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.
Perth optometrist Robyn Main was caught up in the pandemonium of returning to Australia amid the coronavirus pandemic after she had been volunteering on an eye care aid trip to Sri Lanka.
The final in our series on female optometrists, this piece profiles two practitioners working in public health – Sarah Nicholls from the NT and Stephanie Bahler from WA.
Optometry Queensland/Northern Territory’s Australian Vision Convention will go ahead as planned but as a virtual conference for the first time.
AVC speaker ophthalmologist Dr Brendan Cronin is the first to admit that vision science is not the easiest of fields to keep abreast of.
The VOTE funds can be used to support national initiatives providing impact in Victoria is demonstrated.
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.
