The countdown is on with only 30 days to go before Optometry Virtually Connected & Product Showcase (OVC) 2021 opens, offering 30 hours of education online, and we invite you to register today.
Diagnosis and management of youth concussion can be improved by increasing repetitions from 10 to 20 when assessing saccadic eye function and gaze stability, new research suggests.
Optometry Australia has developed a Telehealth Clinical Practice Guide enabling optometrists to support telehealth and integrate it into routine clinical care.
Young Adelaide optometrist Emma Tucker has received the ACBO Paediatric Optometry award for Flinders University Bachelor of Medical Science/Master of Optometry for her outstanding results in paediatric clinical practice and studies.
Australia’s first clinical trials of an investigational gene therapy to treat dry age-related macular degeneration (AMD) have begun in Melbourne at the Centre for Eye Research Australia (CERA).
Nearly one-third of Australian optometrists are struggling with their mental health, according to a survey of 505 practitioners, and young optometrists are the worst hit. But help is available.
Newborn babies of mothers with COVID-19 or whose mothers had coronavirus while pregnant do not have a moderate or high increased risk of ocular abnormalities, a Brazilian study has found.
We invite members to register their interest in becoming a ‘Good vision for life media ambassador’ and/or a ‘member of an Optometry Australia advisory group’. Read more.
Optometry Virtually Connected and Product Showcase (OVC), one of the region’s leading optometry virtual conferences, is now open to registrations. OVC is being held entirely online from 18-20 June 2021.
Optometrists around Australia are still feeling the effects of COVID-19. As States have juggled snap lockdowns throughout the start of 2021, this too has impacted the way we work. Read more for tips to manage fatigue and combat burnout.
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.
