The eyes and lows of lockdown (Part 3): Taking care of your career

08/07/2020 21 min Temporada 2 Episodio 13

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Episode Synopsis

College Council member and optometrist,  Dr Parth Shah MCOptom,  takes over our airwaves for the final time in with his third COVID-themed podcast. In this episode, he talks to Sally Gosling, Director of Education at The College of Optometrists,  about how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected optometrists’ professional roles, what they should be doing to respond to and take advantage of the evolving optical landscape, and how the College is actively supporting this through innovative CET, CPD and specialised higher qualifications.

Learning opportunities mentioned in this episode include: 
CPD Webinars - https://www.college-optometrists.org/webinars
Online peer discussions - https://www.college-optometrists.org/events
Virtual coffee mornings - https://www.college-optometrists.org/events
Fellowship by portfolio - https://www.college-optometrists.org/fellowship
COVID CET courses - https://learning.college-optometrists.org/course/index.php?categoryid=58
Higher qualifications - https://www.college-optometrists.org/HQ
Independent Prescribing course - https://www.college-optometrists.org/IP
 
This episode was recorded remotely and so may not meet our usual sound quality standards!