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.
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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.
Queensland optometrist Sarah Sweeney has received ACBO’s 2020 Keith Woodland Award for outstanding contribution to behavioural vision care.
Australian optometrists should be using their therapeutic skills more in the diagnosis and management of eye disease, Rockhampton optometrist Fiona Moore has suggested.
Optometry Australia’s fifth annual ECO Think Tank has identified supporting the mental health and wellbeing of early career optometrists as a priority.
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.
Optometry Australia is developing guidelines on telehealth and optometry; meanwhile many tele-optometry success stories are occurring during COVID-19.
Queensland optometrists Nicola Mountford and Dr Shelley Hopkins are the inaugural recipients of Optometry Australia’s LOOK Scholarships.
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.
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.
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.