Support the next generation of optometrists, develop the profession and boost your own career.
Find out everything you need to know about qualifying to becoming a supervisor and mentoring a pre-registration trainee.
Updates on guidance and roles for supervising College pre-registration optometrists.
The College has a number of resources available to help support you through your supervision journey.
This online course is for those aspiring to become a Principal Supervisor for workplace learners - trainees for the Scheme for Registration and students for CLiP. One CPD point.
This course addresses the duties of supervising by guiding and influencing people. It includes the common challenges you may face as a supervisor. One CPD point.
Thinking about becoming a supervisor? Three optometrists tell us about the skills and experience needed to become an effective supervisor.
Current optometry and ophthalmic dispensing learners will be practising in a world where AI is ever present. It is essential that they have the grounding and knowledge of how to use it whilst also being wary of its capabilities. Tom Margrain and Amy Sheppard give their insights into how AI is being incorporated into optometry teaching.
Find out how to ensure the College is up-to-date with your supervisory activities.
Guest contributor, Dr Maggie Woodhouse, OBE gives her advice on how optometry and ophthalmic dispensing learners can interact with patients with learning disabilities.
The College of Optometrists has awarded the first OptPE affix, its first-ever educational affix, to the inaugural group of optometrists who have completed the College’s enhanced training for supervisors.
The College is set to award the Optometric Practice Educator (OptPE) affix to a first group of optometrists at the AGM on Tuesday 29 April.
Treating paediatric patients in optometry requires adapting communication strategies to accommodate their developmental stages, emotional responses, and individual needs.
To follow on from January's feature by Dr Peter Frampton, ABDO's Alex Webster and Max Halford give their insights into opportunities for advanced practice for dispensing and contact lens opticians.
Teaching optometry students how to delegate effectively enhances both clinical and professional development. Dispensing Optician, Cheryl Hill gives her thoughts on how optometry and ophthalmic dispensing learners can develop delegation skills.
Dr Peter Frampton, a visiting lecturer for Independent Prescribing at the University of Hertfordshire, and Honorary Lecturer at Manchester University gives his view of opportunities to engage in advanced practice.