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Developing community eye care: the evolution of Wales’ eye care services
In the third in our series about community eye care in the home nations, David O’Sullivan explains how Wales has developed its community eye care services. Since the devolution of healthcare to Wales on 1 July 1999 [1], significant changes...Hype or helpful: ChatGPT
It would have been hard to miss all the attention chatbots have received over the last few months. Whilst ChatGPT is easily the most well-known example of the large language models that have become so widespread of late, artificial intelligence...Reflections on designing and delivering an undergraduate ophthalmology teaching programme
Dr Alexander Strother reflects on his time designing and delivering a classroom-based programme to ensure that medical students know how to take comprehensive ophthalmic histories from patients. Working as a clinical teaching fellow, in 2021 I had the great privilege...Quiz Apr/May 2023
History A 76-year-old female presented at her local district general hospital with right decreased visual acuity, glare, and foreign body sensation, in addition to longer-term dry eyes. She was otherwise well. Her past medical history included hypertension. On examination: vision...Neuro-ophthalmic disease patterns in Southeast Asia with particular reference to giant cell arteritis
As indicated in an earlier article in Eye News [1] Dr Cullen was invited in 2000 to the Singapore National Eye Centre (SNEC) as visiting Professor with a specific remit to set up a specialist neuro-ophthalmology service, which was the...
Children with Vision Impairment: Assessment, Development, and Management
Childhood blindness is a major public health concern worldwide with several implications ranging from a child’s development, education, and employment opportunities to social and functional challenges. This book offers a succinct, sequential approach to understanding conditions which lead to visual...An anterior segment lump: a diagnostic and treatment challenge
Case presentation A 50-year-old female presented to eye casualty with a lump on the left medial lower eyelid with associated redness and occasional bleeding. The lump was present for a few months with recent enlargement (Figure 1). Her past medical...The 103rd Oxford Ophthalmological Congress
By Rachel Pilling, Consultant Ophthalmologist, Bradford Teaching Hospital. As the 103rd Oxford Ophthalmological Congress draws to a close, we reflect back on an enlightening and enriching four days. One of the defining features of Oxford Congress is single stream programme...Acute uveitis from late migration of soft lens matter 10 years post cataract surgery
A 58-year-old Caucasian male presented to the emergency eye clinic with a two-day history of a painful, red left eye and blurred vision. His past ocular history included uncomplicated left phacoemulsification cataract surgery in 2010 and left retinal detachment repair...
