Optometry Australia in collaboration with Allied Health Professionals Australia (AHPA) and the Australian Digital Health Agency (the Agency) invite you to participate in the Allied Health Digital Transformation Survey.
As part of Optometry Australia’s efforts to realise its preferred future for optometry in 2040, significant steps have been taken towards establishing an Advanced Practice Recognition (APR) program in optometry, aiming to recognise and credential optometrists with demonstrated expertise in particular clinical areas, starting with glaucoma management.
The new microsite is a fully searchable digital archive for all Optometry Connection articles. There is no change to the delivery of the print publication or PDF, or to how you complete the CPD module in the Institute of Excellence.
Optometry Australia has commissioned a Sustainability Roadmap to target waste, carbon and eco-awareness challenges within the optometry sector, and chart a new course towards a more sustainable future for eye care.
Opticycle is making recycling easy for optometrists in Australia, offering a holistic end to end recycling solution for optical products, ranging from contact lens packaging to frames and lenses.
After years of experience in both corporate and franchise settings, Brendan Schelbach became acutely aware of the need for environmental consciousness within the optical industry. This awareness inspired him to found Honour Optometry – a practice deeply rooted in sustainable principles.
In 2022, we sat down with Ellen Zhang and her partner Kyle Armstrong to discuss their eco-friendly practice, Ellen Zhang Optometry. Fast forward two years, and we reconnected with Ellen to see how her practice has grown, and to explore her ongoing commitment to integrating sustainable practices into her daily practice.
Optometrists across the country have been partnering with Lions for over two decades and the program has delivered almost twenty million pairs of refurbished quality spectacles to men, women and children in need across the world.
The 2024 World Optometry Week 2024 theme, ‘Advancing Optometry’s Commitment to Global Eyecare’, resonates deeply with Optometry Australia’s ongoing mission to enhance access to comprehensive eye care services for all, irrespective of geographical location or socioeconomic status.
The Victorian optometrist and Manager of Ocular Disease and Diagnostic Services at the Australian College of Optometry was recently announced as the winner of the award, including $1000 prize, for her case report ‘Acute sixth cranial nerve palsy in primary eye optometry’. Janelle recently talked to us about the process of writing the case report.
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.
