Myopia Profile and CORE form alliance
An Australian-developed childhood myopia management resource has formed an alliance with a Canadian-based centre for eye research and education to expand their services and reach.
Tagged as: Myopia
ACBO honours Sarah for outstanding contribution to behavioural vision care
Queensland optometrist Sarah Sweeney has received ACBO’s 2020 Keith Woodland Award for outstanding contribution to behavioural vision care.
Tagged as: Awards - honours - grants-bursaries, Paediatric optometry, Patient management
Use therapeutic skills to write more scripts, optometrist urges
Australian optometrists should be using their therapeutic skills more in the diagnosis and management of eye disease, Rockhampton optometrist Fiona Moore has suggested.
Tagged as: Pharma, Therapeutics
Fifth ECO Think Tank outlines mental health and wellbeing as a priority
Optometry Australia’s fifth annual ECO Think Tank has identified supporting the mental health and wellbeing of early career optometrists as a priority.
Tagged as: ECOs, Future, Leadership
Peter Hendicott to lead the World Council of Optometry
Former Head of Optometry at QUT, Associate Professor Peter Hendicott will begin a two-year term as president of the World Council of Optometry next October, 2021.
Tagged as: Future, International, Leadership, Scope of practice, Sector changes, Universities
Optometry Australia developing tele-optometry guidelines following telehealth success stories during COVID
Optometry Australia is developing guidelines on telehealth and optometry; meanwhile many tele-optometry success stories are occurring during COVID-19.
Tagged as: COVID-19, Indigenous eye health, Patient management, Practice equipment, Remote & rural optometry
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
Research showing IPL and meibomian gland expression improve dry eye wins 2020 Hewett award for Julie and Katrina
Queensland optometrists Dr Julie Albietz and Associate Professor Katrina Schmid are the recipients of Clinical and Experimental Optometry’s 2020 J Lloyd Hewett Outstanding Paper Award.
Tagged as: Clinical & Experimental Optometry (CXO), Dry eye, Patient management, Practice equipment
Encouraging optometrists to identify if they are Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander at membership renewal
Optometry Australia is encouraging members to identify if they are of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander origin at membership renewal time. This will ultimately help improve care for Indigenous people.
Tagged as: Indigenous eye health
Optometry skills aid recovery from corneal injury during gardening
Brisbane optometrist Tommy Cleary’s quick thinking and actions helped a patient to a full recovery after she sustained a nasty corneal abrasion when stabbed by a spiky plant while gardening.
Tagged as: Patient management, Practice equipment, Students
