Qualifications

FCOptom

Personal Profile

Joy graduated from City University, London and has had a diverse career including high street (employed and as a franchisee) hospital, domiciliary and laser eye surgery. She has also worked for ITV PLC, two Primary Care Trusts, RNIB and UK Vision Strategy.

Joy has been a visiting tutor at City and Islington College, an external assessor for Canterbury Christ Church University and ABDO College, and was a visiting lecturer for 15 years, and latterly a research fellow, at City University where she taught across a number of undergraduate and also postgraduate modules.

Research

• Glaucoma
• Primary Care
• Public Health
• Visual Impairment
• Binocular Vision

Consultancy and other Professional Activity

• Council Member, College of Optometrists
• International Visual Impairment Classifier, IPC
• Examiner and Assessor, College of Optometrists
• Examiner WOPEC
• Senior Associate Lecturer, Clearview Training
• Faculty Tutor, The Vision Care Institute, Johnson & Johnson
• Tutor for Alliance Boots
• Low Vision Training, Associated Optical
• Peer Reviewer for three journals
• Expert witness legal cases
• Judge for Optician Awards
• Member of the Glaucoma Special Interest Group, Glaucoma Alliance, Ophthalmic Public Health Research Group, City University and the UK & Eire Glaucoma Society

Publications

Theodossiades, J., Myint, J., Murdoch, I. E., Edgar, D. F. and Lawrenson, J. G. (2012), Does optometrists' self-reported practice in glaucoma detection predict actual practice as determined by standardised patients?. Ophthalmic Physiol. Opt , 32: 234-241.

Myint, J., Edgar, D. F., Kotecha, A., Murdoch, I. E. and Lawrenson, J. G. (2011), A national survey of diagnostic tests reported by UK community optometrists for the detection of chronic open angle glaucoma. Ophthalmic Physiol. Opt, 31: 353-359. Republished in Virtual Issue: In-practice (in-office) optometric research (2012)

Myint J, Edgar DF, Kotecha, A, Murdoch IE & Lawrenson JG. Barriers perceived by UK based community optometrists to the detection of primary open angle glaucoma. Ophthalmic Physiol. Opt. 2010 30: 847-853. Republished in Virtual Issue: In-practice (in-office) optometric research (2012)

Myint J, Edgar DF, Kotecha, A, Crabb DP & Lawrenson JG. (2010) Development of a competency framework for optometrists with a specialist interest in glaucoma. Eye 24, 1509-1514

Edgar, D., Romanay, T., Lawrenson, J.G. and Myint, J. (2010) Referral behaviour among optometrists: Increase in the number of referrals from optometrists following the publication of the April 2009 NICE guidelines for the diagnosis and management of COAG and OHT in England and Wales and its implications. Optom Pract, 11, 31-34.

Edgar, D., Romanay, T., Lawrenson, J.G. and Myint, J. Increase in the number of referrals from optometrists in the immediate aftermath of the April 2009 NICE guidelines for the diagnosis and management of COAG and OHT in England and Wales, e-Letter BJO published 5th February 2010.

The Patient Perspective, NB June 2012, 78.

UK Vision Strategy: Setting the direction for eye health and sight loss services: VISION 2020 UK (2008)

The eyes have it, Public Service Review:Health and Social Care:Ophthalmology,15(2008)

The eyes have it, Public Service Review: Transport 18 (2008)

Low Vision Manual Optician June 15 2007

Recommended Standards for Low Vision Services, NHS Eyecare Services Programme. Department of Health, January 2007

Stroke, New Beacon 2007, February 2007, 14, 38-39

Uveitis, New Beacon 2006, November 2006, 11, 40-42.

Sun protection: the 60-second interview, New Beacon, September 2006, 9, 38-39.

Eye clinics, Vision, August/September 2006, 19, 21.

Modernisation of low vision services GOC Bulletin Issue 5, Summer 06

Coping with Macular Degeneration, Optician. Issue 6051; 2006, 35-35

Dispensing for complex prescriptions (CET) Optician; 230, Issue 6028 ;2005 , 31-34

Lasik: A Handbook for Optometrists. Optician, Issue 5998; 2005, 21

Pupils: does size matter? Optician Volume 223 , Issue 5843; 2002, 22-24

A day in the life of a LASIK Optometrist, Optician, Volume 221, Issue 5798; 2001,24-26

Sunday best, Aston University, Optician. Issue 5780; 2000, 26-27

The human touch: Series on communication, Optician. Issue 5662; 1998, 22-25