{"id":115,"date":"2025-03-31T16:45:28","date_gmt":"2025-03-31T15:45:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.loc-online.co.uk\/surrey-loc\/?page_id=115"},"modified":"2025-05-14T12:19:28","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T11:19:28","slug":"wopec","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.loc-online.co.uk\/surrey-loc\/professionals\/wopec\/","title":{"rendered":"WOPEC"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><strong>WOPEC:<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-217\" src=\"https:\/\/www.loc-online.co.uk\/surrey-loc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2025\/05\/WOPEC-image-for-website.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"446\" height=\"84\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>WOPEC courses:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Wales Optometry Postgraduate Education Centre is based in Cardiff University\u2019s School of Optometry and Vision Sciences.\u00a0 It is a dedicated postgraduate centre of excellence known for its teaching and research across the world to support eye care professionals to deliver the highest quality of care for their patients.<\/p>\n<p>Across Surrey we have a number of commissioned schemes where a WOPEC accreditation is required to deliver these services.<\/p>\n<p>Enhanced Cataract<\/p>\n<p>MECS<\/p>\n<p>Glaucoma<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Other courses:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Learning Disabilities<\/p>\n<p>Hydroxychloroquine<\/p>\n<p>Low Vision<\/p>\n<p>Maculopathy<\/p>\n<p>MOLES<\/p>\n<p>Paediatrics<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>You can download more information about the courses\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/locsu.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/LOCSU-WOPEC-courses-booklet-2023.pdf\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can also find additional information on WOPEC training <a href=\"https:\/\/locsu.co.uk\/what-we-do\/training\/wopec-training\/\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>To request a code:\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong> Email your Name, GOC number and Surrey Optical Practice address.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WOPEC: &nbsp; WOPEC courses: Wales Optometry Postgraduate Education Centre is based in Cardiff University\u2019s School of Optometry and Vision Sciences.\u00a0 It is a dedicated postgraduate centre of excellence known for its teaching and research across the world to support eye care professionals to deliver the highest quality of care for their patients. Across Surrey we &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.loc-online.co.uk\/surrey-loc\/professionals\/wopec\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;WOPEC&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1087,"featured_media":0,"parent":75,"menu_order":7,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-115","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.loc-online.co.uk\/surrey-loc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.loc-online.co.uk\/surrey-loc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.loc-online.co.uk\/surrey-loc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.loc-online.co.uk\/surrey-loc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1087"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.loc-online.co.uk\/surrey-loc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.loc-online.co.uk\/surrey-loc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/115\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":235,"href":"https:\/\/www.loc-online.co.uk\/surrey-loc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/115\/revisions\/235"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.loc-online.co.uk\/surrey-loc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/75"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.loc-online.co.uk\/surrey-loc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}