Wee Heong Chu on providing optometry and extended role clinics across the Highlands, and reading Gulliver’s Travels as she flies between islands

Dr Ian Beasley BSc (Hons), PhD, DOptom, MCOptom

Wee Heong ChuI am part of a small team providing core optometry and extended role clinics. My main clinical activities are in paediatric refraction, medical contact lenses, keratoconus monitoring, cataract assessment, casualty, medical retina, triaging and diabetic eye screening. We also provide services to other parts of the Highlands and Islands, which involves long drives or flights.

My entire journey has been memorable. It was fun being involved in a pilot study, 18 years ago, to assess the feasibility of a mobile diabetic eye screening service in the Highlands. It involved driving a fundus camera in the back of a box van to various remote locations.

Sadly, I don’t have a lot of time for recreational reading, but I am slowly getting through Gulliver’s Travels on my phone while I’m flying to my peripheral clinics on the Islands.

It was fun being involved in a pilot study, 18 years ago, to assess the feasibility of a mobile diabetic eye screening service in the Highlands

I’m trying to slightly improve at beginner’s mountain biking. I’m getting better at remaining on the bike.

The upskilling of optometrists to provide integrated quality primary and secondary ophthalmic care.

I’ve been duped into entering the 2022 Loch Ness Etape.

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