All events and courses

We offer a wide range of seminars, surgical skills courses and webinars for everyone involved in ophthalmic care and service development.

Scroll down to see details of all the webinars, training events and Skills courses taking place over the next few months. Click on the dropdowns to view our events by category, then click on your selected course to see more information and to book your place.

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Our upcoming events and courses

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More webinars coming soon

Date: 13/6/25
Location: London
Event: Private practice management for ophthalmologists
This one-day seminar will allow attendees to gain essential insights on setting up your own private clinic.  You’ll listen to experts who have successfully set up their own private clinics on a range of topics including company structures, location selection and preparation, finding and looking after your staff and patients, as well as an introduction to marketing.
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Date: 4/7/25
Location: London
Event: Demystifying Strabismus: Ocular Motility Curriculum Study Day
This all-day event aimed at trainees, SAS doctors and the general ophthalmologist helps to simplify strabismus, with practical teaching sessions, common clinical and exam scenarios, as well as top tips from expert clinicians and educators in the field.
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Date: 10/10/25
Location: London
Event: TTT Supervision for Ophthalmic Practitioner Training
This one-day Training the Trainers (TTT) course is suitable for ophthalmologists, orthoptists, optometrists and ophthalmic nurses who are experienced in education and would like to implement the Ophthalmic Practitioner Training (OPT) programme in their unit or region, building confidence in areas including using objective setting to stimulate and direct learning, motivating trainees through feedback and developing action plans through which to monitor progress.
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Date:13/10/25 – 14/10/25
Event: Research changes lives
Location: London

This two-day course is for ophthalmologists or other ophthalmic professionals at any career stage with little prior research experience who would like an introduction to doing, appraising, and applying research to improve clinical practice

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Date: 22/10/25
Location: London
Event: Back to basics: Byte-sized topics for all

Join us for a one-day focused, practical session covering key topics in eye care — from red eyes and corneal ulcers to double vision, disc swelling, and glaucoma. Participants are able to ask questions, join discussions, and strengthen their skills in a friendly, interactive setting.

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Date: 14/11/25
Location: London
Event: 16th SAS National Eye Day 

Join us for our annual SAS day, featuring talks by keynote speakers and networking opportunities.

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Date: 20/11/25
Location: York
Event: Portfolio Pathway Training Day
This one-day workshop for those with in-progress Portfolio Pathway application with the GMC and those who intend to apply within six months, aims to provide participants with a deeper understanding of the change of standards, from ‘equivalent to CCT’ to ‘Knowledge, Skills and Experience’, demonstrating ways to approach future applications and meeting the curriculum’s key skills, personalised in line with their own clinical experience and skill set.
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Date: 10/7/25
Location: London
Skills course: Introduction to Ophthalmic Surgery

This course gives trainees the opportunity to learn some of the core skills that form the building blocks of ophthalmic surgery. The focus is on hands-on practical experience with only short introductions to each topic and at least five hours of simulated surgery using the latest model eyes.

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Date: 11/7/25
Location: London
Skills course: Introduction to Ophthalmic Surgery

This course gives trainees the opportunity to learn some of the core skills that form the building blocks of ophthalmic surgery. The focus is on hands-on practical experience with only short introductions to each topic and at least five hours of simulated surgery using the latest model eyes.

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Date: 23/10/25- 24/10/25
Location: London
Skills course: Cornea Curriculum course

This two-day surgical skills, suitable for mid-career trainees and early career consultants, is on corneal transplantation; penetrating keratoplasty, DALK, DSEK, PDEK and DMEK, as well as Common Corneal procedures; Suturing, gluing, Amniotic membrane suturing corneal laceration. Participants will also receive Wet Lab training on common corneal procedures, PKP and DALK.

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Date: 29/10/25
Location: London
Skills course: Ultrasound seminar

This one-day course, suitable for all grades of ophthalmologists and allied professions, introduces the basic training in ophthalmic ultrasound.  Participants will have the opportunity to conduct “hand-on-hand” supervised scanning on volunteers.

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