Last year, the boards of Optometry Victoria South Australia (OV/SA) and Optometry Tasmania (OTas) announced that they had commenced discussions, and now plans for an operational integration with Optometry Australia are underway.
On Monday, 27 March, Optometry Victoria South Australia (OV/SA) hosted their 100th Annual Golf Day at the Peninsula Kingswood Country Golf Club in Victoria. After a century of Golf, OV/SA is passing the torch to charity partner Sight For All, who will host the event from 2024 onwards.
Optometry Australia has launched a new Instagram profile with the aim of establishing a strong national presence focused on building community, promoting Australian optometrists and celebrating the Australian optometry sector as a whole.
Optometry Australia is looking to support two early career optometrists in further developing their knowledge in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander eye health.
Recently, the Australian Medical Association (AMA) South Australia (SA) Road Safety Committee wrote to OV/SA regarding the correspondence they received from optometrists.
Meet Tsu Shan Chambers, a Sydney-based optometrist who wears many different hats – she is also an actor, writer and producer, a public health advocate, a production company owner, and a mother to three children.
In 2019, Jacqui ran Australia’s first optometrist-led clinic at a public hospital ophthalmology department in SA. Now, she’s designing a new sustainable collaborative model of care that will commence in SA in the coming months.
A distinguished leader in optometry, science and research, UNSW Scientia Professor Fiona Stapleton has established herself as one of the most influential women in our sector.
We sat down with Giorgio Campanella to hear about his experience with helping create a comprehensive large-scale national dataset for optometry.
Since she was eight, Claire Ong has known she wanted to be an optometrist. OV/SA spoke to her about her journey through optometry and hopes for the future.
In the spirit of reconciliation Optometry Australia acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.
Due to Coronavirus (COVID-19), not all optometry practices are currently open or seeing patients outside of urgent eye health services. Optometrists have been advised to use their clinical judgement to determine if appointments can be postponed.
We recommend calling your optometrist and discussing your eye health concerns with them to determine if an appointment is necessary.
You can also use our Find an Optometrist function to find an optometrist near you providing telehealth and/or urgent care services. Urgent care is care that can’t be postponed without risk to your health or wellbeing. This may include replacing lost or broken glasses, or investigating red or sore eyes or sudden changes in vision.
