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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Date: 28/4/2025
Location: Online via Zoom
Webinar: Upper and Lower Eyelid Blepharoplasty: Surgical Pearls and Pitfalls webinar
Join us for an evening webinar on Upper and Lower Eyelid Blepharoplasty to uncover insights on key surgical techniques and anatomical considerations, avoiding and managing complications and the role of adjunctive treatments such as lasers, chemical peels and injectables.
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Date: 9/6/25
Location: Online via Zoom
Webinar: Core outcome sets: focusing on what matters webinar
This evening webinar will help participants understand how Core Outcome Sets (COS), play a crucial role in medical research and practice by measuring appropriate outcomes that are relevant to patients. You’ll gain insights into the methodology of how to develop a COS, some of the available COS in ophthalmology and finally the opportunities to implement COS in clinical practice.
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Date: 7/4/25
Location: Newcastle
Course: Inherited retinal disease – the basics and interactive
This one-day course will equip participants with the basics for identifying and managing patients with inherited retinal diseases. Half of the time will will be devoted to a range of engaging, interactive cases with key learning points emphasised.
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Date: 30/4/2025
Location: London
Event: Training the Trainer (TTT) Teaching and Enhanced Learning for Trainees and SAS Doctors
This one-day course is suitable all trainees and SAS doctors involved in delivering teaching at any level and to any grade of staff. It will help attendees to develop their skills and ideas further and provide educational and interesting teaching for learners, using a blend of independent preparatory learning with intensively-facilitated practical sessions on the day.
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Date: 5/6/25
Location: London
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: 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: 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: 10/4/25
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: 11/4/25
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: 9/6/25
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: 10/6/25
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: 17/6/25 and 18/6/25
Location: Hull
Skills course: Basic Phacoemulsification course
This introduction to phacoemulsification cataract surgery course for ST1 and LAT trainees, speciality doctors and other staff grade doctors who have completed the EyeSi courseware A and B training. Participants will use a combination of wet-labs and a Digital Surgical Classroom, with wifi linked Zeiss Stemi microscopes. Trainees will be able to practice core skills in an environment akin to live surgery.
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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: 17/7/25 and 18/7/25
Location: London
Skills course: Basic Phacoemulsification course
This introduction to phacoemulsification cataract surgery course is for ST1 and LAT trainees, speciality doctors and other staff grade doctors who have completed the EyeSi courseware A and B training. Participants will use a combination of wet-labs and a Digital Surgical Classroom, with wifi linked Zeiss Stemi microscopes. Trainees will be able to practice core skills in an environment akin to live surgery.
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Date: 2/4/25 6-7pm
Location: Online
Member Connect session – Exclusively for College members: British Ophthalmic Surveillance Unit (BOSU)
Hosted by Jugnoo Rahi (Chair BOSU Committee and College Council Member), Barny Foot (BOSU Convenor) and Jack West (Ophthalmologist in Training member of BOSU Committee)
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Date: 4/6/25 6-7pm
Location: Online
Member Connect session – Exclusively for College members: SAS – specialty and associate specialist doctors
Hosted by Swetha Maddula-Batambuze, Chair of the Specialty and Specialists Ophthalmologists (SAS) Group.
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