Like other health care professionals, all optometrists are required to do ongoing professional training. Specialist optometrists are also required to additional training in order to maintain their specialist registration, unfortunately the number of specialist optometrists in the UK is still relatively small and so getting the required amount of training at this level is proving difficult. In response, Dr Jones and a colleague from Bristol, Dr Johnson, set up a training day specifically for specialist optometrists in the south of the UK. Initially it was to be based at Dr Johnson’s practice in Thornbury but due to unexpected demand it was moved to a larger venue.
For an independent review see: http://www.optometry.co.uk/news-and-features/features/?article=4895