CPD Courses

CPD credit available:  1 Ethical

Ref:  61023 Dispensing Opticians / 61038 Optometrists

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This webinar is a structured introduction to what stress is and how to manage it from a health and safety perspective.  This will include a discussion around current case law, how to manage your own stress and support your team in a dispensing optician environment.

CPD credit available:  1 Ethical

Ref:  61689 Dispensing Opticians / 61752 Optometrists

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Presented by Lisa Mackay – HR Toolkit
A Practical education session on how why understanding is not “common”, how to ensure that everyone is on the same page, and how to resolve disputes in a professional manner.

Learning outcomes:
– Learning why understanding is not “common”, and how ensure that common understanding is achieved
– Learn practical tools on how to deal with disputes between staff
– Learn how our own behaviors can escalate issues, and, from this learning, understand how minimize unnecessary escalation

CPD credit available:  1 Cultural

Ref:  61028 Dispensing Opticians / 61037 Optometrists

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For many of us, our ideal audience are people over the age of forty-five, a mix of the Silent Generation, Boomers, and some Generation X. With changes in technology and society, even the ways and needs of these audiences have shifted. Along with that we have the needs, expectations, and desires of the upcoming generations to consider from Millenials, Gen Zs and Generation Alpha who have specific traits for us to be aware of in terms of how they want to communicate online, in marketing, instore and in interpersonal contact. This workshop walks you through the key traits you need to take into account how you can make your practice more welcoming to a range of generational needs, and how your practice may need to adjust as new generations come through.

CPD credit available:  1 Cultural

Ref:  61109 Dispensing Opticians / 61238 Optometrists

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Presented by Charlie Eggleton

When it comes to the rainbow communities people often have the best intentions but have no idea what to do or where to start. In this training Charlie will guide you through an understanding a rainbow 101 and some top tips for how to be an ally and tangible actions

Charlie Eggleton (he/him) has a background as a motivational and dynamic youth development professional. He is a humanitarian who cares deeply about
indigenous and LGBTQIA+ rights. Charlie is a proud Trans Man who uses his
power of story telling and facilitation to help bridge the gap of allyship and action and enjoy partnering with organisations and individuals who want to support the wider LGBTQIA+ community.

CPD credit available:  1 General GenDO (Dispensing Opticians)

Following on from paediatric frames, this lecture will cover lenses dispensed for children in terms of material performance, designs, including spectacle options for myopia management and UV protection.

The way we order lenses can have a huge impact on the finished cosmesis so we will revisit surfacing versus stock lenses and what factors influence the thickness of a lens.

Parents and children have quite different needs when it comes to how we communicate. During this interactive session, we will discuss the patient journey taking into account the duality of communication, how the practice environment can affect the experience, the dispensing process and taking measurements, consent, tips on compliance and strategies for successful wear and care.

All children are different, and some children will present with additional needs for which we need to be aware, explore further and make reasonable adjustments if necessary. These can include neurodiversity such as autism, congenital conditions such as cerebral palsy and hearing impaired or Deaf children.

CPD credit available:  1 General GenDO (Dispensing Opticians)

In the first section of this lecture on paediatric dispensing, we will firstly consider the current design of paediatric frames. In the main, these are scaled-down versions of adult designs so we will explore the impact of this on a child’s visual, educational, and social development.

The relationship between the frame measurements and facial parameters is crucial in understanding and directing our young patients to a frame that will fit their developing facial features.

Data from recent paediatric facial anthropometry research from over 1300 images of children’s faces will be shared considering gender, ethnicity and children with Down’s syndrome. This data is intended to be used to inform paediatric frame designs resulting in a more stable, comfortable fit. In addition, the data will be used to explain how the face develops in a growing child and how we relate this to what we require in terms of frame parameters and adjustment properties. We will then discuss common frame adjustments, limitations to those adjustments and modifications to current frame designs.