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Aug/Sep 2019 Quiz

1 August 2019 | Ophthalmology
History A 73-year-old female patient was referred for rapid growth of two new lesions on the face. She had past medical history of systemic lymphoma. On examination, there was a palpable mass over the left superior orbital region and the...

Supranuclear ocular motility disorders

1 June 2022 | | Ophthalmology, Neuro-Ophthalmology, Emergency Ophthalmology
Figure 1: Bilateral INO Introduction Complex ocular motility disorders are a diagnostic challenge. These patients come with very complex ocular motility presentations and require a careful and detailed assessment in order to find the correct diagnosis and arrange appropriate investigations....

Gemini Untwined: treating craniopagus conjoined twins

6 April 2021 | | Ophthalmology, Retina / Uvea / Vitreous, Imaging
The authors discuss the successful separation of craniopagus conjoined twins at Great Ormond Street Hospital and the role of the ophthalmologist in such cases. Craniopagus conjoined twins are extraordinarily rare, occurring in only one in 2.5 million births and representing...

Doctor in the House

4 August 2021 | | Ophthalmology
“What’s the bleeding time?”“10 past 10 sir”. These are the famous lines uttered by Chief Surgeon Sir Lancelot Spratt (James Robertson Justice) and Medical Student Simon Sparrow (Dirk Bogarde) on a pre-op ward round at the fictional St Swithin’s Hospital,...

An eye on novel anti-cancer agents: an evidence-based approach to external eye assessment

5 April 2022 | | Ophthalmology, Cornea / External Eye Disease
Novel anti-cancer therapies have led to significant advancement in cancer treatment, however, they can be associated with external eye complications. It is important to be mindful of such adverse effects during assessment of patients enrolled in clinical trials. Annually, approximately...

What's trending Oct/Nov 2021

1 October 2021 | | Ophthalmology, Optometry, Cataract and Refractive, Retina / Uvea / Vitreous, Emergency Ophthalmology
A round-up of the eye-related hot topics that have been trending on social media over the last few weeks. #cataracts #holography #simulation Cataracts are the major cause of blindness globally and innovating novel management strategies remains as important as ever...

What's trending Dec/Jan 2020

2 December 2019 | | Ophthalmology, Retina / Uvea / Vitreous, Cataract and Refractive
#eyedoctor #banned #visamix-up #HomeOffice #hostileenvironment An ophthalmologist was left stranded overseas when the Home Office refused him entry due to a visa mix-up. Dr Chan was working as a fellow at Moorfields Eye Hospital until August 2019, then was offered...

From the seas to OCTs, a journey from working in TV to creating teaching in ophthalmology

1 April 2020 | | Ophthalmology
To relaunch our Allied Professionals section, Paul Dimmock from Gloucestershire discusses his unique role with the Gloucestershire Retinal Education Group. In Gloucestershire we have a collection of ophthalmic-targeted departments led by Professor Peter Scanlon, Clinical Director of the NHS Diabetic...

In conversation with John Forrester

2 December 2019 | | Ophthalmology
What made you choose ophthalmology as a career and how did your interest in academia develop? During Medical School at Glasgow University, I was getting progressively disillusioned with the career options while my colleagues and friends all seemed to quickly...

An interview with Professor John Forrester

2 December 2019 | | Ophthalmology
What made you choose ophthalmology as a career and how did your interest in academia develop? During Medical School at Glasgow University, I was getting progressively disillusioned with the career options while my colleagues and friends all seemed to quickly...

A missed opportunity

1 February 2019 | AMD, Cataract and Refractive, Cornea / External Eye Disease, Emergency Ophthalmology, Genetics, Glaucoma, Imaging, Neuro-Ophthalmology, Ocular Pathology and Oncology, Oculoplastics, Optometry, Ophthalmology, Orbit, Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus, Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
Back in 2000 Sir Liam Donaldson wrote a piece of work commissioned by the then Secretary of State for Health entitled “An Organisation with a Memory”. We are now 18 years on and still some of the recommendations from them...

The Escape Room and gamification of ophthalmology teaching

3 April 2024 | | Ophthalmology
Recently, there has been an interesting development in medical education and its ‘gamification’. Educators are constantly looking for new ways to engage their students by adding a friendly element of competition, as evidenced by the great success of online education...