PREPARING FOR PRE-REG! Charity collab with The Crazy Optom, Eyedeas and Optometry101 [Sun 21 Jul] [6pm-7.30pm]

[All fees for this session will be donated to The Brain Tumour Charity]

If you have any questions about Pre-Reg competencies, the Optometry career path, university, the Optics industry, social media, or anything related to eyes…then this is the event for you!

We will be discussing anything and everything, including resources and support. You can send questions in advance to gajan@outoftheboxoptics.co.uk or tune in and ask on the day.

Date: Sunday 21st July 2024 @ 6pm-7.30pm

Location: Online. Zoom details will be sent to you one hour before the class starts

Hosts:
Krupa Mistry BSc(Hons) MCOptom ProfCert PaedEyeCare ProfCert Glauc Dip(TP)IP
Hamza Mussa BSc(Hons) MCOptom ProfCert MedRet
Tahiba Begum BSc(Hons) MCOptom
Lorcan Butler  BSc(Hons) MCOptom ProfCert PaedEyeCare
Gajan Singh BSc(Hons) MCOptom BSc(Hons) FBDO CL

Format: An open Q&A session.

Krupa Mistry qualified as an optometrist in 2016. She currently shares her time working as a part-time hospital optometrist at St Thomas’ Hospital London, alongside being a resident optometrist at a prestigious Central London clinic.  Krupa is mainly involved with enhanced services such as eye casualty, corneal and cataract clinics alongside being a principal supervisor for two pre-registration optometrists. She completed the Alcon Scholarship in 2021 and worked at Aston University as a clinical supervisor for three years. She was also a member of the Coventry & Warwickshire LOC.

Hamza Mussa: “I am a driven optometrist with a particular interest in ocular disease, ophthalmic photography and pre-reg education.
I work in a practice heavily involved in local commissioned enhanced optical services (EOS) and regularly carry out MECS, cataract post operative checks and glaucoma refinement appointments as well as regular eye examinations.
Alongside my clinical duties I am also a Cert 3/4, pre-reg and contact lens optician supervisor. I am in charge of the clinic diary as well as regularly conducting staff training particularly around EOS to promote the services available to our patients and refine in-store triage process to ensure all patients receive the highest standard of care.
Outside of practice I work for Specsavers professional advancement team as as consultant assisting in the development of resources that benefit pre-registration and newly qualified optometrists and facilitating events designed to develop the next generation of practitioners.
I also run a personal blog on instagram around my life in practice with over 30,000 followers where I share ophthalmic imagery and cases I come across in practice.”

Tahiba Begum is a qualified Optometrist with over ten years of experience in her respective field. She has worked in multiple high street chains where she completed her pre-registration, after which she successfully progressed as a supervisor and tutor within the industry. Tahiba has aided many students with their training who have qualified as successful Optometrists.

Lorcan Butler  is a Dispensing Optician & Optometrist with The Brain Tumour Charity. Lorcan previously worked with Vision Express where he was a pre–reg supervisor for 10 different pre-reg students. Lorcan helped formulate the pre-registration ocular pathology training programme that is being used today. He is a keen advocate of being the best clinician we can be for both ourselves and our patients.

Gajan Singh is the Director of Education for Out of the Box Optics.