Young Optometrists New Graduate Boot Camp
Date: 19/01/2025 (AEDT)
Venue: Live Webinar - Online, NSW, 2000
Provider: Young Optometrists
Contact: Crystal Nguyen-Dang, [E] y.optoms@gmail.com, [P] 0410198298
Activity Outline
We would like to warmly welcome you to the profession! This new graduate bootcamp event will comprise a series of talks to ease the transition from student/pupil to practitioner.
Topics include: Transitioning from student to optometrist - key learning tips about ocular therapeutics + prescribing, Understanding Medicare item numbers, Legal aspects - practising within your scope, Mental health and burnout early on in your optometry career, Statewide referral criteria requirements, Regional new graduate experience, Finance Budgeting and tax
Learning Objectives
- Discuss key ocular therapeutic tips in practice and prescribing medication
- Discuss tips and experience of a new graduate working in regional optometry
- Understand the relevant item numbers for Medicare billing consults and visual field items
- Understand the legal aspects of medicare and practising within your scope
- Discuss managing mental health and burnout early on in your optometry career
- Understand the requirements of the statewide referral criteria for patient referrals in NSW
- Discuss and relate the finance, budgeting and tax aspects in your optometry career
Max CPD hours awarded: 3
Session Information
| Name |
|---|
| Legal aspects - practising within your scope |
| Clinical? |
| No |
| Interactive? |
| No |
| Therapeutic? |
| No |
| Duration of CPD Session/Module |
| 0.5 |
| Duration of CPD Session/Module inclusive of Assessment Component |
| 0.5 |
| Name |
|---|
| Finance, Budgeting and Tax aspects in Optometry |
| Clinical? |
| No |
| Interactive? |
| No |
| Therapeutic? |
| No |
| Duration of CPD Session/Module |
| 0.5 |
| Duration of CPD Session/Module inclusive of Assessment Component |
| 0.5 |
| Name |
|---|
| Understanding Medicare item numbers |
| Clinical? |
| No |
| Interactive? |
| No |
| Therapeutic? |
| No |
| Duration of CPD Session/Module |
| 0.5 |
| Duration of CPD Session/Module inclusive of Assessment Component |
| 0.5 |
| Name |
|---|
| Regional new graduate experience |
| Clinical? |
| No |
| Interactive? |
| No |
| Therapeutic? |
| No |
| Duration of CPD Session/Module |
| 0.25 |
| Duration of CPD Session/Module inclusive of Assessment Component |
| 0.25 |
| Name |
|---|
| Mental health and burnout early on in your optometry career |
| Clinical? |
| No |
| Interactive? |
| No |
| Therapeutic? |
| No |
| Duration of CPD Session/Module |
| 0.25 |
| Duration of CPD Session/Module inclusive of Assessment Component |
| 0.25 |
| Name |
|---|
| Transitioning from student to optometrist - key learning tips about ocular therapeutics + prescribing |
| Clinical? |
| Yes |
| Interactive? |
| No |
| Therapeutic? |
| Yes |
| Duration of CPD Session/Module |
| 0.5 |
| Duration of CPD Session/Module inclusive of Assessment Component |
| 0.5 |
| Name |
|---|
| Requirements for NSW Statewide referral criteria |
| Clinical? |
| No |
| Interactive? |
| No |
| Therapeutic? |
| No |
| Duration of CPD Session/Module |
| 0.5 |
| Duration of CPD Session/Module inclusive of Assessment Component |
| 0.5 |