Australian optometrists increased their use of slit lamp breath shields nearly six-fold during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to preliminary results of a survey being released at OVC 2021 this weekend.
University of Melbourne Doctor of Optometry students are creating colour vision arrangement sets to sell to optometrists to help them diagnose or classify different types of colour vision deficiency and their severity, with funds raised donated to eye care charities.
Prescribers including therapeutically endorsed optometrists and Aboriginal Health Workers will be able to register eligible Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients on the Closing the Gap PBS when changes come in on 1 July 2021.
Melbourne optometrist Paul Croucher is urging more optometrists to manage intermittent exotropia with spectacles, saying the treatment works 60 to 70 per cent of the time, improving the condition and avoiding surgery.
ECONA’s Sue Kweon spoke with Dr Chameen Samarawickrama, chair of RANZCO’s Younger Fellows.
What’s new in the world of myopia? Here is a brief round-up of recent news of interest to optometrists, coinciding with Brien Holden Vision Institute’s global Myopia Awareness Week next week.
The countdown is on with only 30 days to go before Optometry Virtually Connected & Product Showcase (OVC) 2021 opens, offering 30 hours of education online, and we invite you to register today.
Diagnosis and management of youth concussion can be improved by increasing repetitions from 10 to 20 when assessing saccadic eye function and gaze stability, new research suggests.
Optometry Australia has developed a Telehealth Clinical Practice Guide enabling optometrists to support telehealth and integrate it into routine clinical care.
Australia’s first clinical trials of an investigational gene therapy to treat dry age-related macular degeneration (AMD) have begun in Melbourne at the Centre for Eye Research Australia (CERA).
