Optometry Australia CPD offerings (3 August update)
We have curated a range of online education offerings that members can access via our Institute of Excellence and that will help them meet their CPD requirements.
Tagged as: Member services
LOOK! Shelley and Nicola win our inaugural scholarships to help advance optometry
Queensland optometrists Nicola Mountford and Dr Shelley Hopkins are the inaugural recipients of Optometry Australia’s LOOK Scholarships.
Tagged as: Awards - honours - grants-bursaries, Future, International, Scope of practice
New electronic prescriptions to also reduce medication-related hospital admissions
A new electronic script system being introduced nationwide will be convenient for patients but also aims to reduce Australia’s estimated 250,000 medication-related hospital admissions annually.
Tagged as: Therapeutics
Vitamin B3 may help improve visual function in glaucoma patients, study finds
A world-first clinical trial led by Melbourne researchers suggests vitamin B3 (nicotinamide) could play an important role in protecting against retinal ganglion cell damage that leads to blindness in glaucoma.
Tagged as: Glaucoma
New term of Optometry Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander eye health Advisory Group begins
A new term of the Optometry Australia Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander eye health Advisory Group began on 1 July 2020, with six new members joining four returning members to provide advice.
Tagged as: Indigenous eye health
Extension of JobKeeper payment announced by the Government
Prior to this announcement Optometry Australia had advocated to the Federal Government regarding the need to ensure the optometry sector could access JobKeeper support beyond September 2020.
Tagged as: COVID-19, Employment, Sector changes
Optometry Australia CPD offerings (20 July update)
We have curated a range of online education offerings that members can access via our Institute of Excellence and that will help them meet their CPD requirements.
Tagged as: Member services
Doctors warn of sight-threatening complications after cosmetic facial procedures
Sight-threatening complications can result from ”potentially precarious” cosmetic facial procedures which appear to be on the rise by operators without formal medical training, according to four Melbourne doctors.
Tagged as: Clinical & Experimental Optometry (CXO), Patient management
Consider ventilation to reduce COVID-19 risk and asking patients under stage 3 restrictions to wear masks
Optometry Australia has updated information on mask use and advised optometrists to consider improved ventilation while practising to reduce the risk of coronavirus transmission.
Tagged as: COVID-19, Eye examinations, Paediatric optometry
Optometry Australia has won two major global awards for its innovative videos
Optometry Australia has won two Silver 2020 Asia Pacific Stevie Awards for its innovative videos that bring our story to life.
Tagged as: Awards - honours - grants-bursaries, Future, Good vision for life, International, Leadership, Marketing
