When Jacqueline Warren was awarded the 2023 OV/SA Optometrist of the Year, she was applauded for her persistence in advocating for optometrists at the highest level. One year later we caught up with Jacqueline, who strongly encourages nominations for the 2024 Awards.
The 2023 Rising Star Award recognised Ceecee as an outstanding clinician-scientist, working on the cutting edge of medical technology and new treatments. To inspire applicants to apply for this award in 2024, we caught up with Ceecee who is co-leading a University of Melbourne program using advanced genomic sequencing to diagnose rare retinal diseases.
Nominations are now open for Optometry Victoria South Australia’s 2024 Rising Star, Optometrist of the Year and Life Member Awards. These Awards recognise members who go above and beyond for their patients, their peers, and their profession across all stages of their career.
A new OV/SA Looking Outward on Optometric Knowledge (LOOK) Local Scholarship has been established to facilitate Australian-based study tours for an OV/SA financial member. The Scholarship is intended to directly improve eye health of local communities throughout Victoria and South Australia.
Optometry Australia will run Advocacy Upskilling Workshops in February and March for members in Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania. Develop your advocacy toolkit and learn how to promote optometry and establish relationships with key decision makers.
Members in the southern states will now receive a tailored newsletter with updates on the national online CPD calendar and in-person events in their local area
Come August 2024, South Australian optometrist Christina Ly will travel to the USA and Canada with a mission that is close to her heart – to explore accessible and sustainable models of eye care delivery for refugees. This opportunity comes as a result of receiving the Dr Dorothea Sandars and Irene Lee Churchill Fellowship in late 2023.
The Women’s and Children’s Hospital in Adelaide (WCH) has released a new prescription form to better communicate patients’ needs to their community optometrist.
In December 2023, the Optometry Victoria South Australia (OV/SA) Board announced new office bearers for the forthcoming year.
When his science degree didn’t pan out the way he hoped, Samuel Dent found himself picking up an optical dispensing job while he considered his next steps. A few years later, Samuel is the Deakin University OV/SA Student Award winner for optometry, and now he’s looking forward to merging his passions for research and optometry together.
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.
