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A key focus of the BIOS Strategy 2023-28 is to continue to increase our professions' and BIOS's visibility. An important component of this is to try and increase our visibility to members, to highlight the enormous amount of work that we're doing to push the development of the profession forward, and to ensure we are representing our members and advocating for our profession. Part of that plan is our new Town Hall events. These will take place twice per year, online, and will be an opportunity for the BIOS team to update members live on the work and developments that have [...]

Discussion for Orthoptists seeing private patients to include: New tax year and getting the most from your tax form Problems Indemnity The future Any other business

Thursday 21st November 2024 - 9.15am - 5.00pm and Friday 22nd November 2024 - 9.00am - 1pm Are you keen to develop your clinic teaching skills? There are limited places available for the BIOS clinical tutor course. The course fulfils the requirements for Lead Clinical Tutor. The course will cover; • Providing a good placement experience • Maximising learning during placement • Balancing clinical pressures whilst providing a productive learning experience • Inspiring professionalism in our learners • Giving constructive feedback • Writing assessments Course fee includes refreshments on both days, and a sandwich lunch on Day 1. Please advise of [...]

This is an online event for early careers Orthoptists (ideally first 5 years of working), giving you the chance to let us know your thoughts about the Union, including your experiences and awareness of our current work and what we can do to better support you in the future.

As part of National AHP Support Workforce Week (25th-29th November), BIOS are kicking off the week in style, with a lunchtime webinar. We will celebrate all things related to our Orthoptic and Ophthalmic Clinical Assistant and Support Workforce, including sharing some key points from our recent national survey, our updated careers page, some new and fabulous case studies -  AND we will be launching our brand new video!  We'd love you to register your interest by signing up for the event, but you can join right up until the event itself, via this link: Microsoft Teams Need help? Join the meeting [...]

Winter webinar including talks on orthoptic selective laser trabeculoplasty (SLT) service organisation. Agenda for webinar: Christine Summers, Advanced Orthoptist / Lead for Glaucoma Evaluation Service: Anterior Chamber OCT Connor Beddow, Deputy Head Orthoptist, Honorary Lecturer: Stitched up! Considerations, timing and technique for post-op suture removal in glaucoma Ellisha Solanki, Specialist Orthoptist: Glaucoma Transition Clinic Hannah Harrison, Highly Specialist Orthoptist/ Lead of Glaucoma: Torbay Hospital’s Glaucoma Improvement Project Iulia Truscai, Advanced Orthoptist: Orthoptic SLT creation: engaging non medics in providing timely laser treatment to glaucomatous patients to reduce risk of progression

Vision Screening - Study Day 28.11.2024 Agenda 1.00 - 1.15 Welcome 1.15 - 1.45 Vision Screening Audit 2021-2022 - Miriam Conway 1.45 - 2.15 Validation of the accuracy and diagnostic outcomes from school vision screening in Ireland - Dr. Siofra Harrington 2.15 - 2.45 Setting up a vision screening service - Fiona Crotty 2.45 - 3.00 Coffee break 3.00 - 3.30 Updates in Primary Vision Screening - Fiona Bush 3.30 - 4.00 Research findings from Vision Screening in Scotland - Miriam Conway 4.00 - 4.15 Questions

Online forum for Orthoptic clinical tutors. Aim is to provide opportunity to discuss topics relevant to the provision of clinical placements for undergraduate and postgraduate orthoptic students. This forum will focus on giving an familiarising tutors with the new masters course at Liverpool university and provide. Please send any examples of poor professionalism you have encountered by students in the past to [email protected] (ensuring not to disclose the identity of anyone involved).     Agenda: 12:30-12:35- Introduction: Michael Harmsworth 12:35-12:45: Craig Murray-Overview of Liverpool MSc course 12:45-13:25 Open discussion amongst clinical tutors with opportunity to ask questions to university representative. 13:25-30: [...]