Medicines Support Unit for Optometrists
Resource dedicated to support optometrists in the safe and effective use of drugs.
The Medicines Support Unit website brings together resources for optometrists in the UK. It aims to provide a web resource to support optometrists in the safe and effective use of drugs.
The site also hosts a forum for optometrists that can be used to ask and answer questions, and to serve as a repository of community knowledge. The forum is currently text-based, but it is planned to extend it so that users can upload images and files for discussion.
The project is funded by the Central LOC Fund and the College of Optometrists, and is owned and managed by the Department of Optometry and Visual Science at City University, London. It is hosted by City eHealth Research Centre, London (CeRC).
Aims & Objectives
- Provide a single-access point for medicines and prescribing information relevant to the optometrist.
- Provide evidence-based clinical management guidelines.
- Provide online CET for specialist therapeutic GOC registrants.
- Provide an eCommunity for peer group support in therapeutic prescribing.
Staff
- John Lawrenson
- Patty Kostkova
- David Fowler
- Martin Szomszor