PO Box 1097 Newcastle 2940, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa E-mail: pauleyes@mweb.co.za INTRODUCTION Visual impairment (VI) and the delivery of accessible eye care remain major challenges in South Africa and many other countries. The traditional Snellen chart is used to measure visual acuity (VA) which is used as a useful yardstick to evaluate the level
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Q&A with Jamie Walton, The Contact Lens Lab of SA International
The Contact Lens Lab of SA International celebrated its 16th anniversary in July. Can you share how it all began for you and where CLLSA stands today? The journey began when a significant gap in the South African contact lens market was identified. At that time, optometrists were frequently ordering
Maui Jim’s MAUIGreen® Fashion Mirror Now Available in Prescription!
Inspired by the lush green forests of Hawaii, this fresh and vibrant fashion mirror is now available in Maui Jim’s prescription lens technology, MauiPassport™ 2.0, across hundreds of premium frame styles catering to single and progressive lens options. The beautiful green mirror is applied to the front side of Maui Jim’s
Sports vision: What and how to prescribe ophthalmic products
By Prof Jannie FerreiraThe changing face of sports from the old conservative amateur approach to a dynamic professional business has created many opportunities. The unprecedented interest of the media and the globalisation of television and the internet have made sports a major marketing tool. Like elsewhere in the world, athletes and coaches are investigating all the different legal (and sometimes illegal) options available to them…
The issues with regard to Prescribed Minimum Benefits (PMB): To fund or not to fund?
Hypertension and hypertensive retinopathy
Accreditation Number: ODO xxx/xx/01/2020 Want to take the CPD quiz? Once you are ready, you can enroll below. Good luck! [namaste-enroll course_id=9197] Introduction Hypertension, which is synonymous with high blood pressure, is a common medical condition in which the long-term force of the blood against the arterial walls is high enough that it may
We have posted a new survey in Vision Online to determine what the average monthly turnover of a practice is in different locations, as well as the monthly rent as a percentage of turn over. In the past we have surveyed the salaries optometrists earn, what the average rental per
CPD Rules
- Updated 12 September-2017 Certificate of Attendance All health practitioners shall ensure that they are in possession of a certificate of attendance for every activity they have attended. They shall keep these for at least two years so that their certificates will be available if required for a random compliance check. CPD Activity
ContactConnect – opportunity of a life-time.
This year has been truly congested with gatherings on the optometric calendar. Optometrists have been spoilt for choice. Naturally, one would like to see all of these events do well, and the reality is that it is the number of registrations that spell success or not. At the end of
Differential Advantage – how to make patients choose you
Preamble We live in a surplus world where similar businesses sell similar products, from similar locations to similar people, at similar prices, employing similar people of similar academic and social backgrounds. Retail has by and large become boring. Most malls have the same brands and chain stores in them. Trading hours