1: communication, professional conduct, methods of ocular examination, optical appliances, contact lenses, ocular disease and assessment of visual function
Handout available to purchase – contact us for more information
- Systemic disease, medications and the eye tutorial: completed- handout available to purchase
Unsure what Lupus is? How does ulcerative colitis affect your eyes? Want to learn more about systemic diseases and how they affect eyes?
This tutorial covers common systemic conditions that patients typically present with, that they are, their signs and symptoms, treatment and most important, how they affect they eyes.
This also covers ocular adverse reactions to common systemic medications
Duration: 1hr-1hr 15min
Handout available to purchase – contact us for more information
- Pathology tutorial part 1: completed – handout available to purchase
Management of patients using real life case scenarios of patients that attended practice, including flashes and floaters, papillitis, hypertensive retinopathy, orbital cellulitis, age related macula degeneration and many more. 10 cases discussed
Great prep for Stage 1
Duration: 90 mins
Units of competence: ocular disease
Handout available to purchase – contact us for more information
Pathology tutorial part 2: completed – handout available to purchase
This will cover many other ocular conditions including HSK, HZK, anterior uveitis, angle closure glaucoma, optic neuropathies and vascular occlusions. 10 cases discussed
Great prep for Stage 1
Duration: 1 hour
£25
Units of competence: ocular disease
Handout available to purchase – contact us for more information
- Soft contact lenses tutorial: handout available to purchase
This will cover CLs fit, CLs aftercare and a summary about CLs complications and their management (this is discussed in more detail in our dedicated CLs complication talk later in the year). Ideal for Visits 1-3 and Stage 2
Duration: 75 mins
Units of competence: contact lenses
Handout available to purchase – contact us for more information