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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.

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A step closer to Advanced Practice Recognition in optometry

Optometry Australia proudly marks a major milestone in the Advanced Practice Recognition (APR) Program with the completion of its pilot phase. This initiative empowers optometrists to achieve formal credentials in advanced clinical areas, starting with glaucoma management.
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Celebrating John Bartlett

There are few individuals who have changed the profession of Australian optometry more than John Bartlett. His many achievements were recognised recently by OV/SA with a Life Member Award. We caught up with John to delve into some of his career highlights.
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Acknowledgement of Country

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.