Eye Info

Information for eyecare professionals

Summary: Resources and training for people working in the eye health profession.

• Training
• Events and conferences
• Publications

Training

• Strategies to identify and teach children with impairment of vision due to damage to the brain – presented by Professor Gordon Dutton on Friday 6 June 2008 in Nottingham.
• Visual conditions and ethnicity: focus on children and families –important one-day course on Wednesday 2 July 2008 in Liverpool. Book your place now!
• Early visual development and assessment: the promotion of visual functioning in young children with sight loss – one-day course presented by Dr Lea Hyvarinen, University of Helsinki, Finland. Various venues: 8-13 October 2008.
• Eye Clinic Support Studies – professionally accredited course leading to a City University qualification aimed at staff working in eyecare, social and voluntary sectors.
• Health and social care short courses – indispensable for care staff, managers, optometrists, rehabilitation workers, staff from social services, housing and voluntary sector agencies, as well as specific education and health professionals.
• Children’s services short courses – our portfolio of courses includes sessions appropriate for eye health professionals and other professionals working in health and social care including health visitors, psychologists and therapists.

Events and conferences

• Supporting people with sight loss and stroke conference in Huddersfield on Wednesday 18 June 2008.
• UK Vision Strategy - conference to launch the UK-wide strategy.
• Vision 2008 - 9th International Conference on Low Vision in Montreal in July 2008.
• For additional events and conferences - see our events noticeboard.

Publications

• Patient Focus is for staff working in a medical or therapeutic setting.
• Our guides to eye conditions are designed so patients can understand more about their eye condition. These can be printed from the website. Copies of the publications in our Understanding series can be ordered from our online shop.
• NB magazine is essential reading for sight loss and eye health professionals. Published monthly, it keeps you in touch with the latest developments in eye health, social care and policy.
• Insight magazine - includes regular features on eye health such as spotlights on certain conditions and reports from eye health professionals working with children.

Content author: webeditor@rnib.org.uk

Last updated: 13/05/2008 16:15