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Practice & professional support – resources to support you

In this section, members can access resources offering professional, clinical, employment, legal and patient guidance. Our advice is impartial, employing evidence and best-practice, and we are here to support you, our members through all stages of your career, wherever you work in Australia.

This section is developed by optometrists, for optometrists, ensuring that together we deliver the highest quality of eye care for our community.

Advanced Practice Recognition

Advanced Practice RecognitionAdvanced Practice Recognition

Audit support

Managing AHPRA, Medicare & private health fund audits

Audit supportAudit support

Career & employment

Contracts, leave & information to guide your career

Career & employmentCareer & employment

Coronavirus (COVID-19) – what optometrists need to know

Coronavirus (COVID-19) – what optometrists need to knowCoronavirus (COVID-19) – what optometrists need to know

Culturally Responsive Practice

Culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) framework for optometrists

Culturally Responsive Practice Culturally Responsive Practice

Early career optometrists

Networks for graduates up to 10 years out

Early career optometristsEarly career optometrists

FAQs

Find answers to your frequently asked questions

FAQsFAQs

Infection control

Infection controlInfection control

Member Discounts/Rewards

Member Discounts/RewardsMember Discounts/Rewards

Myopia

MyopiaMyopia

Medicare, private billing & health funds

Insights & information on practice billing systems

Medicare, private billing & health fundsMedicare, private billing & health funds

Occupational optometry resources

Occupational optometry resourcesOccupational optometry resources

Optometry Advisors help desk

Help at the tip of your fingers

Optometry Advisors help deskOptometry Advisors help desk

Patient & practice management

Clinical guides, practice notes, privacy & more

Patient & practice managementPatient & practice management

Professional indemnity insurance & risk management

Insurance, risk, complaints & your PII certificate

Professional indemnity insurance & risk managementProfessional indemnity insurance & risk management

Publications & podcasts

Pharma, CXO, Equipment, podcasts & more

Publications & podcastsPublications & podcasts

Students

Career & registration advice

StudentsStudents

Supporting your mental health

Supporting your mental healthSupporting your mental health

The law & regulations

Legal requirements for health care practitioners

The law & regulationsThe law & regulations

Women in optometry

Useful guidance & tips

Women in optometryWomen in optometry

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