Following the devastation of the 2019-20 Black Summer bushfires, Suki Jaiswal from the University of New South Wales in Sydney recognised the opportunity to better understand the impact of bushfire smoke on the ocular surface.
Registrations are open for Optometry Virtually Connected, Optometry Australia’s annual national education conference, which will take place Saturday 17 – Sunday 18 June 2023.
Last year, the boards of Optometry Victoria South Australia (OV/SA) and Optometry Tasmania (OTas) announced that they had commenced discussions, and now plans for an operational integration with Optometry Australia are underway.
Optometry Australia has launched a new Instagram profile with the aim of establishing a strong national presence focused on building community, promoting Australian optometrists and celebrating the Australian optometry sector as a whole.
Optometry Australia is looking to support two early career optometrists in further developing their knowledge in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander eye health.
Meet Tsu Shan Chambers, a Sydney-based optometrist who wears many different hats – she is also an actor, writer and producer, a public health advocate, a production company owner, and a mother to three children.
In 2019, Jacqui ran Australia’s first optometrist-led clinic at a public hospital ophthalmology department in SA. Now, she’s designing a new sustainable collaborative model of care that will commence in SA in the coming months.
A distinguished leader in optometry, science and research, UNSW Scientia Professor Fiona Stapleton has established herself as one of the most influential women in our sector.
We sat down with Giorgio Campanella to hear about his experience with helping create a comprehensive large-scale national dataset for optometry.
Following the recent integration between KeepSight and optometry practice management solution provider Optomate, more optometrists can now automatically register their patients with diabetes for eye check reminders.
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.
